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Genachowski Meets With CEOs To Discuss Broadband GE's Jeffrey Immelt, Cisco's John Chambers among those involved in conversations Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski met with some heavy hitters including GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt this week to talk about the national broadband plan and how it can benefit critical economic sectors like healthcare, energy and education. That is according to a blog posting by Anoop Gupta, VP of technology policy and strategy, for Microsoft, whose boss, Steve Balmer, was also part of th..... IBC 2009: Grass Valley Says Deal Is Imminent In interim, focus is on new product launches at IBC Broadcasting & Cable
IBC Amsterdam 2009: Complete Coverage of the IBC Show
Broadcast production and transmission gear supplier Grass Valley is close to striking a deal with a new owner that will buy the entire business, said Grass Valley senior vice president Jeff Rosica at a press briefing Thursday at the IBC show in Amsterdam.
Rosica said that Grass Valley is in negotiations with..... AT&T Dials Up Online Channel Website to provide online content Broadcasting & Cable
AT&T has dialed up its own online channel for movies and TV shows, launching AT&T Entertainment.
The website is essentially an aggregator of content from dozens of websites, including Hulu and CBS Interactive and ties in with the telco's strategy to provide entertainment programming on three screens -- TV, the PC and cell phones -- in order to attract new custo..... Maura Tierney Exits 'Parenthood' Actress to undergo treatment for breast cancer Broadcasting & Cable
Maura Tierney has bowed out of NBC's Parenthood, citing her ongoing treatments for breast cancer.
NBC had already pushed back the series from a planned fall debut to midseason to give the star time to undergo treatments. On Thursday, the Peacock said that while Tierney is expected to recover, her treatment plan was conflicting with the production sked for the Universal..... Autodesk Sees Strong Customer Adoption of New Flare Visual Effects Software New Software Promotes Collaboration, Compatibility, Flexibility and Artist Development noneAutodesk announced strong sales worldwide for Autodesk Flare visual effects software and launched Extension 1 for Flare 2010 software (announced separately). First introduced at NAB in April 2009 Flare already has already been adopted by many customers who are using the Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Inferno visual effects systems. The software-only application shares the Flame and Inferno creative toolset and is an integral part of the Autodesk solution to bridge the gap between 2D and 3D. KXPI Pocatello Launches MyNet Fisher station brings 'Smackdown' to Idaho's DMA #162 Broadcasting & Cable
Beginning September 14, Fisher station KXPI Pocatello will broadcast MyNetworkTV programming along with a variety of local and syndicated programming on channel 24. KXPI's programming will also be broadcast on sister station KIDK's digital channel 3.2 in Idaho Falls. KXPI and KIDK2 will broadcast news seven days a week at 9 p.m.
"As KIDK was Idaho Falls' fir..... Baker: FCC's Broadband Policy Should Reach Unserved Areas Said commission would need carefully-targeted government approaches Broadcasting & Cable
New Republican Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker says that the highest priority of the FCC's broadband policy should be reaching "all remaining unserved areas." She said they would need carefully-targeted government approaches, aimed where there were not sufficient market incentives for private industry. That came in a speech at a Free State Foundation seminar on broa..... Reg:Article Title:388964 Reg:Article Deckhead:388964 Broadcasting & Cable
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Sons Of Anarchy Goes For Nielsen-Best Ride Second-Season Premiere Of FX Motorcycle Draws Series Best 4.3 Million Viewers Multichannel News
Cable Ratings: FX's ‘Sons Of Anarchy' Rides To Ratings RecordSeries drew 4.29 million viewersBy Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/9/2009 6:17:01 PM EDTThe second season premiere of Sons of Anarchy on FX debuted to a series high Sept. 8.Anarchy drew 4.29 million total viewers, including 3.03 million P18-49. The program grew 95% over its series premiere in the k..... John Stossel Fox Business Bound ABC 20/20 co-anchor to host Fox Business show, contribute to Fox News Broadcasting & Cable
Longtime ABC News correspondent and 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel is joining Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel.
Stossel will host a one-hour weekly program on Fox Business simply titled Stossel. He will also become a regular contributor to Fox News. His FBN show will focus on libertarian issues in the U.S. and abroad.
“John Stossel is o..... FCC Launches First Video Blog FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski posted first blog post about the power of broadband Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC launched its first video blog, with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski doing the honors posting the first blog post. Appropriately, the subject was the power of broadband to transform government and society in general. He said the FCC needed to find ways to use new media to perform its functions, saying that would be in three categories: communicating; boosting particip..... Outdoor Channel Renews Cox Carriage Contract Network Launches On Operator's Systems in Las Vegas, Ohio, Virginia Multichannel News
Outdoor Channel has rolled into three new markets served by Cox Communications as part of distribution renewal deal its parent signed with the cable operator.
As part of the multiyear contract extension Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. inked with Cox, the service, which has more than 31 million subscribers, is now available on Cox's Sports and Information tier in Parma, ..... Blue Ridge Enters NFL RedZone Operator Adds 'Scoring Channel To HD Plus Package Multichannel News
Blue Ridge Communications is the latest distributor to ink an affiliate deal for the new NFL Red Zone service.Blue Ridge, which counts some 175,000 video customers in Pennsylvania and New York, will position NFL Red Zone as part of its HD Plus package, kicking off Sept. 13, when the service will showcase all of the scoring plays from around the pro football's league's Sunday..... Levin: Congress Not Looking For Broadband Bumper Sticker Broadband adviser critical of philosophy musings over hard details Broadcasting & Cable
FCC broadband advisor Blair Levin said Thursday that Congress isn't looking for a broadband bumper sticker or eloquent musings about a broadband future. It wants a plan on how to get there, a plan he is charged with coming up with in 160 days.Levin has criticized some of the industry input into the national broadband plan as being long on philosophy and short on details on how t..... CIMM Says It Is Not Out To Replace Nielsen Partners have around $1.4 million to seed innovation Broadcasting & Cable
Partners in the media and marketing consortium CIMM attempted to outline their mission Sept. 10 on a joint conference call and allay fears that their vision is about toppling Nielsen.
Colleen Fahey Rush, executive-VP of strategic insights and research at MTV Networks, said that Nielsen was free to respond to the group’s two requests for proposal. The first is aimed at..... TVB Conference: Political Could Top $1 Billion This Year This year looks strong, but 2010's off the hook Broadcasting & Cable
While nothing short of a “political Armageddon” is on tap for next year, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG President Evan Tracey, 2009 is turning out to be a hot year for political spending too. Between governor races in New Jersey and Virginia, candidates getting a headstart on advertising in next year’s elections, and a long list of hot-button issues, politi..... Analyst: Comcast, Time Warner Cable Should Merge Citigroup's Bazinet Cites 7 Benefits To Creating 37 Million Sub Behemoth Multichannel News
Despite claims that the removal of the 30% ownership cap will have no effect on mergers and acquisitions in the cable space in the short term, Citigroup media analyst Jason Bazinet called for the mother of all cable deals -- the merging of Comcast and Time Warner Cable -- in a research note Thursday.Even though the removal of the 30% ownership cap on cable companies appears to have op..... NFL.com To Stream Blacked Out Local Games On A Delayed Basis Games Can Be Viewed For Up To 72 Hours, Kicking Off At Midnight Multichannel News
The National Football League will make its blacked-out games available in the affected home team markets at no cost at NFL.com, though on a delayed basis.
In-market games will be available for streaming starting at midnight the day of the game, and will be accessible for 72 hours, except when ESPN airs Monday Night Football.
In a struggling economy, there ..... TVB Conference: Sook Challenges Networks Over Retrans Broadcaster of the Year has come a long way from Punxsutawney Broadcasting & Cable
Nexstar Chairman/President/CEO Perry Sook was both gracious and fiery upon accepting his B&C Broadcaster of the Year award at the TVB Forecast Conference in Manhattan Thursday. Extracting retransmission consent cash from pay-TV operators has been perhaps Sook’s largest contribution to the industry, and he said he wondered why “certain networks” were suddenly clam..... TVB Conference: 15 Million Car Sales For 2012 Cash For Clunkers had "very mild" affect Broadcasting & Cable
The news related to automotive, the most significant ad category in television, was mixed coming out of the Television Bureau of Advertising's Forecast Conference in New York today. While both factories and dealers continue to withhold huge sums of advertising cash, things look brighter down the road.
TNS Media Intelligence SVP of Research Jon Swallen said the industr.....
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