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Emmys face conundrum as best watched by less Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. television industry on Sunday hands out it its highest honors, the prime time Emmy Awards, facing a growing conundrum. Gene Simmons promises high-impact "Boom" from Kiss Gary Graff DETROIT (Billboard) - Gene Simmons says Kiss fans can expect to see "new outfits, a brand new stage and millions more (dollars) put into it" when the group begins i Michael Caine on warpath in "Harry Brown" Kirk Honeycutt TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Commercials director Daniel Barber calls his feature debut, "Harry Brown," an "urban Western," which suggests the film's allure a Communacopia: Discovery Confirms Interest in Travel Channel Company could provide ad and affil sales Broadcasting & Cable
They owned it. They sold it. And today, Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav confirmed reports that Discovery may have a chance to at least run Travel Channel once again. Speaking at this morning’s Goldman Sachs Communacopia media conference September 16, Zaslav confirmed news that Discovery has an ongoing interest in the Travel Channel. “We won’t be bidding on ..... Testing Title Testing Deckhead Broadcasting & Cable
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White House Appoints PCAH Leaders NYU's Mary Schmidt Campbell named vice chairman Broadcasting & Cable
The White House has rounded out the leadership of the President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities. Named co-chairs of the committee, according to the White House, were commercial theater producer Margo Lion (Harispray, Angels In America) and AFI founder and TV/film producer, playright George Stevens Jr. Named vice chairman was Mary Schmidt Campbell,..... FCC First Broadband Field Hearing Slated For Sept. 21: Sources Meeting Scheduled For Austin, Led By Commissioner Baker Multichannel News
Look for the FCC to announce its first broadband field hearing soon.According to sources, it will be Sept. 21 in Austin, Tex., and be helmed by new Republican Commissioner and Texan Meredith Attwell Baker.That explained why Baker was missing from an AWRT gathering Sept. 21 that will feature the other four commissioners including Chairman Julius Genachowski.The FCC has said field hear..... Communacopia: Vivendi Chief Says IPO A Possibility For NBCU Stake Levy says decision has not been made, but outlines likely scenarios Broadcasting & Cable
Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy declined to comment on what the company will do with its 20% stake in NBC Universal but outlined the likely scenarios if this is the year for an exit."Last year there was turmoil and we didn't know where the market was going and the advertising market was not in our favor. The next window is in a little more than two months, you will know more at tha..... RTNDA Advocating For Shield Law Is expected to be voted on in the Senate Judiciary Committee during a markup hearing Thursday Broadcasting & Cable
The Radio-Television News Directors Association has asked its members to work the Hill in support of the federal shield law. The shield law bill, which passed the House without opposition last March, is expected to be voted on in the Senate Judiciary Committee during a markup hearing Thursday. "[RTNDA] has asked its members to contact their senators before Thursday’s ..... AETN/Lifetime Union Finalized CEO Raven Addressed Staff Today Multichannel News
Disney-ABC TV, Hearst and NBC Universal finalized their already announced joint venture ownership of A&E Networks, which now officially incorporates Lifetime's femme-focused assets.
A&E CEO Abbe Raven addressed the staff today in a video and discussed the new entity which counts NBC Universal as a 15% stakeholder while Disney-ABC and Hearst hold the balance.
Actor Henry Gibson Dies at 73 Starred on 1960s classic TV show 'Laugh-In' Broadcasting & Cable
Henry Gibson, whose gentle poet persona on 1960s classic TV show
Laugh-In
made him one of the original flower children, died Monday in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73.
A favorite of director Robert Altman, the diminutive, soft-spoken actor more recently had a five-season stint as Judge Clark Brown on Boston Le..... 'HGTV Design Star's Fourth-Season Finale Sets Network Marks With Households, Key Demos 3.25 Million Watch Ballatore Wins Competition; Set To Appear In 'Antonio Project' Sept. 20 Multichannel News
Antonio Ballatore wasn't the only winner Sunday night on HGTV Design Star.As Ballatore captured the fourth iteration of the competition series and secure his own show in the new year, HGTV set network marks among households and persons and women 18+ with its Sept. 13 telecast.The show garnered 2.52 million households, 2.27 million 18+ viewers and 3.03 million persons 18 an..... Fox Takes Aim at Indecency Enforcement Regime Asks Second Circuit appeals court to vacate Supreme Court's remand order and stand by its critique of the FCC Broadcasting & Cable
Fox took aim at both the FCC and the disparate First Amendment treatment of broadcast media in its brief to the Second Circuit, saying that the appeals court should take up the constitutional question of whether broadcasters' speech "should be entitled to the same First Amendment protection as other media."Fox asked the court to vacate the remand order by the Supreme Court and st..... Free Press Sends Letter to FCC, Congress in Support of Mark Lloyd FCC's chief diversity officer under fire for 2007 paper on political talk radio imbalance Broadcasting & Cable
Free Press has helped put together a letter to the FCC and Congress in support of Mark Lloyd, the FCC's associate general counsel and chief diversity officer. Lloyd came under fire from conservative bloggers and commentators, and some Republican legislators, over his writings as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he was co-author of a June 2007 paper, "The..... WWE CEO Resigns to Run for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon resigns post to seek Republican nomination in Connecticut Broadcasting & Cable
World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon is resigning her post at the company to make a bid for the U.S. Senate representing the state of Connecticut.
Linda's husband Vince McMahon, who is chairman of the WWE, will take over as CEO, working with COO and board member Donna Goldsmith.
McMahon is seeking the Republican nomination, with the nominee taking..... ???Oz' Day Two: Performing for Fox 'Oprah' spin-off stays up 31% compared to lead-in and year-ago averages Broadcasting & Cable
Sony's Dr. Oz, a Harpo-produced spin-off of CBS' Oprah, held up in its second day, scoring a 1.7 rating/5 share in the overnight weighted metered markets, according to Nielsen Media Research. The show remains up 31% compared to its lead-in and year-ago time period averages, both of which were a 1.3/4.While the show's first-day ratings aren't as strong..... V-me's Advertisers on the Rise Spanish-Language Net Reports 35% Uptick in Sponsors Multichannel News
Four months into the 2009-10 upfront selling season, Spanish-language
network V-me is reporting a 35% jump in the number of sponsors signing up to
advertise.
New advertisers include Mazola, Burger King, Blackberry,
Best Buy, Walgreens and Allstate, among others.
"A lot of the market is reporting not very good results, but
we are in a growth mode," said Frank Don..... Updated: Comcast Hiking Cable-Modem Fee to $5 From $3 Monthly Nationwide Operator Cites Cost for DOCSIS 3.0 Equipment for Increase Multichannel News
Comcast this fall will increase the monthly lease fee for cable modems to $5 nationwide -- a 66% increase over the current $3 monthly fee -- which the operator said is necessary to offset the cost of rolling out next-generation services such as DOCSIS 3.0.
In a statement, Comcast said: "We continually invest in providing customers with next-generation equipment and technolo..... Estrella TV Shoots for the Stars Owner Liberman Launches Its National Network Multichannel News
The same day Jay Leno launched his primetime NBC TV talk
show, a Spanish-language network made its national debut: After securing
coverage in 69% of U.S. Hispanic households, Liberman Broadcasting Media this
week officially launched Estrella TV as a national network in hopes to compete
head to head with Univision and Telemundo for the coveted audience and ad
dollars.
Estrel..... ???El Paquetazo' Rides Into Texas Lone Star Launch for Time Warner Cable's Hispanic Package Multichannel News
Time Warner Cable announced the launch of its bilingual "El
Paquetazo" Hispanic package in Texas.
The package includes a basic service tier of channels (ABC,
CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and Univision, among them) as well as "English Plus"
programming from networks such as Animal Planet, CMT,
ESPN, ESPN2, Food Network and Travel Channel. It also offers Music Choice, video
on d.....
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