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Bud Light to Sponsor 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Concert series, live commercials feature as part of the deal Broadcasting & Cable
This Bud's for you Jimmy Kimmel. Bud Light and ABC's Jimmy
Kimmel Live have struck a wide ranging deal which will see the beer brand
sponsor a new outdoor concert series and feature in a series of live
commercials.
The integration replaces Kimmel's previous concert series sponsor General Motor's Pontiac brand.
Keith Levy, VP of marketi..... Hispanic TV Summit: Don Francisco Touts 'Three-Screen Approach' The creator and host of variety juggernaut <em>S??bado Gigante</em> kicks off th <em>B&C/Multichannel News</em> Hispanic Television Summit with a keynot urging marketers to engage Hispanic consumers on multiple platforms. Broadcasting & Cable
In a keynote speech kicking off the 7th annual Hispanic Television Summit in New York City, legendary broadcaster Don Francisco urged advertisers and programmers to find the right “marketing mix” to reach Hispanic media consumers. And he stressed the need for the growing Hispanic media sector to adapt to new technologies and emerging platforms. “I’m convin..... Avail-TVN Score VOD Pact With VeneMovies Independent Digitgal Media Company Supplying Spanish-Language Titles Multichannel News
Avail-TVN has reached a long-term video-on-demand deal with VeneMovies, a commercial-free channel serving the U.S. Hispanic community. Launched in 2006, VeneMovies has access to a top film library through Venevision International, representing the diverse demographics of the communities that comprise the U.S. Hispanic market, featuring the best films, stars and biggest box-office hits..... First 3-D TV Truck Hits Streets NEP, PACE Launch Dedicated Production Vehicle Multichannel News
In a sign of the growing interest in 3-D television
production, NEP Broadcasting and PACE
Productions have launched a truck that is solely dedicated to producing live 3-D
television events.
The new truck, which the companies have dubbed the
Supershooter 3-D (SS 3-D), was used for ESPN's 3-D production of the Sept. 12 Ohio
State-USC college-football game from Columbus..... Tennis Will Authorize Signal To Cablevision Racquet Service Will Be Positioned On Operator's Sports Tier Multichannel News
The distribution match between Tennis Channel and Cablevision has gone to the operator.Tennis Channel, which for years had been negotiating for better positioning with the predominant cable operator in the New York DMA, issued a statement this afternoon indicating that it will make the service available to Cablevision's sports tier.
The move ends a carriage stalemate t..... WPIX Extends 6:30 News To Weekends Tribune station finds a niche when others are national Broadcasting & Cable
On the heels of its 6:30 p.m. news launch Sept. 14, WPIX New York is debuting a weekend edition of PIX News at 6:30 Sept. 26. WPIX's 6:30 program goes against national newscasts on the ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates during the week.
The weekend newscasts on the CW outlet will be anchored by Jackie Hyland and Peter Thorne and will follow the same format as the weekday sho..... Arbitron: House Report On Minority Undercount Doesn't Add Up Doesn't agree with finding that ratings company was not sufficiently recruiting Spanish-dominant Hispanics for its survey Broadcasting & Cable
Arbitron says the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is headed by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), came to "erroneus conclusions" in an analysis of the company's Portable People Meters (PPMs). Those included that the ratings company was not sufficiently recruiting Spanish-dominant Hispanics for its survey. The committee has been looking into complaints that t..... Tandberg Introduces Next-Gen HD Encoders New Products Back 1080p 60 Standard Multichannel News
Tandberg Television has unveiled new HD-encoding products
that it says offer significant advances in the delivery of MPEG-4 H.264 high
definition video.
For the contribution and distribution market -- which would
include signal backhauling from live sporting events -- Tandberg has rolled out
what it bills as the first end-to-end MPEG-4 H.264 solution with 4:2:2 chroma
samp..... More HD Distribution for Met Opera 50 Fifty New Theaters Online for Telecast's Fourth Season Multichannel News
The Metropolitan Opera has expanded the distribution of its HDTV
live-opera productions to nearly 500 digital cinemas and venues in the U.S.
That's an increase of about 50 theaters for the effort's fourth
season, which begins on Oct. 10 with Puccini's Tosca.
Worldwide, more than 900 theaters in 42 countries will
receive The Met: Live in H..... Sources: Republicans Sitting On Bill Blocking Net Neutrality Efforts Decision came after Genashowski reached out to them about their concerns Broadcasting & Cable
A group of top Republicans are stepping down, for now, from their attempt to quickly block FCC Democrat efforts to codify and expand network neutrality principles. That is according to both a Senate and FCC source, confirming a report by The Washington Post's Cecliia Kang. The decision to sit on the proposed amendment came after FCC Chairman Julius Genashowski reached o..... Fox Cable Networks Executive Will Flannery Dies at 38 VP handled advanced TV services Broadcasting & Cable
A. Wilson (Will) Flannery, VP of advanced services for Fox Cable Networks, passed away suddenly Sept. 18. He was 38. At Fox, Mr. Flannery was responsible for the day-to-day distribution activities of advanced television services, including high-definition, interactivity and video-on-demand, for Fox's 36 programming networks. “Will was an extremely important part ..... Time Warner Cable Extends Business TV Option To Sales Partners Offers Triple-Play Bundle To Small, Midsize Business Customers Multichannel News
Time Warner Cable's business services unit is making two cable TV tiers available to sales-agent partners to offer a triple-play to small and midsize business customers.
The Business Cable TV service, available now in all Time Warner Cable markets, coms in two packages: a standard cable TV service with 77 channels; and an enhanced package with more than 300 channels of..... iVillage Poaches Glam Sales Exec Joe Lagani hired as VP of ad sales Broadcasting & Cable
NBC Universal owned iVillage has hired Joe Lagani as its senior VP of ad sales. Lagani had been with iVillage competitor Glam Media as its head of client sales. In his new role, he will oversee all of iVillage’s sales efforts, and will report to iVillage EVP Jodi Kahn and Peter Naylor, Senior Vice President, NBC Universal Digital Ad Sales. “There is incredible mo..... Hispanic TV Summit: Avail-TVN Score VOD Pact With VeneMovies Independent Digitgal Media Company Supplying Spanish-Language Titles Multichannel News
Avail-TVN has reached a long-term video-on-demand deal with VeneMovies, a commercial-free channel serving the U.S. Hispanic community. Launched in 2006, VeneMovies has access to a top film library through Venevision International, representing the diverse demographics of the communities that comprise the U.S. Hispanic market, featuring the best films, stars and biggest box-office hits..... CW Reality Series Takes Flight 'Fly Girls' follows Virgin America flight attendants Broadcasting & Cable
The CW has given a green light to a half-hour unscripted series, Fly Girls. The midseason series will follow flight attendants on Virgin America. The airline sees the series as a part of its larger marketing effort.
“This show is about real, down-to-earth young women who happen to have landed in an exceptionally glamorous, high-flying career filled with exotic ..... WSVN Adds 11 P.M. Weekend News Brings weekly live total to 57 hours Broadcasting & Cable
Sunbeam TV’s WSVN Miami debuts Saturday and Sunday 11 p.m. newscasts starting Sept. 26. With the expansion, the Fox outlet will produce more than 57 hours of live news and local programming each week—among the highest station totals in the country. “WSVN has always been committed to news and providing the most comprehensive coverage to South Florida viewers,..... Hispanic TV Summit: Mun2, Starburst Sound Music Special Thursday Night Sweet ConTRUdictions Event Features Flex, Larry Hernandez, Far East Movement, Horoscopos de Durango Multichannel News
mun2, in concert with Starburst, will air a one-hour music special tomorrow night.Shot at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California, the Sweet ConTRUdictions special will feature performances by Flex, Larry Hernandez, Far East Movement and Horoscopos de Durango. The show debuts on the network targeting bicultural Latinos ages 18 to 34 on Sept. 24 at 8 p.m.The sweet sound..... Primetime Ratings: Super Start For CBS Premieres ???NCIS' reaches close to 20 million in debut, ???NCIS: LA' and ???Good Wife' win time slots Broadcasting & Cable
CBS trounced the competition last night with the season premiere of
NCIS
, which attracted nearly 20 million viewers, and the series debuts of
NCIS: Los Angeles
and
The Good Wife
, both of which easily won their respective time slots.
The return of ..... Bad Robot to Present Half-Hour For Fox Company mum on details but describe show as "medical comedy" Broadcasting & Cable
Fox has given a presentation order to a half-hour project from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Prods. and Warner Bros. TV.
Bad Robot is keeping mum on the details of the untitled show, which is described only as a "medical comedy." Mike Markowitz is penning the script and will exec produce along with Abrams and Bad Robot's Bryan Burk.
To read the full story from..... Four Points' West Palm Outlet Grabs TheLaw.TV First to offer interactive legal site Broadcasting & Cable
WeAreWestPalm.com, a community portal launched by Four Points Media Group’s West Palm Beach stations, is the first media outlet to ink a deal with TheLaw.TV, a legal advice Website hatched by a cadre of local television veterans. TheLaw.TV offers thousands of video clips offering advice on topics ranging from personal injury to finance to employment. The principals behind .....
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