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Akamai Targets 'TV Everywhere' In HD Content-Delivery Network Claims Broadcast-Level Audience Scale Multichannel News
Akamai Technologies is marketing a service for distributing high-definition online video to large Internet audiences, claiming it can scale up to reach millions of users.
The Akamai HD Network uses multiple playback formats, including Adobe Systems' Flash technology and Microsoft Silverlight media-delivery platforms, both of which provide adaptive-rate streaming , as w..... Akamai Targets 'TV Everywere' In HD Content-Delivery Network Claims Broadcast-Level Audience Scale Multichannel News
Akamai Technologies is marketing a service for distributing high-definition online video to large Internet audiences, claiming it can scale up to reach millions of users.
The Akamai HD Network uses multiple playback formats, including Adobe Systems' Flash technology and Microsoft Silverlight media-delivery platforms, both of which provide adaptive-rate streaming , as w..... Big Ten taps thePlatform for Web video Will support live international streaming Broadcasting & Cable
Big Ten Network, the cable sports joint venture between Fox Cable Networks and the Big Ten Conference, has selected Comcast subsidiary thePlatform to manage and publish its online video assets.
Seattle-based thePlatform will use its "media publishing system" to provide centralized back-end management support to Big Ten Network for two major Web video initiatives: the "Big T..... ACA Asks FCC To Leave Pole Attachment Fee As Is Says raising rate could hurt smaller operators, broadband deployment Broadcasting & Cable
American Cable Association President Matt Polka says that power companies are not subsidizing cable service and that the FCC should reject a petition by a quartet of those companies asking it to increase pole attachment fees.
"Requiring cable providers to pay higher pole attachment fees simply because they now offer digital phone service over their lines would drive u..... Satellite Vet Vernon Smith Joins EchoStar Will Lead Biz Dev, ViP-TV at EchoStar Satellite Services Multichannel News
Vernon Smith has joined EchoStar Satellite Services to oversee the ViP-TV Internet Protocol television service .
Smith, a 20-year veteran of satellite television, joins as senior vice president of business development and head of ViP-TV at the EchoStar Corp. unit.
He will be responsible for developing new business opportunities in broadband as well as expan..... Charter Chapter 11 Ruling Nears Judge to rule on reorganization plan Sept. 30 Broadcasting & Cable
September 30 could be a big day in the annals of Charter Communications. That is the day when U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge James Peck is expected to rule on whether the MSOs reorganization plan will pass muster.Charter filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 27 and expected a smooth path toward approval. Its reorganization plan will essentially put control of the company in..... Bill Aimed At P2P Slated For Markup Would Require Informing Computer Users Of File Sharing Multichannel News
Most of the recent talk about peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing has surrounded Federal Communications Commission efforts to prevent ISP's from blocking the service, but the House Energy & Commerce Committee this week will mark up a bill that seeks to protect computer users from unauthorized peer-to-peer file-sharing.
The Informed P2P User Act (HR 1319) will be marked..... Disney Channel Summons Eight More 'Wizards Of Waverly' Episodes For Third Season Gomez-Starring Series Pushes Show Total To 86 Multichannel News
Disney Channel has ordered eight more installments of its Emmy-winning comedy Wizards of Waverly Place, bringing its third-season total to 86.Created by Todd J. Greenwald and executive-produced by Peter Murrieta, Greenwald, Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio, the series stars Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake Austin, Jennifer Stone, Maria Canals-Barrera and David DeLuise. With the or..... Sportsman Channel Casts 100 Shows In Q4 Four Original Series Produced By Parent InterMedia Outdoors Multichannel News
For the fourth quarter, Sportsman Channel has set a nice round target for its viewers: 100 shows.
The lineup, which executives at the hunting and fishing service call its strongest ever, features a host of returning series, as well as a quartet of new shows, two of which are produced by parent company and outdoor media powerhouse InterMedia Outdoors, Inc.
"With ..... Belo Names Simone KMSB/KTTU GM Liberty Media vet to run Tucson duop Broadcasting & Cable
Bob Simone was named president and general manager of Belo's KMSB and KTTU Tucson, a Fox-MyNetworkTV duopoly. Simon was most recently with Liberty Media in an advisory role.
"Bob Simone has a proven record in the broadcast industry of building news products and his leadership and management experience will complement Belo's Tucson operations," said Belo Executive ..... Grand Stadium.TV Inks Deals With KWCH, KHQ, KSTC High school games online for free and pay-per-view Broadcasting & Cable
The high school sports Website GrandStadium.TV has lined up deals with Sunflower Broadcasting's KWCH Wichita,
Cowles Co.'s KHQ Spokane
and Hubbard's KSTC Minneapolis to feature games from the stations' markets online. The participating high schools produce their games, with the students picking up reporting, directing and producing tips.
Showtime Set To Premiere Greenspan's Beijing Olympics Documentary Filmmaker's 12th Games Project Scheduled For Oct. 19 Premiere Multichannel News
Acclaimed Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan will give Showtime viewers a chance to relive the action from Beijing.The premium network will bow Bud Greenspan Presents: Beijing 2008 - America's Olympic Glory on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. The film is the 12th in a series of Games documentaries that has seen Greenspan and Cappy Productions, Inc. chronicle all of the Olympics since 1984, ..... Outdoor Channel HD Rolls Out On Time Warner Cable In New York DMA Service Now Available In New York City, New Jersey, Mount Vernon Multichannel News
Outdoor Channel is going high-definition on Time Warner Cable's systems in metro New York.
Outdoor Channel HD is now available on the No. 2 cable operator's systems in New York City, Mount Vernon, N.Y. and in New Jersey.
The
rollout stems from the renewal deal
Time Warner Cable inked with the network's parent Outdoor Chan..... Comcast, Other Affiliates Kick Off NFL RedZone Channel 'Free-view' Carriers Will Present Look-In At NFL Network's Scoring Channel This Sunday Multichannel News
NFL Network is working with its affiliates to make its RedZone channel available for a free preview during the fourth week of the pro football league's season.NFL RedZone, which provides viewers with a look at every touchdown from every Sunday afternoon game, as well as live look-ins and real-time highlights, will be available for a "free-view" on Oct. 4. Officials at NFL Network..... Comcast, Other Affiliates Kick Off RedZone Channel 'Free-view' Carriers' Customers Will Get Look-In Of NFL Network's Scoring Channel During Week Four Multichannel News
NFL Network is working with its affiliates to make its RedZone channel available for a free preview during the fourth week of the pro football league's season.NFL RedZone, which provides viewers with a look at every touchdown from every Sunday afternoon game, as well as live look-ins and real-time highlights, will be available for a "free-view" on Oct. 4. Officials at NFL Network..... MTV's 'Valemont' Targets Three Screens Short-Form Limited Series Will Air On MTV, MTV.com, Verizon V Cast Multichannel News
MTV will continue testing multi-platform show distribution this week when it debuts a short-form limited series, Valemont, on MTV, MTV.com and Verizon Wireless's V Cast mobile platform.
For six weeks beginning Sept. 29, a two-and-a-half-minute episode from the series - which follows a high school girl looking for clues about her brother's mysterious ..... ACA: Power Cos. Aren't Subsidizing Cable Indie-Op Group Urges FCC to Reject Pole-Fee Increase Multichannel News
Electric utilities are not subsidizing cable service and the
Federal Communications Commission should reject a petition by a quartet of
those companies asking it to increase pole-attachment fees , American Cable Association president
Matt Polka said.
"Requiring cable providers to pay higher pole-attachment
fees simply because they now offer digital phone service over their ..... CBS News Partners with GlobalPost News Division will have access to Website's bench of foreign correspondents Broadcasting & Cable
CBS News will work with independent foreign news Website GlobalPost via a resource-sharing partnership that gives the broadcast news division access to GlobalPost's stable of foreign correspondents.
Boston-based GlobalPost, which was started in January by New England Cable News founder Phil Balboni, has 70 correspondents based in more than 50 countries. Many ..... TeenNick, Nick Jr. Come Out to Play Noggin/The N Rebrand Takes Effect Today Multichannel News
Nickelodeon today (Sept. 28) officially renamed its
toddler-targeted Noggin network as Nick Jr. and it's teen-tinged The N service
as TeenNick.
The network announced last February it would rebrand the two
services under the Nickelodeon umbrella in an effort to establish the nearly
30-year-old Nickelodeon brand as the pre-eminent multimedia brand for toddlers,
tweens,..... Primetime Ratings: CBS Easily Prevails on Friday <p>'Ghost Whisperer,' 'Medium' propel CBS to win the night</p> Broadcasting & Cable
CBS owned Friday night with the season premieres of female-targeted Ghost Whisperer and Medium, which the network picked up when NBC axed the Patricia Arquette drama. Ghost Whisperer pulled in 8.5 million total viewers with a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 sales demographic, according to preliminary numbers supplied by Nielsen Media Research.
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