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Annenberg Study: Consumers Cool To Behavioral Marketing Majority Don't Want Targeted Behavioral Ads Online Multichannel News
The majority of Americans do not want targeted behavioral marketing, online or off, according to a study released Wednesday by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the Berkley Center for Law & Technology.
According to the study, 66% of adults said they did not want Web sites, ad networks or offline retailers targeting ads to them..... SAG Will Release 'Casting Data Report' In October Guild Shine Light On Minority Hiring During 'Diversity Month' Multichannel News
Screen Actors Guild has declared October "Diversity Awareness Month" and will release various hiring reports.In October, SAG will release various diversity-based reports and videos via SAG.org, including the highly anticipated "Casting Data Report." This analysis of hiring statistics based on ethnicity/race, age and gender is an instrumental tool used by the entertainment industry.Whi..... Wolfgang's Vault offering concerts for download Gary Graff DETROIT (Billboard) - The once controversial Wolfgang's Vault, which has amassed the largest collection of licensed streaming live recordings on the Internet, is ab A&E Cancels 'The Cleaner' Network axes Benjamin Bratt drama Broadcasting & Cable
The Cleaner is done cleaning up for the A&E channel.
A&E said Tuesday that the TV drama starring Benjamin Bratt has been canceled after two seasons.
..... Newsy.com Creates iPhone App Produced 2-3-minute videos that analyze how stories are being reported by major news organizations Broadcasting & Cable
Newsy.com has created an application for iPhones that will be available free on the iTunes store as of Wednesday (Sept. 30). With the help of students from the Missouri School of Journalism, Newsy.com produces 2-3-minute videos that analyze how stories are being reported by major news organizations. Users will be able to share videos via Twitter and Facebook and post comment..... Jay McGraw's Stage 29 Productions Developing New Series Dr. Phil's son's production company in early stages of development on "The Lawyers" Broadcasting & Cable
Jay McGraw’s Stage 29 Productions is in the very early stages of development on a new show tentatively titled The Lawyers that would be intended for stations for next fall.
McGraw, son of Dr. Phil McGraw, created and executive produces The Doctors, which is distributed by CBS Television Distribution. The Doctors, which opened its second season at a 1.7 live plus same..... Media Bureau Sets Date for Media Ownership Rules Review Will begin its quadrennial review in early November Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC's Media Bureau has set early November as the kick-off for its quadrennial review of media ownership rules. That will come in the form of the first in a series of workshops to "help build an analytical and empirical foundation for a Commission decision." The FCC is required to "determine whether any of such rules are necessary in the public interest as the result..... Cable Ratings: Fox News Stays Ahead of Competition, Sees Uptick in Viewers, Demo News channel finishes Q3 still far ahead of competitors CNN, MSNBC Broadcasting & Cable
Perennial cable news leader, Fox News Channel finished the third quarter 2009 up among total viewers and news' target demographic of 25-54 year olds. FNC averaged 2.25 million total viewers in primetime (Monday through Sunday), for an uptick of 2% year-to-year, with 583,000 in the demo for a gain of 5%, according to Nielsen Media Research. FNC was the third-ranked basic cab..... Akamai Makes Big HD Streaming Push Promises mass scale, DVR-line functionality for online video Broadcasting & Cable
Content delivery network (CDN) Akamai says it has developed a new streaming platform which can deliver high-definition online video to a number of playback formats and devices, including Adobe's Flash technology, Microsoft's Silverlight and the Apple iPhone, at a scale that will be meaningful to content providers.
The new "Akamai HD Network" will use the CDN'..... Charter Rolls Out V-Me In Southern California Offers Public Television, Spanish-Language Network To Digital Subs Multichannel News
Charter Communications has launched V-me in its California systems.The operator is positioning V-me on it digital channel to its customers in southern California. Deal terms were not disclosed.V-me provides Latino families in Spanish with a youthful, contemporary mix of original productions, exclusive premieres and acquisitions, and popular public television programs, specially adapte..... FCC's Job One: Defining Broadband Would determine how to proceed with the plan to congress on universal deployment Broadcasting & Cable
The key message from FCC broadband plan staffers to the FCC commissioners at the FCC's open meeting Tuesday appeared to be that their decision about defining broadband would determine how to proceed with the plan to congress on universal deployment. For one thing, the staffers said in their mid-term report to the commissioners, the cost would vary from $20 billion for simple..... Appellate Court Dismisses Rather's Claims Against CBS Ruling appears to torpedo Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employer Broadcasting & Cable
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed Dan Rather's claims against CBS.
The ruling came down Sept. 29 and appears to torpedo Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employer.
"At the outset, we find that Supreme Court erred in declining to dismiss Rather's breach of contract claim against CBS," the deci..... Appeals court dismisses Dan Rather's suit vs. CBS Gerard WynnNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-P Charter Bankruptcy Hearing Delayed Banks Set Closing Arguments For Sept. 30 Multichannel News
It looks like the fate of the Charter Communications bankruptcy will be delayed at least a few more days -- to allow attorneys representing banks that oppose the MSO's reorganization plan to continue their closing arguments.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge James Peck was scheduled to decide on the case on Sept. 30 , but pushed back that date to allow attorneys for J.P Morg..... Primetime Ratings: 'Big Bang' Gets Bigger CBS' breakout comedy increases from dazzling debut Broadcasting & Cable
CBS built on its strong slate of debuts from last week Monday night as The Big Bang Theory showed ratings growth with a 5.1/12 in the 9:30 p.m. half hour, up from its 4.6/10 debut Sept. 21, making it the top comedy for the night and finishing second overall to Fox’s powerhouse drama House. House tallied a 5.7/15 and 14.4 million viewers in the opening hour of prime..... CTIA Wants More Spectrum Group has asked FCC to find and reallocate 800 mhz of additional spectrum Broadcasting & Cable
CTIA, the wireless association, has put a number to its pitch for more spectrum--800 mhz. The group has asked the FCC to find and reallocate that much additional spectrum over the past six years. “As the Chairman and other FCC Commissioners understand, spectrum is our industry’s backbone and is what encourages innovation and competition," said CEO Steve Largent. ..... Cablevision Names David Ellen General Counsel Executive VP to Oversee Legal Affairs Across the Company Multichannel News
David Ellen has been promoted to executive vice president
and general counsel for all of Cablevision Systems Corp., the company said.
The 44-year-old executive, a former Federal Communications
Commission attorney, joined Cablevision in 2004 as senior VP and general
counsel for cable, telecommunications and programming. In October 2008, he was
promoted to EVP and general cou..... Univision Communications Opens Online Store Site Offers Show-Related, Branded Products From Univision, TeleFutura, Galavision Multichannel News
Univision Communications has opened an online store proffering products tied to its three networks' programming fare.La Tienda Univision (The Univision Store), created in collaboration with Delivery Agent, Inc., can be accessed at www.tiendaunivision.com, where users can find fare based on programming on broadcast networks Univision and TeleFutura and cable cousing Galavision. To..... Syndication Ratings: Big Debuts For 'Dr. Oz,' 'Oprah' 'Oprah' spin-off averaged highest debut since 'Rachael Ray' in 2006-07 Broadcasting & Cable
Oprah spin-off Dr. Oz (Sony) got its first national rating, averaging a 2.3 for its premiere week—the highest syndication debut for any show since Rachael Ray in the 2006-07 season. The talk queen herself, Oprah, opened her new season with a 39 % leap to a 6.1, its highest rating in a year and a half for the week ending Sept. 20. CTD’s ..... NTIA Tool Identifies Unserved, Underserved Areas Maps Show Where Bidders Wants Government Money To Deliver Broadband Multichannel News
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has posted a mapping tool to identify the unserved and underserved identified by bidders for broadband stimulus money as places where they want government money to deliver broadband.
Incumbent network operators will be checking it out to find out where they may face government-subsidized competition.
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