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WNAC Shifts MyNet to Digital Channel "MyRITV" will eventually offer local sports and events Broadcasting & Cable
WNAC Providence debuts MyNetworkTV on a new digital channel Oct. 1 after years of airing it late-night on the Fox affiliate. The new channel, dubbed MyRITV, will air MyNetworkTV (MNT) programming in pattern from 8 to 10 p.m.; WNAC had aired it from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. since the mini-network’s launch in 2006.
WNAC LLC owns WNAC and LIN manages the station. MyRITV will su..... FX Fuels Up More Originals 'Terriers,' 'Lights Out' get 13-episode pickups Broadcasting & Cable
FX is batting a thousand this year with pilots now that the cabler has given 13-episode pickups to dramas "Terriers" and "Lights Out."
With these greenlights, FX has given series orders to all six of the pilots it produced this year for 2010 debuts.
"Terriers" stars Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as an ex-cop and his best friend who start a private detecti..... New media explosion upends TV ratings system Basil Katz NEW YORK (Reuters) - The explosion of ways people watch television is confounding the media industry, which has relied for decades on the Nielsen ratings but now mu Cable News Ratings: Joy Behar's HLN Talk Show Has Solid Debut Sept. 29 premiere garnered 559,000 total viewers, an 8% increase over net's 9 p.m. average for the month Broadcasting & Cable
HLN's new 9 p.m. talk show with Joy Behar debuted Sept. 29 with 559,000 total viewers. That's an 8% increase over the network's 9 p.m. average for the month and 3% over the same month last year. In news' target sales demographic of 25-54 year olds, Behar's show pulled in 215,000 viewers increasing the time slot average for the month 14% and 9% year-to-year.Beh..... Cable Ratings: MTV's 'The City' Shines, 'The Hills' Slow 'The City' second season premiere was up 43% from its series premiere Broadcasting & Cable
MTV premiered new seasons of meta-scripted staple The Hills and its spinoff The City Tuesday, Sept. 29, pairing the two shows together for the first time The Hills continues to slow down as it ages, with the premiere drawing 2.1 million viewers at 10 p.m. That is down from 3 million viewers for the last season premiere in April, and 3.5 million from the seaso..... New Vision Exits Bankruptcy $400 mil in debt is gone and it's ready to look at acquisitions Broadcasting & Cable
New Vision Television is out of its 2 1/2 month restructuring process, having eliminated $400 million in debt and emerging with “significant working capital,” according to a statement. New Vision, which owns or provides services to 14 network affiliated stations, entered Chapter 11 protection July 13. Founder/CEO Jason Elkin says the company is in tiptop shape. ̶..... Senate Communications Subcommittee Sets Hearing On Satellite Compulsory Extension Conclave Scheduled For Oct. 7 Multichannel News
The Senate Communications Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 7. to take up extension of the Satellite compulsory license.That is the law the license that allows satellite operators to import distant network signals. The law establishing that license sunsets at the end of the year unless reauthorized.The Senate Judiciary Committee last week approved a version of t..... Senate Communications Subcommittee to Take Up Satellite Compulsory License Extension License allows operator to important distant network signals Broadcasting & Cable
The Senate Communications Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 7 to take up extension of the satellite compulsory license.That is the license that allows satellite operators to import distant network signals. The law establishing that license sunsets at the end of the year unless reauthorized.The Senate Judiciary Committee last week approved a version of the extens..... Survey: 23% Of Internet Users Would Pay For 'TV Everywhere' Findings From The Diffusion Group's 1,300-User Poll Similar Its Previous Study Multichannel News
About 23% of online-video viewers would be willing to pay an extra $10 to $15 per month to access a "TV Everywhere" service that offers access to cable programming on PCs or mobile devices -- while 77% are either uninterested or noncommittal about paying, according to a recent survey.
The survey, which polled 1,300 U.S. Internet users in late August, was conducted by The Di..... Former FCC Chairman Martin Lands At D.C. Law Firm Will Co-Chair Patton Boggs's Telecommunications, Communications Practice Multichannel News
Former FCC chairman Kevin Martin has landed a new gig.
Martin, who exited the FCC last January and joined the Aspen Institute, has been hired by D.C. law firm Patton Boggs to co-chair its telecommunications and communications practice.
He joins the firm early next month.
"This is a major coup for Patton Boggs," said Stuart Pape, the firm's managin..... Kevin Martin Lands New Job Hired by D.C. law firm Patton Boggs to co-chair its telecommunications and communications practice Broadcasting & Cable
Former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has landed a new gig.Martin, who exited the FCC last January and joined the Aspen Institute, has been hired by D.C. law firm Patton Boggs to co-chair its telecommunications and communications practice.He joins the firm early next month.“This is a major coup for Patton Boggs,” said Stuart M. Pape, the firm’s managing partner, on the fi..... In Demand Extends Free Preview Of NHL Center Ice Package For Three Weeks Digital-Cable Customers Can Screen Out-Of-Market Subscription Package Through Oct. 24 Multichannel News
The National Hockey League drops the puck on its 2009-10 season on Oct. 1 and In Demand will extend a free preview of the circuit's out-of-market package, replete with a number of enhancements, for three weeks to cable customers..Distributor In Demand Networks said the NHL Center Ice out-of-market subscription package will skate into its longest-ever free preview, from Oct. 1 unt..... InDemand Extends Free Preview Of NHL Center Ice Package For Three Weeks Digital-Cable Customers Can Screen Out-Of-Market Subscription Package Through Oct. 24 Multichannel News
The National Hockey League drops the puck on its 2009-10 season and the circuit will extend a free preview of its out-of-market package, replete with a number of enhancements, for three weeks to cable customers..Distributor In Demand Networks said the NHL Center Ice out-of-market subscription package will skate into its longest-ever free preview, from Oct. 1 until Oct 24, 2009.Among t..... Primetime Ratings: CBS' 'Good Wife,' 'NCIS' Stay Strong 'NCIS' grows from premiere, 'Biggest Loser' cuts close to 'NCIS: LA' Broadcasting & Cable
CBS dramas
The Good Wife
,
NCIS
and
NCIS: Los Angeles
all stayed strong Sept. 29, running just about even with their debut performances from last week and propelling CBS a top the ratings heap Tuesday night.
NCIS led the 8 p.m. hour with a ..... House Committee Pushing P2P File Sharing Bill Energy & Commerce Committee also passes bill setting standards for protecting personal info Broadcasting & Cable
The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed two bills Wednesday dealing with protecting personal information online, including one that would establish new guidelines for some P2P file sharing.While cable and other network operators and others have caught flak from the FCC and the Hill for their management of P2P file-sharing programs, the Informed P2P User Act (HR 1319), which w..... CTAM Summit Organizers Hoping For 1,600 Attendees Three day marketing education conference takes place in Denver next month Broadcasting & Cable
CTAM Summit organizers are hoping to draw about 1,600 people to the three-day marketing education conference in Denver next month.
The Oct. 25-27 gathering of Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing members would be down about 25% from last year's event, in Boston, at that level, according to CTAM President Char Beales. But that's to be expected w..... TiVo: Almost Half of 'Leno Show' Viewers Timeshifting Down from over 70% that timeshifted viewing in NBC's 10 p.m. hour last year Broadcasting & Cable
On average 46% of viewers tuning in to NBC's
The Jay Leno Show
are recording the programming on a DVR and watching it later, according to a report from TiVo. That represents an improvement in the time period over last season, when 70% of viewers timeshifted during NBC's 10 p.m. hour.
According to TiVo's Stop/Watch..... World Fishing Network Reels In Comcast Corporate Distribution Deal Channel Has Fishing License To Reach Out To Operator's Individual Systems Multichannel News
WFN: World Fishing Network has reached a corporate distribution agreement with Comcast. Now, the 24-hour fishing lifestyle channel has to reel in the operator's individual systems.Under the pact, WFN, which this week unveiled a new branding campaign and logo , has a so-called "fishing license" to reach out to systems, which can launch the network in standard and/or high-definitio..... Friends Creators, LeBlanc Deliver TV Industry Send-up For Showtime Comedy Within A Comedy To Debut On Premium Network, BBC Two In 2010 Multichannel News
Friends star Matt LeBlanc and creators David Crane and Jeff Klarik are teaming on a new send-up of the TV business on a Showtime series that will bow next year.Episodes is a single-camera comedy series about a British couple, whose hit TV show in the UK has been turned into a dumbed down American sit-com, starring LeBlanc (as himself). Episodes, a co-production of Showtime and the BBC..... ADverse: There's Money Out There for Q4 Scatter Broadcasting & Cable
The fourth quarter kicks off Thursday, Oct. 1, opening up a new cycle in the TV advertising calendar--one that can just about be described as ‘post-upfront.' While this year's Q4 seems certain to be an improvement over the stomach-churning end to 2008, there are some wild cards at play.
Click here to read the full blog on ADverse: Atkinson on Advertising ......
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