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CBS renews "Flashpoint" for third season Nellie Andreeva and Etan Vlessing LOS ANGELES/TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS has renewed "Flashpoint" for a third cycle, ordering 13 episodes of the Canadian-produced cop 'Top Chef' Preps For Seventh Season Bravo renews hit reality show for 2010 Broadcasting & Cable
Top Chef is sharpening its knives and returning for a seventh season.
Bravo's popular cooking series has set dates for open casting calls in search of the next set of smallscreen kitchen maestros. Next edition of the series will premiere in 2010.
Producers will begin casting calls Oct. 18 in San Francisco and then will travel to Miami; Chicago; Washi..... Law Professors Support FCC in Comcast, BitTorrent Case Filed an amicus brief in Comcast's challenge of the FCC decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Broadcasting & Cable
A quintet of law professors including familiar names to net neutrality debates, Lawrence Lessig of Harvard and Tim Wu of Columbia, have weighed in with the court in support of the FCC's finding against Comcast in the BitTorrent case. They have filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief in Comcast's challenge of the FCC decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C...... Franken Stumps For Network Neutrality Called it a 21st Century reiteration of the First Amendment Broadcasting & Cable
Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) told a Future of Music Coalition policy summit audience in Washington Monday that he will work with the FCC and the president to make network neutrality regs a reality, saying it is a 21st Century reiteration of the First Amendment. He said the "Freedom and openness" that have been the Internet's hallmarks are under fire thants to ISPs who use "n..... CBS' Boston Duop Swaps Shows 'Wheel', 'Jeopardy' move to WBZ; 'Insider', 'ET' go to WSBK Broadcasting & Cable
CBS Television Distribution’s Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are swapping places with CTD’s The Insider and Entertainment Tonight on CBS-owned duopoly WBZ/WSBK Boston, the nation’s seventh largest media market.
Wheel and Jeopardy!, both of which are produced by Sony, will air from 7 to 8 p.m. ET on WBZ, leading o..... Genachowski Pitches Net Neutrality At Music Summit Said artists, songwriters and independent music producers "know bette than most" why it is necessary to have "fair rules of the road" Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski made a pitch for network neutrality at a Future of Music Coalition policy summit in Washington Monday. He said artists, songwriters and independent music producers "know better than most" why it is necessary to have "fair rules of the road." That was a reference to his planned proposal to expand and codify the FCC's network openness guidelines..... Cartoon Network Renews 'Dude, What Would Happen'? With pickup, two of six unscripted series find legs Broadcasting & Cable
Cartoon Network has ordered additional episodes of its unscripted alternative series Dude, What Would Happen?Dude resembles a Mythbusters for the tween set, tackling questions like “what would happen if you tied hundreds of balloons to a sumo wrestler?”, or filled a camper with popcorn kernels and torched it.Dude, which premiered in late August, is only the second alternat..... Genachowski Pitches Net Neutrality Music Summit Said artists, songwriters and independent music producers "know bette than most" why it is necessary to have "fair rules of the road" Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski made a pitch for network neutrality at a Future of Music Coalition policy summit in Washington Monday. He said artists, songwriters and independent music producers "know better than most" why it is necessary to have "fair rules of the road." That was a reference to his planned proposal to expand and codify the FCC's network openness guidelines..... Republican Legislators Continue Efforts To Slow Net Neutrality Regs Calling for a "market analysis" before proposing any network neutrality regulations Broadcasting & Cable
Republican legislators continued their campaign Monday to put the brakes on network neutrality regs. In the latest missive from Republicans concerned about codifying and expanding FCC network openness guidelines, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), the ranking member on the House Communications Subcommittee joined by a dozen and a half House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans wro..... Rich Ross To Head Walt Disney Studios Disney Channels Worldwide topper to replace Cook Broadcasting & Cable
RELATED: VIDEO: Q&A With Disney Channels Worldwide President Rich Ross
In a major shift for the Mouse House, Disney Channels Worldwide prexy Rich Ross has been named chairman of Walt Disney Studios.
He’ll oversee production, distribution and marketing for all of Disney’s pic labels, including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, Miramax and Disney..... TBS Warming In Bullpen With MLB Postseason Coverage Network To Televise Twins-Tigers Tuesday Tiebreaker, Division Series Tripleheaders Oct. 7-8 Multichannel News
Although it's technically the regular season, TBS will throw out the first pitch on Major League Baseball's playoffs tomorrow in Minnesota.TBS will cover the Tuesday, Oct. 6 tie-breaking, play-in game for the American League Central division crown between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers at 5 p.m. (ET). Chip Caray (play-by-play), Ron Darling (analyst), and Sager (repor..... CTAM Honors 13
Members Cable Marketin Group Names Rainmaker, TAMI Award Winners Multichannel News
CTAM plans to
honor with Rainmaker and TAMI awards 13 of the cable marketing association's members,
for extraordinary service to the organization and the cable industry.
These
individuals will be honored during the CTAM Summit in Denver on Oct. 27.
The Rainmaker
Award is given to members who play an essential role in helping the cable
business grow through p..... Updated: CBS College Sports Marches On With Free Previews During 'Armed Forces Appreciation Week Previews On Dish, Time Warner, Comcast, FiOS Cover Network's Armed Forces Sports Programming Multichannel News
CBS College Sports Network will showcase its "Armed Forces Appreciation Week" programming before an expanded audience base through previews on a number of distributors.
Dish Network, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS and Mediacom Communications will make CBS College Sports Network available to their full customer bases this week. Elsewhere, Comcast systems in California, Chicago and De..... IFC Acquires Four Seasons Of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' Sketch Series Will Be Added To Net's 'Python-a-thon' Stunt This Month Multichannel News
IFC will add episodes from Monty Python's Flying Circus to its "Python-a-thon" programming stunt later this month.The network has acquired all four seasons and 45 episodes of the sketch comedy show from Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd. Deal terms were not disclosedDuring "Python-a-thon," IFC will air one episode of its original six-part, docuseries Monty Python: Almost the..... FTC Toughens Endorsement Guidelines Celebrities must reveal associations with endorsed products in appearances, among changes Broadcasting & Cable
As expected, the Federal Trade Commission has toughened its guidelines for on-air and online marketers when it comes to testimonials and endorsements.According to revisions of its 1980 guidelines unveiled Monday (Oct. 5), marketers who use an atypical example, say someone who loses 150 pounds on a certain diet product or regimen, must also provide the typical results. Such testimonial..... test article test article Multichannel News
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Charter Serves Up ESPN360.com Cable Firm Latest in Recent Series of Cable Affiliate Launches for Broadband Site Multichannel News
Charter now
offers the ESPN360.com broadband network to its high-speed Internet customers
at no additional charge to them.
The service,
for which cable or telco affiliates pay a fee based on the number of their HSI
customers, shows more than 3,500 live, global sports events annually. ESPN360
lets users view up to 15 simultaneous live events, toggling between games in a
main..... Markup Planned For Commercial Loudness Bill Goal is to insure that the volume of ads isn't too loud or louder than the surrounding programming Broadcasting & Cable
It is unclear whether the broadcast and cable industries can avoid a legislative fix to the issue of commercial volume (that's loudness, not amount), even as they complete a self-regulatory standard to regularize the volume of ads relative to programming content. The good news is that even if it is set in regulatory stone, the remedy may be the one favored by industry, accor..... DirecTV Adds Mag Rack Free On-Demand Shows Satellite TV Leader Signed Distribution Pact With Interactivation Multichannel News
Interactivation said that DirecTV on Demand has added Mag Rack programming after the satellite-TV provider signed an agreement with Interactivation.
Now available in 30 million homes, Mag Rack is a free VOD television
network offering shows in a broad array of categories,
including kids, health, fitness, pets, magic and cooking. Programs
range from Italian-American cooking ..... Scripps Networks Goes Global Food Network to launch in the U.K. Broadcasting & Cable
Scripps Networks Interactive is finally going global.
The company announced today a new joint venture that will see Food Network launch in the U.K. in fourth quarter and roll out around Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
The Scripps partnership is with the London-based Chello Zone, part of Chello Media cable-channels arm of Liberty Global.
Scripps wil.....
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