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Nickelodeon Looks At 'Kids in Rehab' Long running program to take on topic of substance abuse Broadcasting & Cable
Nickelodeon's long running
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
franchise is focusing on a topic that is becoming more and more prevalent on the television dial: substance abuse. The next installment of the series is called
Kids in Rehab
, and will focus on kids and younger teens with alcohol and drug p..... Rainbow PUSH Coalition Names Martin Broadcaster of the Year <em>Washington Watch With Roland Martin </em>and CNN commentator to receive award at Oct. 16 at Keep Hope Alive Gala Broadcasting & Cable
Rainbow PUSH Coalition has named veteran journalist Roland Martin Broadcaster of the Year. Martin provides commentary on CNN and hosts TV One's Sunday public affairs show, Wa..... 'Made in Hollywood' Renewed For Fifth Season Syndicated entertainment magazine series is cleared in over 80% of the country Broadcasting & Cable
Connection III Entertainment has renewed syndicated entertainment magazine series, Made In Hollywood, for a fifth season. It is cleared in over 80% of the country. The producer-syndicator says the series has been sold to CBS' 21 owned TV stations for 2009-2010, in addition to stations owned by Hearst-Argyle, Belo, Tribune, and others. The series will continue to have MovieTi..... Study: U.S. 'Middle-Of-The-Pack' Relating To Measures of Broadband Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society study focuses on impact of open access policies Broadcasting & Cable
The United States is a "middle-of-the pack" country when it comes to various measures of first-generation broadband, including price and speeds, likely thanks in part to the FCC's decision not to open access conditions on ISPs. That is the conclusion of a study of worldwide broadband Internet policy by Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The st..... Sigma Designs To Buy CopperGate For $160 Million IPTV Component Manufacturer To Add Home-Networking Chip Supplier Multichannel News
Sigma Designs, a manufacturer of components for IPTV set-top boxes and other devices, plans to acquire home-networking chip supplier CopperGate Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $160 million.
CopperGate, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, provides of silicon-based modem solutions to distribute broadband digital content over coax, phone or power-line home networks. T..... Fox Extends 'The Cleveland Show' Network commits to animated series thru mid-2011 Broadcasting & Cable
'The Cleveland Show' has averaged a stellar 4.5 rating among adults 18-49.
Fox has committed to its "Family Guy" spinoff, "The Cleveland Show," through at least mid-2011.
The network gave a back nine order to "Cleveland's" second season, which is currently in production (due to the long lead time necessary for animated series).
Fox had a..... Judy Kenny named Executive VP of Twentieth Television Former MyNetworkTV ad sales exec VP replaces Bob Cesa Broadcasting & Cable
Judy Kenny has been named executive VP of sales at Twentieth Television, the company announced Wednesday. Kenny, who most recently worked as executive VP of ad sales for MyNetworkTV, will replace Bob Cesa, a twenty-year veteran of Twentieth.
Kenny will be responsible for overseeing sales initiatives for Twentieth including sales for MyNetworkTV, Debmar and Carsey-Warn..... RCN Re-Ups With Rovi Will continue to use Passport EPG Broadcasting & Cable
Mid-sized cable operator RCN has renewed its multiyear licensing deal to use electronic program guide technology from navigation giant Rovi.RCN will continue to use Rovi’s Passport Guide software and applications in its Boston, Chicago, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. metro area markets, where it has transitioned to all-digital operation. Under the new agreement, it ..... Carlston Named GM at KUTV/KUSG Salt Lake City Former UPN exec to run Nexstar/Four Points' duop Broadcasting & Cable
Steve Carlston has been named vice president and general manager at KUTV/KUSG Salt Lake City. The CBS-independent duopoly is owned by Four Points Media Group and run by Nexstar. He starts Oct. 26 and will report to Nexstar co-COO Brian Jones.
Carlston was managing partner of Las Vegas TV Partners, which has owned KTUD Las Vegas since 2004. Prior to that, he served as ..... Nickelodeon Tackles 'Kids in Rehab' Long running program to take on topic of substance abuse Broadcasting & Cable
Nickelodeon's long running
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
franchise is focusing on a topic that is becoming more and more prevalent on the television dial: substance abuse. The next installment of the series is called
Kids in Rehab
, and will focus on kids and younger teens with alcohol and drug p..... NCTA Sets 2010 Cable Show For L.A. May conference will be first in the city since 1996 Broadcasting & Cable
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association said Wednesday that its 2010 Cable Show will be held in Los Angeles May 11-13.The convention will be co-chaired by Showtime Chairman Matthew Blank and Time Warner Cable Chairman Glenn Britt.The convention will split its time between the L.A. Convention Center and the adjacent Nokia Theater. It is the first time the show has been ..... Comcast: Programmers Control 'TV Everywhere' Ad Model Exec cites uncertainty over consumer tolerance for ad load online Broadcasting & Cable
New York - While it's unclear how many ads consumers will tolerate in TV Everywhere-style services, Comcast will leave decisions about commercial placement for its version in the hands of programmers, according to Matt Strauss, the operator's senior VP of new media.
"I don't know what the right model ultimately is going to be," he said. "Our job is to provide..... FCC's Open Internet Blog Goes Live Genachowski hopes to use blog for input from innovation, investment stakeholders Broadcasting & Cable
An open Internet blog is among the latest initiatives from the FCC.Openinternet.gov went live in beta form Wednesday with a posting from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, as well as from Jon Peha, chief technologist at the FCC, and John Leibovitz, deputy chief of the Wireless Bureau."The Internet's open architecture has enabled this network of networks to become an unparalleled pl..... FCC Relaunching Electronic Comment Filing System New system makes it easier to search for, file comments Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC is re-launching its electronic comment filing system (ECFS), part of FCC Chairman Julius Genacwhoski's push for a more web-friendly, as well as more open, commission.The new system will make it easier for the public to search for and file comments in FCC proceedings.Among the upgrades for ECFS 2.0 are the ability to file comments in multiple dockets and rulemakings in a s..... FCC Opens Up Internet Beta Blog Forum Is Agency's Latest Online Initiative Multichannel News
Add an open Internet blog to the latest online initiatives from the Federal Communications Commission.
Openinternet.gov (http://blog.openinternet.gov/) went live in beta form Wednesday with a posting from FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, as well as from Jon Peha, chief technologist at the FCC, and John Leibovitz, deputy chief of the Wireless Bureau.
"The Internet..... NBCU, Campbell Soup Look To Get 'Healthy' With Outreach Initiative Marketer Attaches Itself To Health, Wellness Content That Will Be Spotlighted Across Programmer's Assets Multichannel News
Looking to link staffers, consumers and marketers, NBCU has launched a new health care initiative.
"Healthy at NBCU" will cut across NBCU's array of platforms, spotlighting health and wellness fare
The initiative, following such endeavors as "Women At NBCU" and "Green is Universal,"is the programmer's companion to parent General Electric's "healthy..... NBCU, Cambell Soup Look To Get Healthy With Outreach Initiative Marketer Attaches Itself To Health, Wellness Content That Will Be Spotlighted Across Programmer's Assets Multichannel News
Looking to link staffers, consumers and marketers, NBCU has launched a new health care initiative.
"Healthy at NBCU" will cut across NBCU's array of platforms, spotlighting health and wellness fare
The initiative, following such endeavors as "Women At NBCU" and "Green is Universal,"is the programmer's companion to parent General Electric's "healthy..... Oxygen Orders Fifth Season Of 'Tori & Dean' Latest Entry In Celebrity Reality Series Set For Spring Bow Multichannel News
Oxygen Media will put a fifth season of reality series Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood on the road next spring.NBC Universal's women's-targeted service has ordered another campaign from World Of Wonder Productions. The series fourth season became Oxygen's most-watched among viewers, adults 18 to 49 and women of that age group. The season finale marked anot..... Scholl Named NBC Local Media Platforms Prez Buchwald and French are promoted Broadcasting & Cable
Greg Scholl, formerly the president and CEO of digital media company The Orchard, has been named NBC Local Media's president of local media platforms. He will report to Local Media President John Wallace and starts Nov. 2.
"I'm pleased that we were able to recruit an executive of Greg's caliber to help continue our momentum as we rethink our approach to loc..... C3 ratings Show Big Gains for 'House' and 'Grey's' Broadcasting & Cable
Earlier this week the broadcast networks released numbers showing the huge uptick in viewing when DVR playback numbers are added in. Nielsen released the real numbers that count Tuesday, the C3 ratings which record viewing of commercials in between the programming.
Nielsen data for premiere week alone has three NFL games at the top of the C3 ratings list for the 18-49 year old d.....
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