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Ford, Ketel One Support 'White Collar's Premiere With Limited Commercial Breaks Sponsorship Packages Cut Across Varied Platforms To Back USA Network Original Series Multichannel News
USA Network will send forth its latest original series into the work with limited commercial interruptions tonight.The Oct. 23 series debut of White Collar at 10 p.m. (ET) is being supported by Ford Motor Co. and Ketel One Vodka, according to USA executive vice president, marketing, digital and brand strategy Chris McCumber. The show is USA's first stab at carving out view..... RegrArticle Title:1700692 RegrArticle Deckhead:1700692 Broadcasting & Cable
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Attwell Baker Staffs Up FCC Commissioner Adds Four; Dish's Gillen Will Serve As Leagal Advisro For Media issues Multichannel News
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker Thursday announced four new staffers.
Brad Gillen will be legal advisor for media issues, joining Nov. 9 from Dish Network, where he has been senior counsel and director of federal regulatory affairs.
Charles Mathias will be legal advisor for wireless, international and public safety. He had been an associate bureau chief i..... Boucher Wants Input on FCC's Program Carriage Complaint Process House Republicans sound off on net neutrality at video competition hearing Broadcasting & Cable
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee said at a subcommittee hearing on video competition Thursday that among the things the committee wanted input on was whether the FCC's program carriage complaint process works or whether the Congress should try to fix it.His question was driven by carriage complaints about program distributors favoring t..... Atwell Baker Staffs Up FCC Commissioner Adds Four; Dish's Gillen Will Serve As Leagal Advisro For Media issues Multichannel News
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker Thursday announced four new staffers.
Brad Gillen will be legal advisor for media issues, joining Nov. 9 from Dish Network, where he has been senior counsel and director of federal regulatory affairs.
Charles Mathias will be legal advisor for wireless, international and public safety. He had been an associate bureau chief i..... ??Atwell Baker Staffs Up FCC Commissioner Adds Four; Dish's Gillen Will Serve As Leagal Advisro For Media issues Multichannel News
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker Thursday announced four new staffers.
Brad Gillen will be legal advisor for media issues, joining Nov. 9 from Dish Network, where he has been senior counsel and director of federal regulatory affairs.
Charles Mathias will be legal advisor for wireless, international and public safety. He had been an associate bureau chief i..... CableLabs Specs Part Of U.S.'s Smart Grid Project NIST Includes Consortiums Home Security, Energy Management, Home Automation Multichannel News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has adopted CableLabs specifications for home security, energy management and home automation as part of the agency's federally mandated energy-efficiency Smart Grid networks initiative.
According to NIST, the Smart Grid "will be key to national efforts to further energy independence and curb greenhouse gas emissions."..... FCC Commissioner Baker Places Staffers Legal advisors, staff attorney assigned Broadcasting & Cable
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker Thursday announced four new staffers.Brad Gillen will be legal advisor for media issues, joining Nov. 9 from DISH Network, where he has been senior counsel and director of federal regulatory affairs. Charles Mathias will be legal advisor for wireless, international and public safety. He had been an associate bureau chief in the Wireless Bureau.C..... Google, Verizon Find Common Ground on Net Neutrality "Unlikely bedfellows" both hope for flexibility in new FCC rules Broadcasting & Cable
On the eve of the FCC's vote Thursday to propose codified network neutrality rules, Verizon and Google got together Wednesday night both for a dual blog posting on a number of network neutrality issues.It mirrored the comity that was to come at the FCC meeting, where Republican and Democratic commissioners diverged over policy but joined to take the debate to the next level in th..... McCain Introduces Bill to Prevent Net Neutrality Rules Senator says keeping business free from "oppressive regulations" will help economy Broadcasting & Cable
Against a back drop of a flood of praise for the FCC's openness and transparency of the FCC's proposal Thursday to begin the process of codifying network neutrality rules, came Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), solidly against the proposal and ready to back that up with a bill.In fact, even before the vote was taken at the FCC (three ayes, two partial dissents), the senator had..... NBA TV Hits A Three: Inks New Deals With Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Dish League's Service Will Jump To 45 Million Homes This Season From 12 Milion Multichannel News
NBA TV, having engaged in a full court distribution press, will reach some 45 million homes during the upcoming 2009-10 campaign -- an almost fourfold increase in its subscriber count from last season.The pro basketball's league in-house service announced that it has reached new deals with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp. and Dish Network. Deal terms were not disclose..... Congress, Net Neutrality Players Praise Open Process, Debate Principles Senators Rockefeller, Waxman re-state support, McSlarrow calls for "health skepticism" Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC's vote Thursday to consider new and newly codified network neutrality rules prompted a flood of comments matched only by the flood of advice it got from both
sides of the debate in the days leading up to the vote.
Most of it centered on praise for an open process and thorough vetting of the issues and everyone agreed that the Internet should be open..... McCain Opposes Codifying Network Neutrality Rules Ariz. Senator Introduces Bill To Prevent Rules That Would Rein In Network Management Practices Multichannel News
Against a back drop of a flood of praise of the openness and transparency of the Federal Communications Commission's proposal Thursday to begin the process of codifying network neutrality rules, came Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), solidly against the proposal and ready to back that up with a bill.
In fact, even before the vote was taken at the FCC - three aye, two part..... NBA TV Secures New Agreements with TWC, Cablevision and Dish League-owned network to reach 45 million homes this season Broadcasting & Cable
The NBA forged new multiyear deals with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Dish Network to carry the league’s NBA TV, the league announced Thursday. The NBA recently struck affiliate deals with Comcast, Cox, DirecTV and Verizon. The league will reach 45 million homes this season with the new deals. The three companies that signed on with NBA TV Thursday will continue ..... It's always sunny on West Bank's Sesame Street Joseph Nasr RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - It's always a sunny day on Sesame Street in the West Bank, where the neighbors are friendly and the muppets never see an Israeli ar Primetime Ratings: CBS' 'Minds' Leads Wednesday Ratings Numbers climb for NBC's 'Mercy,' 'SVU' Broadcasting & Cable
CBS drama
Criminal Minds
stood out from the crowd on Wednesday, ruling as the night's top show and helping the Eye earn a share of the demo lead with Fox. Also of note on a night when most shows dipped a bit were increases for NBC dramas
Mercy
and
Law & Order: SVU
..... Syndication Ratings: 'Doctors' Have Ratings Leap Highest ratings since April, overtake rival 'Ellen' Broadcasting & Cable
A dozen divisional playoff games on cable proved to be stronger-than-usual competition for some syndicated shows in some markets, but CBS Television Distribution’s (CTD) The Doctors had the hot scalpels anyway, operating with their highest ratings since late-April and overtaking talk rival, Warner Bros.’ Ellen Degeneres for the first time this season in the w..... Primetime Ratings: CBS' 'Minds' Leads Wednesday Ratings Numbers climb for NBC's 'Mercy,' 'SVU' Broadcasting & Cable
CBS drama
Criminal Minds
stood out from the crowd on Wednesday, ruling as the night's top show and helping the Eye earn a share of the demo lead with Fox. Also of note on a night when most shows dipped a bit were increases for NBC dramas
Mercy
and
Law & Order: SVU
..... Developing: Blair Levin Hospitalized Broadband advisor collapses at conference, expected to leave hospital Thursday Broadcasting & Cable
FCC broadband advisor Blair Levin was taken to a Chicago hospital Wednesday after falling ill while attending a broadband conference there, an FCC source confirmed.He reportedly collapsed while attending the Telecommunications Industry Association conference.The FCC source said it was thought to be a flu-related case of exhaustion and dehydration and that he would be Ok, hopefully che.....
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