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Inspiration Lights Up Halogen Network Multichannel News Inspiration Networks has rebranded its religious and lifestyles i-Lifetv service as the Halogen Network, in an effort to reach a younger, more socially-conscious viewer. The new multiplatform service — which was scheduled to debut Saturday, Oct. 24 — features original and licensed programming that moves away from Inspiration’s more religious-tinged fare toward a more..... Multiplatform Epix Raises the Curtain Multichannel News Multiplatform movie service Epix will debut next week, with the hopes that cable operators will eventually come along for the ride. Currently, only Verizon Communications’ FiOS TV is set to distribute the service — a joint venture of Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate — but the network is in talks with most of the major MSOs and is hopeful of secur..... B&C Accepting Nominations for GM of the Year Saluting station leaders in four categories; deadline for nominations is Nov. 13 Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasting & Cable
is selecting the 2009 station General Manager and Multiplatform Broadcaster of
the Year.
B&C is now accepting nominations for the station General Manager of the
Year in three different categories:
GM of the Year: Markets 1-25
..... CTAM Summit 2009: Comcast's Burke Tells TV Biz To Help Stop Cord Cutting Says TV needs to get in-front of the Internet Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast Corp.’s chief operating officer, Steve Burke, issued a warning to those content providers who sit by idly and complain about online viewing without doing something to change the TV business model. “An entire generation is growing up, if we don’t figure out how to change that behavior so it respects copyright and subscription revenue on the part of distributor..... Warning: Shift Ahead Prepare for Online Viewing, Burke Tells Providers Multichannel News
Comcast chief operating officer Steve Burke issued a warning
at a CTAM Summit '09 panel here Sunday: Content providers and cable operators
that don't take heed to the shifting habits of video viewers to online and
other alternative forms of viewing content might wake up soon without a
business.
Speaking at the opening general panel session moderated by Harvard Bus..... Baker Seeks Spectrum FCC commissioner talks openness, media ownership Broadcasting & Cable Meredith Attwell Baker, the newest Republican commissioner on the FCC, says that broadcasters' money is best spent on people and equipment, not paying someone to fill out more FCC forms. As the former acting head of the National Telecommunications & Information Association (NTIA), she has strong opinions about access to spectrum for wireless broadband, including the idea that more ..... Midterm Races Starting Early 2009 political spending proving surprisingly robust Broadcasting & Cable While even the more pessimistic prognosticators are forecasting blockbuster political spending on television in 2010, the nation's increasingly polarized political landscape is resulting in an unexpectedly robust 2009. Both sides continue to pour money into the contentious health-care debate, and a few torrid governor's races are critically important to both sides of the aisle in ..... Sooner or Later, All of You Will Pay From pay walls to authentication, media executives say the era of free is about to end Broadcasting & Cable With some business models already tumbling and others generating cause for concern, many parts of the content creation and delivery industry are accelerating plans to charge for what once was free. That was one of the key takeaways from a star-studded lineup of media executives who spoke at the Broadcasting & Cable/Multichannel News 2009 OnScreen Media Summit at New York's E..... Flour Power Rochester not the upstate NY norm Broadcasting & Cable While much of upstate New York is viewed as a decaying manufacturing base with too many young people moving out of the market, general managers in Rochester insist that the No. 80 DMA is different. It's the No. 72 revenue market, according to BIA Financial, its population is essentially flat, and it relies on technology and education for its economic well-being. “It'..... Neutral Territory Broadcasting & Cable The FCC has taken network neutrality to the next level, agreeing to launch the process of codifying and expanding its network openness principles. Astroturf groups and think tanks were in overdrive early last week, warning of the dangers of overregulation. But also expressing caution were the Urban League and more than 70 Democratic members of Congress. Net neutrality fans were dismis..... Rupert's Main Man Battling technology's impact, a failing broadcast model and the White House, Chase Carey is back at News Corp. just in time to take on whatever gets thrown at him next Broadcasting & Cable Chase Carey replaced Peter Chernin as Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man at one of the most challenging and fascinating times in the history of the content delivery business. From technology's rewriting of the rules to the M&A marketplace looking primed to pick up, Carey's return to News Corp. will bring with it the need to make decisions that will dictate where the massive ..... Hugging Engineers, Stalking Williams And Other Hall of Fame Moments Multichannel News The Wire heard lots of funny and pithy lines last week between Tuesday night's Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and Wednesday's On Screen Media Summit in New York. Here are some: The timeliest — even though it was uttered around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday by the 12th and final inductee into the B&C Hall — came from NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker...... Denver’s Tech Feast: A Guide Multichannel News Big doings in Denver this week, especially for the techinterested. That’s good, because it’s been six months since the last big core dump in cable engineering and four months since that empty spot, in mid-June, when the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ Cable-Tec Expo used to occur. It’s time for a feast. If your plans give you a full week ..... Lessons of the Fall Multichannel News Denver in late October. Who wouldn’t look forward to a business trip there from the East Coast, for a several-nights stay, just two weeks after cold and snow postponed a Colorado Rockies playoff baseball game? That’s a cheap joke made by someone who doesn’t ski. But it does illustrate the challenge facing Cable Connection-Fall and the eight events there crammed into ..... Kaitz’s David Porter on the Move Westward Multichannel NewsWalter Kaitz Foundation executive director David Porter recently sat down with Multichannel News programming editor R. Thomas Umstead to discuss the organization’s annual fund-raising dinner this week (Oct. 28). Porter outlined some of the challenges facing this year’s event as, for the first time, it moves from New York to Denver, and discussed the organization’s ..... FCC OKs Neutrality Rulemaking Genachowski: Goal Is to Preserve a Free and Open Internet Multichannel NewsWashington— As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted last week to launch a rulemaking to expand and codify network-neutrality principles. In what may be a record for expediency, the FCC had already published the notice just after it voted last Thursday. All the commissioners agreed it was the beginning of a process that will solicit much comment...... More 'In Treatment' Sessions Scheduled For 2010 Production On HBO Psychiatry Series Set To Begin Early In 2010 Multichannel News
HBO has given the green light to a third season of psychiatry series In Treatment.Production on the Emmy-winning half-hour drama will begin early next year, with the third campaign's premiere slated for later in 2010, according to Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO.Gabriel Byrne (Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner for best perfo..... Telemundo Names Chavez President, GM Of WSNS-Chicago Elevates Diaz To Station Manager Of KSTS-San Francisco/San Jose Multichannel News
Telemundo has tapped Celia Chavez as president and general manager of WSNS-Chicago.
Chavez has served in numerous roles over her 14-year career with Telemundo, most recently as president and general Manager of stations KBLR-Las Vegas and KDEN-Denver. Previously, she was vice president and general manager of Telemundo KVDA-San Antonio.
Chavez began her career i..... More In Treatment Sessions Scheduled For 2010 Production On HBO Psychiatry Series Set To Begin Early In 2010 Multichannel News
HBO has given the green light to a third season of psychiatry series In Treatment.Production on the Emmy-winning half-hour drama will begin early next year, with the third campaign's premiere slated for later in 2010, according to Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO.Gabriel Byrne (Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner for best perfo..... Golf Channel Pays Tribute To Late Payne Stewart Network Airs Special On 10th Anniversary Of His Passing Multichannel News
Golf Channel on Sunday will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Payne Stewart with a one-hour special.The Comcast-owned network will air a themed one-hour edition of Golf Central Pre Game Oct. 25 at noon.Hosted by Kraig Kann, Steve Sands and Charlie Rymer, Golf Channel will dig into its video archives to find highlights of the most memorable moments in Stewart&#.....
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