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USA Nabs 'NCIS: Los Angeles,' TNT Grabs 'Mentalist' Cable nets shell out for CBS dramas Broadcasting & Cable
USA Network has already secured the exclusive off-network syndicated run of frosh drama "NCIS: Los Angeles" -- and at a near-record sum.
Cabler has agreed to pay CBS Television Distribution around $2.5 million per episode for the rights to the show, which will be available as a strip in fall 2013. As part of the deal, USA will be able to start airing weekly repeats of the ..... USA Nabs Rights To 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Cable pays near-record sum for CBS drama Broadcasting & Cable
USA Network has already secured the exclusive off-network syndicated run of frosh drama "NCIS: Los Angeles" -- and at a near-record sum.
Cabler has agreed to pay CBS Television Distribution around $2.5 million per episode for the rights to the show, which will be available as a strip in fall 2013. As part of the deal, USA will be able to start airing weekly repeats of the s..... CTD Keeping 'Dr. Phil' In Residence Industry speculation answered as show extended through 2013-14 season Broadcasting & Cable
CBS Television Distribution has a definite answer to one of syndication’s most important questions: It has indeed renewed Dr. Phil through the 2013-14 season in 70% of the country. Whether CTD would be able to bring back the show when its current contract expires in 2011 has been an open question in the industry due to the show’s high license fees and ratings c..... RegrArticle Title:246063 RegrArticle Deckhead:246063 Broadcasting & Cable
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CBS Retrans Fees Expected to Double in 2010 Talks ongoing with station group on the split Broadcasting & Cable
Retransmission fees in 2010 are expected to nearly double what they were in 2009 based on contracts already in place, according to CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves, sounding more bullish than he’s been in some time on a third quarter earnings call with analysts. The company has already signed retransmission deals with Verizon, Dish, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, “We ..... Tribune Renews NBCU's 'Maury,' 'Jerry Springer' and 'Steve Wilkos' Through 2012 Also reups five shows from Warner Bros. Broadcasting & Cable
The Tribune station group has renewed NBC Universal’s trio of talk shows – Maury, Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos – for two more years, through the 2011-2012 season. The group-wide renewal guarantees that all three shows will continue for three more years. It also means that some timeslots that rival syndicators were eyeing will not open up anytime soon.
T..... NBCU's Cotton: Spectrum Discussions Will Have To Take Place But cautions against damaging over-the-air system TV that has served country 'enormously well' Broadcasting & Cable
NBC Executive VP and General Counsel Rick Cotton said Thursday that he doesn't want to see damage done to the over-the-air TV station model, but he also says the issue raised by the FCC about possibly reclaiming some broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband is "a set of discussions that are going to have to take place." The same day that Cotton was being interviewed about t..... NBCU Picks Web-Video Partners For Vancouver Games Akamai, iStreamPlanet To Deliver Live, On-Demand Video For 2010 Winter Olympics Multichannel News
NBC Universal has selected content-distribution network operator Akamai Technologies and iStreamPlanet, a provider of digital media services and software applications, to work with Microsoft to deliver live and on-demand video on the Internet for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games next February.
Las Vegas-based iStreamPlanet will provide satellite downlink encoding and prod..... CBS TV Revenue Grows 9% on Higher Show Fees Affiliate revenue up 11%; ad revenue down 5% Broadcasting & Cable
CBS Television segment revenue grew 9% on last year's third quarter to $2.27 billion thanks to higher TV license fees and affiliate revenue. Advertising revenue fell 5%, in part because of lower political ad sales. TV advertising sales were $1 billion in the quarter, down from $1.06 billion in the prior period, though one positive is that CBS is less reliant on advertising than i..... Scripps Snaps Up Travel Channel In $1B Deal Acquires 65% Interest In Service From Cox Communications Multichannel News
After a months-long auction process that included some of the biggest names in cable programming, Scripps Networks Interactive has emerged as the winner for the Travel Channel, agreeing to pay about $1 billion for a 65% interest in the network.
Travel Channel parent Cox Communications first put the network on the block in June after receiving unsolicited inquiries, and hir..... NCTA Outlines Ways for FCC to Free Up Funds for Broadband Deployment Trade group stumps for ending rural phone company subsidies in competitive areas Broadcasting & Cable
Calling it a "modest first step" on the road to Universal Service Reform, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association has said it knows how the FCC can save the government up to $2 billion, freeing it up to help underwrite ubiquitous broadband deployment.In a petition for rulemaking, NCTA has said that some can be recovered by no longer providing subsidies to phone compani..... Amanda Tapping Opens 'Sanctuary for Kids' Auction Items From Syfy's 'Sanctuary' To Benefit At-Risk Children Multichannel News
Auction sales of items from Syfy's Sanctuary will benefit youth and children at risk via series star Amanda Tapping's new charity organization, Sanctuary for Kids.
Launched today (Nov. 4), the not-for-profit organization first plans to raise funds for the Nepal Orphans Home and Watari programs aiding homeless youth in Vancouver, B.C., where Sanctuary..... ???Oprah Winfrey Show' Jumping to OWN: Report Harpo, OWN, CBS Television Distribution Maintain Decision Not Yet Made Multichannel News
CBS Television Distribution's The Oprah Winfrey Show will depart broadcast syndication, when the show's contract expires in 2011, and move to Winfrey's new cable network,
according to a report published by Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke
. That report is in line with what Discovery chief David Zaslav had said nearly one year ago to the..... DirecTV Has Stable Q3 Sub Growth Slows, While Other Metrics Grow Multichannel News
DirecTV's growth train showed some signs of slowing down in the third quarter, as net new subscriber additions clocked in at 136,000 in the period, slightly behind analyst estimates.
But the satellite giant well outpaced consensus estimates for revenue growth, up 9.7% to $5.5 billion. But the DBS leader missed targets for cash flow growth, ahead 7.7% to $1.34 billion. ..... CBS, BBCA America Lead Broadcast, Cable With Business, Financial Reporting Emmy Nods Multichannel News
CBS and BBCA America were the leaders on the broadcast and cable side when it came to Emmy nominations for business and financial reporting Emmys.
CBS was by far the leader, garnering 15 nominations, more than PBS (5), CNBC (3), ABC (2), and NBC (1) put together.CBS's nods were spread across virtually all its newscast, with nods for Evening News, Weekend News, Sunday..... Teen Rape Story Tops Blogosphere, Hardly Registers in Mainstream Last week of October, story claimed 26% of news-related links on blogs Broadcasting & Cable
The story of a California teen gang-raped while a crowd stood by and watched commanded the attention of the blogosphere last week while not registering among the five most-covered stories in the mainstream media, according to the latest New Media Index from the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ).For the five days spanning Oct. 26-30, the story claimed more than a quarter (26%)..... Report Says 'Oprah' Jumping to OWN Harpo, OWN, CBS maintain decision yet to be made despite new report echoing Zaslav's comments last November Broadcasting & Cable
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The Oprah Winfrey Show
will depart broadcast syndication and move to Winfrey's new cable network, OWN, when the show's contract expires in 2011, according to a report published by Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke. That report is in line with what Discovery chief David Zaslav had said ne..... YES Connects With Post-Game Coverage Of Yankees' World Series Triumph Regional Sports Network Will Cover Nov. 6 Victory Parade Down Canyon Of Heroes Multichannel News
Many New York Yankees fans couldn't get enough last night, as YES's post-game coverage of the team's 27th World Series title played big in the Big Apple.YES, the cable TV home to the Bronx Bombers, averaged a 2.1 household rating in the New York DMA, translating into 157,000 households and 222,000 viewers during its 12:15 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. telecast following the team&#..... Comedy Central, 'The Onion' Partner on Original Sports Spoof Untitled series will offer a comedic take on all facets of modern sports Broadcasting & Cable
Comedy Central has ordered a pilot from The Onion based on its popular Onion Sports Network online video series, the network announced Nov. 5.
The series, which is yet untitled, will offer a comedic take on all facets of modern sports including “sycophantic fans, ridiculous products and over-hyped sports coverage,” according to a statement released by the networ.....
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