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December 30
- Cox, Cable One Face Retrans Fight
- Alliance Won't Challenge Fla. Licenses
- NATPE Nominates First Mobile Maven
- NBC Won't Tape-Delay Gator Bowl
- SBS-Viacom Deal Done
December 29
- Cox Raising Arizona (by $2)
- ESPN Masses at CES
- Jennings Returning to Jeopardy!
- Ellen on Holiday High
- No Drama: TNT Is 2004 Primetime Champ
December 28
- Centennial Completes Puerto Rico Deal
- VH1's I Love the ... Tackles the 90s
- Cablevision Mints an EVP Trio
- Adelphia Faces Fine Mess
- New Leadership at RCN
- Optimum Online Adds Security Tools
- Porn for Christmas in Ohio
December 27
- MSO Fined $8K for Signal Leakage
- WorldGate Stock Gains Huge
- VH1 Classic Sets Ballad CD
- Nets Keep on Trucking
- VH1 Goes Back to the ‘90s
- Bush Signs Lifetime-Backed Act
December 26
- Fox Sports Coping With NHL Strike
- Comedy Central Driven to Distraction
December 23
- Lifetime Moves Tech Ops
- FCC Upholds Foreign-Langauge Fine
- Olympics Complaints: Few & Varied
- FCC Boosts Nextel Spectrum Value
December 22
- Stewart Wants Conviction Vacated
- RCN Emerges From Bankruptcy
- ESPN "Rings" in New Year
- 'Real World' Heads to Texas
- FCC Nixes Naked Twister
- Cablevision Suspends Rainbow Spinoff
- Pioneering TV Engineer David Cohn Dies
- KRON Moves Phil, Adds News
- Street Applauds Rainbow Decision
December 21
- LaVigne Joins CTAM
- Believe It or Not, Sci-Fi Buys Show
- Westerns Sets Alias Smith Marathon
- A Very HD Holiday from HDNet
- Changes at the Top at CSG
- Liberty Ups IDT Stake
- Diller’s IAC Splitting
- Tyra Adds Stations
December 20
- DirecTV Adopts 'Can Do' Condo Attitude
- Q Programming Available via Syndication
- Space Systems/Loral to Build ‘EchoStar XI’
- Time Warner to Debut FOD Service
- Justice Delays Firing at Prometheus
- Jon Stewart Saluted
- KYW Gets Print Partner
- CommScope Ups Manning
- MDU Inks DirecTV Pact
- Capturing the Campaign Spectacle
- Ailes Speaks
- WRAL Goes Cellular
- Playboy Pushing SVOD Service
- Fates & Fortunes
- FSN’s Digital Legacy, 10 Years Later
- Why Nashville Rocks
- Shell Move Stirs Dominoes
- Drug-Firm Group Prescribes Tauzin
- A Year In the Penalty Box
- Making TV Great For U.S. Hispanics
- Comcast's Largest Cable Systems
- BBC’s 'Smallpox’ Makes Scary Scenario Seem Real
- 2004 B&C NEWS QUIZ
- Prime Latino Time
- Globes: The Big Wakeup Call
- Thou Shalt Be Careful
- Seriously Funny
- Soccer, Con Pasión
- Fox Reality Chooses Lyle
- Cable Gives Back to Military
- Behind the Scenes With the Execs Who Make the Hits
- Barford Pleads Guilty on Trial Eve
- Pop-up Promos Drive Industry Crazy
- Nets Target South Asians
- LPMs Shock Ratings
- On New Year's Eve, Local Rules
- Cable Vet Elander to Leave Microsoft
- ESPN Rings In 2005
- Golf Takes a Beer 'Break’
- 2005 Local Ad Market Takes Shape
- Year-End Tip: Update Your CV
- Telco Video, Then and Now: What's Different, or Same?
December 19
- Bravo’s Queer Pitch
- A Sneak Peek at DBS ITV
- Activists Fault Nielsen Fault Rates
December 17
- Amber Alert Delayed, Praised
- That 70s Show Cleared Into Teens
- CommScope’s Swithenbank to Retire
- Harris Joins ntl
- Scott Upped at CSG
- Terayon General Counsel Resigns
- Hatchery Teams Up with American Greetings
- E! Names New Marketing Head
- Scripps Nets Bolsters Emerging-Media Unit
- Norville Signs Off MSNBC
- A Very Playboy Holiday
- Favre 4-Ever on NFL Network
December 16
- Ryan Indecent, Says NRB Chief
- Hopkins Leaves Gemstar for YES
- Adelphia Talking Digital Simulcast
- Charter Exec Pleads Guilty
- Comcast to Launch HRTV
- Cox Adds Weatherscan in Texas
- FTC Sees Diet-Ad Improvement
- Ex-Charter COO Barford Pleads Guilty
- CNNfn’s Out, But What’s in?
- Comcast Launches Safe-Driving PSA Campaign
- Divney Named President of MTVN Ad Sales
- GFC Makes a New Age Acquisition
- Anti-‘LPM’ Group Restates Its Case
- ABC Wins for Losing
- NBC's NY 70 to Shoot in N.Y.
- Discovery Health Has 160-LB Tumor
December 15
- Elander to Leave Microsoft
- Discovery HD Theater Going International
- RCN Launches NECN
- Comcast Adds WGN in Bay Area
- Fox Sued Over Trading Spouses
- Farscape Star Browder Enters the Stargate
- FCC to Monitor Cable’s UWB Concerns
- Who Was No. 1 in Peterson Ratings?
- Schweitzer to Head CBS Marketing Group
- Showtime, F.Y.E. Push L Word
- Drug Lobby Imports Tauzin as CEO
- Spike Reveals Video Game Awards Winners
- NBC U Cable Ups Harrison
- Engineer Charged with Harassing Zahn
- Time Warner, DOJ, SEC Square on AOL
- Stewart-Crossfire Row Tops the Blogs
- NFL Network Inks Adelphia Pact
- Tyra Takes Off in Portland
December 14
- MPAA Targets Peer-to-Peer Piracy
- Cable Has Telcos' Number
- Hustler TV Enters Red Light District
- chellomedia Chairman Schneider Resigns
- Peeters Gets the Chair at Cogeco
- Broadcast Designers Launch Web Mag
- HGTV’s Jablin Bumped Upstairs at Scripps
- Anime Net Signs 24/7 Deal
- Conexant Unveils New Encoder
- New Software for Terayon's ‘CherryPicker’
- Comcast Media Center Taps Shaver
- CSI: Miami Wins for CBS
- Comcast Completes Chicago Upgrade
- American Desi Inks Dish Deal
- Ailes: Fox News Is Pro-America
December 13
- PPV WardrobeMalfunctionpalooza Planned
- CTAM Suggests On-Demand User Interface
- Necessary Leaving Concurrent for Cox
- Hindery Pulls Out of DNC Race
- Emmy's Caretaker Buys Home
- SOAPnet Backs 90210 Launch
- Buckeye Gets Anime-ated
- Holiday Promotion for Rudolph at Turner
- O.C. Wants Ratings for Chrismukkah
- NAHJ: Net News Lacks Latinos
- SeaChange: Form 10Q by Wednesday
- Ellen Audience Gets TiVo for Xmas
- Shaw Feeling F-Secure
- High Marks at NBC U
- SBC to Detail IPTV Plans at CES
- Clear Channel, Simmons Eye VOD Music
- Yule Log to Burn on WGN
- Housewives Span the Globes
- Public-Affairs Execs Get Some Schooling
- Accent on Originals
- Beyond Kodak
- Well-Connected Laine Tapped by Texas Cable Ops
- Discovery Prevails in Privacy Case
- TV One to Launch VOD
- Rainbow Promotes Three
- King Makes Oprah New Talk Czar
- Millennium Taps Net2Phone for VoIP
- Comcast: Digital Simulcasts Soon
- The Very Independent IFC
- Malone Rattles Discovery
- Knology Ready to Hit Triples
- Adelphia’s Broadband Bridge Across Cultures
- The Competitive Edge
- 'Verizon Bill’ Is Now Pa. Law
- Cablevision Gets Boost From Triple-Play Offer
- Jeff Shell Game: Leaves Gemstar, Comcast Looms
- Behind the Smiles at CBS
- Rainbow Media Promotes From Within
- Buckeye Scores With High-School Sports
- New Standard Streamlines Operations
- Verizon Gets a Texas Franchise
- Deals
- Discovery Health Channel Will Talk 'Strictly Sex’
- The Big Picture
- The Dish on Scripps’ Lowe
- Sweeps Results
- Vogel Muses on His Future at Charter
December 12
- TV One Sets Free-VOD Offering
- Rainbow Promotes Its Own
- Discovery Health Calls Dr. Drew
- Harpo Takes Talk Reins at King World
December 10
- Pauley Not on Homies' WISH
- W.I.T.C.H.-ing Hour on ABC
- Trio Execs Assume Bravo Duties
- Multiband Adds 52 DirecTV Properties
- Time Warner Rolls Out MDSI ‘Advantex r7’
- WTVE President Guilty of Fraud
- The Eye Has It
- Shell Leaves Gemstar; Comcast Next?
December 9
- Hindery Eyes DNC Chair Post
- Kranz Upped to Fox News CFO
- ESPN Deportes Simulcasts Earnhardt Flick
- Westerns Sets John Wayne Marathon
- Fox News Names New CFO
- Verizon Snags Texas Cable Franchise
- SureWest Rates to Rise in Jan.
- FCC to Vote on UWB Rules
- FCC to Vote on UWB Rules
December 8
- History to Promote Big Apple Tourism
- Cox Takeover Completed
- S-A Overlay to More Time Warner Systems
- E! Hangs with Gastineau Girls
- Dick Clark Suffers Stroke
- Syndie Shows Surge in Sweeps
- Henson to Boost TV Production
- Life Still a Beach at MTV
- Jeopardy! Seeks Clue-Crew Members
- Spike TV Sets Maloof Reality Show
- Gotuit, UMG Expand Music-VOD Pact
December 7
- Russert Gets Taishoff Award
- FCC DTV Plan on 2005 Front Burner
- TCTA Takes the Fast Laine
- Cox, AT&T: Okla. SBC Study Moot
- Ethier Upped to COO at HSN
- Comcast Brings Troops Home via PSAs
- Evard Joins OpenTV
- Saban Added to DirecTV Board
- Nielsen Reorganizes National Team
- Current Affair Is Coming Back
December 6
- Nielsen Shuffles Senior Execs
- Ebersol, Son Leave Hospital
- Motorola Turns to Di Maria
- Public-Records Ruling Goes Discovery’s Way
- Amos Joins OpVista
- Broadcom Debuts H.264-Compatible Chip
- Cedar Point Points to Hanson
- The N Welcomes Moesha
- Showtime Sets Xmas Marathon, Dec. Docs
- CSI: Miami Clears 80% for Fall 2006
- HomeNet Goes Live in Provo
- Bakhtiar Bumped
- Today Gets a Dose of Maury
- NBC U Ups Sales Execs
- LMI Buys Back Shares from Comcast
- Flischel Has a GM Post here!
- Teddy Ebersol: “The Finish Line Is Only the Beginning”
- Reinvention Of a Channel
- Deals
- Gotuit Secures $10 More in Funding
- Univision, Nielsen Resolve Spat Over LPMs
- Ex-Altrio Chief Joins Cebridge
- Local TV, the Latino Way
- In Demand’s Pitch an HDTV Hard Sell
- Shine Makes Fox News Glow
- Wide Open Future
- Sweeps Results
- Guide to Hispanic TV Channels
- Bakhtiar Bumped
- Cable Trailing Three in Ad-Spending Rise
- The Power of Tiers
- Starz Align for Clasen
- Creating a Gaming Habit
- Discovery Clips Net’s Wings
- Truth Seeker’s Trials
- Chernin Could Leave for 'Public’ Gig
- Fates & Fortunes
- How Fall Played Out
- Hispanic Strategies of Top U.S. Operators
- Memo to Ken Jennings: Watch More 'Seinfeld
- MTV Rocks VOD With 30 Hours Of Programming
- 'Gilligan’ Scores As Escapist Fare
- Southern Comfort
- Green Logs Off from G4TechTV Post
- On the Horizon
- NASCAR Extends With In Demand
- Cable Sweeps Up
December 5
- McEnroe's Talk Show Canceled
December 3
- Golf Break for the Ladies
- Universal, EchoStar Facing the Music
- ‘Peabody Awards’ Board Adds Four
- TWCi Offers New Screensaver
- Discovery Unveils Secrets of Pearl Harbor
- Cox Buyout Close to Completion
- Starz Adds Six Exclusive Films
- Supreme Court Takes Brand X Case
- Viacom to Acquire Sinclair’s KOVR
December 2
- Showtime to Offer Comcast Free Samples
- DirecTV’s Hartenstein to Retire
- USA, Bravo Capture Criminal Intent
- mun2 Takes Reality Route
- Berg Steps Up at CBS
- MTV Orders Newlyweds, Ashlee, Two New Shows
- A&E, WGN Snare Fox’s 24
- Father’s Day for Spike TV, Willis
- Playboy Ups Yates in U.K.
- Good Day Live Taps Allard
December 1
- Brokaw Signs Off from NBC Nightly News
- CTAM Promotes Morrison
- Pa. Nixes Municipal Telecom Overbuilds
- Comcast Seeking Dallas Deregulation
- ESPN Phones It In
- Speed Channel Taps Merchandising Source
- KCAL Scores Dodgers
- WE Documents Tammy Faye’s Cancer Fight