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May 30
- C-SPAN to carry ownership vote
- C-SPAN to carry ownership vote
- Should terrorism trump access?
- Zwerling heads N.Y. telecom office
- IFC, New Line Ink Licensing Pact
- Comcast Sues San Jose
- Fox sets Banzai preview
- Adelphia Settles Into Denver Digs
- OLN Scales Everest, on Tape
May 29
- Tyson Headlines New Season of FSN Series
- Freedom Tower will be b'cast tower, too
- Arris Releases New `Cadant' Hardware
- Court TV Teams Up with NYU
- NCTC Affiliates Roll Out HDNet
- Cunningham Is New CAB CEO
May 28
- Lifetime renews The Division
- MBC Tackles SWAC Programming Deal
- HBO Green-Lights Greenlight
- Rhapsody Drops Download Burn Price
- Rogers Adds MGM to VOD Lineup
- Two SES Birds to Take Flight
- Comcast Shacks Up with RadioShack
- Bravo preps gay dating show
- CBS, The WB burn off scripts
- Loudin climbs on to Pyramid
- Comedy Central slates House Arrest
May 27
- Rodriguez to head Travel Channel
- Bernie Mac clears 30% of U.S.
- Nexstar taps Smith
- Playboy Signs Up for OpenPass
- NABEF taps fellows
May 26
- Rainbow Sends Viewers to Sportskool
- Pegasus' Wings Getting Clipped
- Buyers Find Nothing New for Fall Season
- Alfred Sikes: HDTV Advocate Belatedly Buys In
- Pegasus Balloon Is Pricked
- New Watchdog Group for Child-Friendly TV
- New Path for NBC NewsChannel
- Bronfman, Dolan Set Eyes on VUE
- The Embedding Experience
- Breaking…
- Changing Hands
- WE's Night Mixes Fright, Bites
- Comcast Adds Lobbying Help
- MTVA Puts N.J. Plan On Hold
- Fates & Fortunes
- Rainbow Plans Sports-Instruction VOD Service
- Fast Track
- Hot Spots
May 23
- McGowan Hasn't Left: Discovery
- CSTV to Offer Content for HD Service
- Discovering (MDS) America
- Former LIN TV exec dies
May 22
- CBS Won't Pull HDTV Programming
- Murdoch: DBS Close to Local HDTV
- OLN Aborts Everest Climb
- Brouillette returns to Commerce Committee
- Sci Fi Lost in Triangle
- Hallmark Gets `Happy' with Disney
- TNT nabs Boomtown
- Time Warner Launches IP with Cisco Gear
- King of Queens finally clears L.A.
- MTVA puts hold on tower
- USA Joins Annika's Army
May 21
- Buffy , Top Model stake out top ratings
- Viacom Adds Outsiders to Board
- Cablevision, Bronfman View VUE
- Fox, NBC dominate May sweeps
- Report: 1Q Cable-Gear Spending Drops
May 20
- Roberts: QVC Deal All About Money
- T. Howard Dinner Raises $500K
- UDT ups Wilson
- EIA's Kelly joins Comcast lobbying shop
- TNT Boxes Out Ratings Rivals
- NBC News unveils political-coverage team
- Comcast Adds to Washington Office
- CSG Issues Billing-System Upgrade
- A Legitimate Napster Set to Return
- The Practice goes on without McDermott
May 19
- Magness Autopsy Results Released
- NCTA Staff to Attend Burns Phone Summit
- TechTV hires banker to shop network
- Dick Clark launches kids' arm
- AMC to Shoot New Paparazzi Series
- TLC the Story at Daytime Emmys
- Sassos Rejoins Cable Audit Associates
- Continuing the Shaw Family Tradition
- 'Rave Reviews' for Co-op's Web Store
- Thomson Wireless Systems Roam Free At WHPA Gala
- 'Duopoly' in Terre Haute
- ESPN to Mark 25th With Spate of Sports Shows
- Comcast to FCC: Virtual Private Nets are OK
- MSO Pair Claim New-Service Gains
- Hollander Is Tapped To Be Infinity President
- Sony Keeps Around The Horn in Tune
- Fox Is Poised To Grab the Top Spot Next Fall
- CWA Loses Vote in Spokane
- Lacrosse Gets TV Assist From ESPN2, Sponsors
- Motive Signs With Cox For Auto Provisioning
- Hispanic Upfront Heats Up
- Broadcasters Face 'Sweet Buy and Buy' With New Dereg Rules
- Soldier's Girl Doesn't Tell the Issues
- Time Warner Seizes on Consumer Control
- Station Break
- CBS Shuffles Deck, Seeks Younger Demos
- Cutting Edge
- NBC Prepares Ground For Life After Friends
- To Live and Watch Ads in L.A.
- 'Reach for the Stars'
- Henderson Starts UGC With a 'Buy' Rating
- Splicing Local Ads Digitally: Part 1
- Roberts Spurs Comcast to Innovate
- Putting Synergy To Work
- Camille Jayne: More Time for Tennis?
- Cablevision Growth Slows
- UPN's Ostroff Looks For Flow, Consistency
May 16
- Comcast's Smith Confirms Allen Talks
- Court: FCC's Pole Action `Reasonable'
- The `Blair Watch' project
- Two `eyes' of Texas won't be on Hitler
- OpenTV Revenue Drops
- Infinity, Westwood One name new presidents
- 4Kids adds Sonic , Shaman
- Prisms praise TV's straight talkers
May 15
- Chum Promotes Two
- 360networks Grabs Dynegy Broadband Unit
- Starz on High with MSO Deals
- UPN turns to comedies
- Orlando closer to NAB post
- Disney Channel in Movie Mood
May 14
- Univision Closes Out Spanish Upfront
- Status Quo for Galavisión
- ESPN Plans 25th Anniversary Celebration
- Mallard Files Chapter 11
- mun2 Jumps Off the Roof
- Telemundo, J-Lo Reach Deal
- Food, HGTV add West Coast feeds
May 13
- Azteca enters Univision's territory
- MTV renews Real World , Challenge
- TNS ups two
- Azteca Eyes Product-Placement Deals
- The WB sticks with scripted
- AFMA asks FCC to keep rules
- Charter, FMC Team Up on Film Fest
- TCM just wild about Harryhausen
May 12
- FCC Staff: Move Cap to 45%
- Pirate broadcaster's plea garners prison stay
- Lifestyle change for A&E
- Lighting a Fuse in Music-Video Wars
- CNN Taps New Boston Bureau Head
- Rogers Enters SCTE Hall of Fame
- Vendors Deal, Debut at SCTE
- Cable Scores Jan., Feb. Ad Gains
- Comcast Nixes VPN Restrictions
- IFC offers 'uncensored' movies on-demand
- NBC's Today plays trading places
- CNN quashes anchor's infomercial deal
- News-Hungry Viewers
- DirecTV, Playboy Spice Up Adult PPV
- K.C.'s Latest Twist
- The Book of Ironies
- USA Branches Out With Lending Tree
- Terayon Classes Up Its DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS
- Style Channel Has New Designs on Reality
- HBO Pushes Group Sex
- Go to School at PROMAX&BDA
- Motorola Unveils HD-DVR Set-Top
- CWA Takes Offensive
- Comcast's Fellows Sees A Quicker Digital Future
- Comcast Adds New Latino Packages
- Abdoulah Tapped As WOW's CEO
- CAB: Cable's Out to Win Ad-Sales Game
- Hot Spots
- Ol' Maury and Jerry Still Kick
- NBC Hopes Sexy New Coupling Will Be TV's Next Break-Out Hit
- Fates & Fortunes
- MTVN Is a Little of a Lot of Things
- Bide Time, Then Buy
- Spy Sweeps Part of a Starz Summer Salvo
- Profiles
May 11
- Comcast Eyes Going All-Digital
- IFC Launching `Uncensored' SVOD
May 9
- TVG Rides Charter, Cox Deals
- Palle Named Blonder Tongue Prez
- HBO Suspends Reality Football Series
- Comcast Adds New Latino Packages
- Playboy Spices Up DirecTV PPV
- OLN Outs Four New Shows
- TI Debuts New Multimedia Processor
May 8
- Insight to Manage OnMedia's Ill. Ad Sales
- Ex-AT&T Exec Named WOW CEO
May 7
- Johnston tapped for Starting Over
- Carey to host WB's Pepsi Play
- ESPN Sells Five on X Games Global
- 'Vanguard Awards' honorees announced
- BCFM: 'Big Three' see ad revenue drop
- MTVN: We're a Better Buy than B'cast
- NCTA Announces `Vanguard' Winners
- MSOs to lawmakers: Keep 35% cap
May 6
- Cable-Modem Odyssey Continues in Seattle
- Acterna Heads Into Chapter 11 Land
- New Shows for Fine Living
- Microsoft Rolls Out IPG
- Food Happy, Happy, Happy with Emeril
- King World, Paramount slate PROMAX&BDA events
- TWCC, NY1 boast `healthy' sales
- CAB deploys star power
May 5
- TCM brings Bollywood to U.S.
- Fuse to Relaunch with Marcha!
- Comcast, Radio One tap Bell
- fds
- Conexant Rolls Out MPEG-2 Decoders
- DTV switch would trigger KFTL sales clause
- NBA: High-def scores big
- 70 Layoffs Hit Showtime
- '70s Lives on in Syndie
- Make DTV Albatross Into an Asset
- Syndie Insider
- Beyoncé Bounces To Pay-Per-View
- Distaff Nets Tread on Different Series Paths
- Telemundo: Latino Buying Power to Soar
- The Next Chapter?
- Building a VOD Model Everyone Can Embrace
- Comcast Animates Its Platform
- Fates & Fortunes
- NBA Commits to Games in High-Definition
- TiVo Taps a New Topper
- Banks' Return Is Key to Deal Market
- In the Loop
- With Two Pitches, Buyers See Double at TNT/TBS Upfront
- Layoffs Seen at HBO, Showtime
- Fin-Syn, Redux
- Kid From Queens Counts on NYC Energy
- NBC Will Have To Wing It Without Sorkin
- Pressure From DSL Prompts Downgrade
- Doc Takes 'Dark' Look at Anna Nicole
- Hip-Hop Will Flavor MTV2 Original Slate
- Cutting Edge
- Condista Surfaces as U.S. Latino Cable Hub
- Judge Could Zap Dish's Local Package
- WE Tunes Up Pitch for Viewers, Mad Ave.
- Scripps Takes on Broadway
- Hendricks's Wide World of HDTV
- Psst, Wanna Buy a Muni Cable Net?
- SVOD Lineup
- ComScore Charts Cable, DSL Speeds
- No Joke: Cable Vets to Bow Comedy
- Deficit Disorder
- VOD and DVD: A Match Made for Revenue?
May 2
- Lewis PPV Bout Moved to HBO
- Vicom Buys Suncoast MDU Subs
- Canal Plus Drops NDS Suit
- Texas toys with ad tax
- G4 Counts Down Top 100 Games
- KVMD(TV) gets early analog exit
May 1
- TV Station Gets OK to End Analog
- Sorkin, Schlamme leaving West Wing
- France First for Goldman-Backed Net
- Friday-Night Block Party at ESPN2
- Beyoncé PPV Event Set for June
- Spike TV sets GQ Awards show
- Wheels in Motion for Auto Net
- Comedy, Leary Team Up on Interstitials
- MLB.com Offers Preview
- Engel joins NBC News
- Missing cleared in 75% of U.S.
- BVT's My Wife and Kids a hot sell
- Family gets $65M for KFTL
- Veteran WCBS-TV reporter dies