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June 30
- MCN 404 Error Links
- RCN Launches New Portal
- California Channel’s Hancock on the Mend
- Vonage Faces Class-Action Lawsuit
- EchoStar Orders Bird from SS/L
- Verizon Sues Maryland County
- Blade Off and Running
June 29
- Visser: First Female for Football Hall of Fame
- Naro Joins LodgeNet
- Schwartz Is with IFC Entertainment
- Nature Creator George Page Dies
- Noggin Painting Malls Blue
- La. Bill Faces Local Opposition
- Broadband TV Channel Has Wheels
- Charter Dials Into Reno for Phone Service
- Comcast Buys thePlatform
- DirecTV Adds Local HD in Nine Markets
- Loral's Space Systems Names CEO
June 28
- A Doc Is in the House on CNN Podcast
- TuTV Helps Operators Market VOD
- Tribune to Stream Two and a Half Men
- ReplayTV to Sell DVR PC Software
- Multiplatform Push for Big Brother
- Court Approves Adelphia Reorg Plan
- Philip Remek Senior Media Analyst Guzman & Company
- Verizon Posts DirecTV Subscriber Growth
- Eye for an Eye Clears 80%
- MTV Neopets Goes Mobile with Cingular
- McCain Loses A la Carte Push
June 27
- Univision Taps On-Air Voice Of Experience
- Washington’s Turn for Comcast Jobs
- Broadcast Flag Waves on Hill
- Animania HD Licenses Two New Series
- EGT Supports Conway Simulcast Project
- Dolan’s Press Gambit Pays Off
- Barney Moves Into IPTV Games
- MTV Gets Uploaded With U.S. Troops
- Insight Will Give Internet Customers Rebates
- Tammy Esser, Vice President, Customer Services Scripps Networks Interactive
- Comcast Customers Are Happy to Chat With Company
- DirecTV to Appeal $78.9M Patent Ruling
- Verizon to Carry a Tune with IMF
- Univision Accepts $12.3B Buyout Offer
- ESPN's Papa Has New Charges
June 26
- Bankruptcy Judge Ready for Adelphia
- Cablevision Bringing SOAPnet to N.Y.
- Stark Joins CNBC.com
- WICT Announces ‘Accolade’ Winners
- Media General Closes Four-Station Sale
- Sanmina-SCI: 35M Dish Boxes and Counting
- MTV Networks Names VP, Film Content
- Akimbo Closes $15.5M Funding Round
- GAC Inks Carriage Pacts
- Media General Gets Duopoly Waiver
- NBC, Wimbledon to Lob Tennis Onto Web
- Tina Elmo Gets VP Role at Scout
- Net Neutrality—Spring Sweeps or Last Season’s Rerun?
- Akimbo Gets New Backers
- WWE Pins Mediacom to 24/7 Deal
- NFL Net Signs Dish
June 24
- Aaron Spelling: An Appreciation
- DirecTV’s $7,500 Plan
- Would-Be Ratings Startup Offers Ops Profit Split
- Beyond 'Limits’: Strike Up The Brand
- Operators Taking Knotice
- Fates & Fortunes
- Hard Lessons From Emmis
- New Universal Mandate
- MPEG-4 Gives DBS Room
- Five Questions for Gavin Harvey
- Cartoon Sends Message
- Jewelry Television Keeps Shop Net Alive
- Deals
- Mustang Sallies Onto Dish
- Wanted: Wireless-VoIP Connection
- It’s About Getting The Word Out – Early
- What's On
- Bay Area Boost
- Rising Guidance Lifts Qualcomm
- Fox Makes Blu-Ray Push
- Mr. Showtime Goes to Washington
- The Wide, Wider World
- 1 Gigahertz Talk Renews at Conference
- The Best Shows on TV
June 23
- Fine Mess for Cox in Arizona?
- McCain Press Secretary Joins ABC News
- Casa at Home with New EdgeQAM
- Vertasent, Harmonic Stay Open for Switched Digital
- Disney Online to Turn Library Into ‘Playhouse’
- FiOS TV Expands in Long Island
- CBS Wins With Game, Gore
- Tough Week for Cable at SEC
- PWC: Cable Tops B’cast in Ad Revenue
- Fritts Group Up and Running
June 22
- NAB Tracks Too-Strong Transmitters
- Panasonic Bows High-End Blu-Ray System
- Kanouff Re-Elected SCTE Chair
- SA Pays $20M to Settle SEC Charges
- Association of Electronic Interactive Marketers Formed
- C-COR Debuts New 1-GHz Product
- INHD’s Got Its Mojo Working
- BBC Begins Move to Tapeless HD formats
- Panasonic DVCPRO HD Goes to Iraq
- Online HD Net Hires Content Chief
June 21
- Nielsen Rival Courts MSOs
- FCC: Cable VoIP to Pay USF Fees
- FCC: Cable VoIP to Pay USF Fees
- Nick Orders More Avatar
- Sundance to Offer Content Sponsorships
- Cox Doesn't Block Websites, Says Esser
- LPTV Group Seeks Must-Carry
- Granath Named NATAS Chairman
- Cox Taps SA for Cellular Backhaul
- Tandberg Adds an Architect
- Harmonic Has a ‘CLEARcut’ Solution
- Nortel Inks Pacts with Suddenlink, Liberty Global
- Comcast Seattle Named 'System of the Year'
- Cablevision Hits Accelerator on Optimum Online
- Cox Adding Internet Parental Control
- AOL, DIC Develop CBS Kids Block
- Wallace: Rather Exit "Sad, Bloody"
- Cartoon Hires Outreach Executive
- Fox Hopes to Be in Business by Mid-2007
- Motorola Adds Security to IP-Video Systems
June 20
- GSN Names Research Exec
- Filon to Join Comcast’s D.C. Office
- Disney Kicks Competition in Weekly Ratings
- Nick Characters Pack for Licensing Show
- Cox Goes Interactive with Harmonic
- PBS Pioneer Bill Lamb Dies
- Hallmark Recites The American’s Creed
- Lifetime Sings with Karaoke Superstars
- Comcast Says ‘Mazel Tov’ to Shalom TV
- USA Wrestles To Win
- ABC Ups Lee to Marketing VP
- Summer Sun Brings Falling HUT Levels
- One-Liners
- mPhase Uploads New IPTV Software
- Telkonet Starts IPTV Trials in ‘Big Apple’
- DirecTV to Give ‘Titanium’ Subs Everything
- Time Warner VOD Adds WVVH
- Mediacom Led Q1 Revenue Gains
- Fox TV Stations Ups Execs
- Technology Won’t Let Fiber Nets Be Idle
- Intelsat Gets FCC Nod
- Intellectual Property Prosecutions Double, Says Justice
- Time to StopBigMedia, Say Activists
June 19
- Rove Scolded by Religious-TV-Station Leaders
- FiOS Speaks Chinese, Korean
- Inouye Rips New Stevens Draft Bill
- Hilary Bolts BBC America
- Montel Launches Podcasts
- Tribune Sells Another Station
- Couric: The Fluff Factor?
- NFL Net Signs 75 Distributors
June 17
- Cable’s Blueprint for Interactivity
- Mother Nature's Helper
- WEB to set '06 AD-Spend Pace
- Martin Eyes Multicast Must-Carry Win
- New Tech Drives Entertainment Sector
- “Everybody Needs Answers”
- Commuter TV Finds Captive Audience
- Mel Karmazin: Bring It On
- Deals
- Fates & Fortunes
- A Lifelong Passion
- Flash!
- Once and Again
- Promax Push Is On
- Dish Does the Math
- Liberty, News Corp. Size Up Swap
- Raycom Copes With Tower Crisis
- Cable Firms Rip Conn. IPTV Order
- Mother Nature’s Helper
- Broadcast-Decency Bill: Pro or Con?
- BET Backs 'Awards’ With $8M
- Cartoon, Mattel Play Nice
- Cast Away
- Cohen: Call It 'Network Neutering’
- Jewelry TV Goes Shopping
- IPTV: Still Too New To Define
- He Builds “Character”
- The Promax Experience
- A Lifelong Passion
June 16
- CEA Protests Comcast CableCARD Waiver
- DirecTV Vows To Monitor Rural Programmer
- A&E Names Vila VP of Drama Programming
- A&E Names Vila VP of Drama Programming
- CBS News Hires NBC Exec
- Hopkins Fight Draws 330,000 PPV Buys
- Lifetime Cuts Seven Marketers
- ABC Family Sells Kyle XY on iTunes
June 15
- CBS Shifts Summer Schedule
- Gates Transitioning Out of Microsoft
- Verizon To Carry PBS Multicast Channels
- Verizon Flips FiOS TV in Hempstead
- Six Flags Hypes A&E Series
- Fox Promotes Lang
- TiVo Creates Safe KidZone
- President Signs Smut Bill
- USA Video Suing Cable Companies
- DirecTV Contractor Charged with Rape
June 14
- Cohen: Net Neutrality About Neutering Cable
- Fusion Rings Up VoIP ‘softphone’
- Showtime Names Masters of Horror Directors
- Holy Humor: TBN to Debut Sitcom
- Dish Adds Telemundo Puerto Rico
- FCC to Impose Multicast Must-Carry
- Bloomberg Signs Up for ClipSyndicate
- Pace Set to Debut OCAP DVR Box
- Manske Looks to Speed Career
- Insight Taps Harmonic for VOD Encryption
- Nielsen: We’ll Measure TV Everywhere
- Nielsen Remakes Ratings for New TV World
- Joshua Mintz Director of Programming and Production Azteca America
- Menudo Redux
- Telemundo in Tennessee
- ¡Viva la Copa!
- LIN TV CEO Exiting
- UFC Sweepstakes Thank You Page
June 13
- Meerkat Manor Strong for Animal Planet
- Vote Set on New Telecom Bill
- TNT's Closer Nabs Big Numbers
- Program Partners Snags New Procedural
- TCM, Hermès Like Short Shorts
- CBS Affils: Retract Trace Fine
- Wrestling Helps USA to Victory
- Telkonet Begins Big Apple IPTV Beta-Test
- PBS Names Chief Content Officer
- NBC Extends Johnny Miller's Contract
- Dish to Offer Free Preview of BabyFirst TV
- Telemundo, Nostromo Partner on Games, Reality
- TNS Sees Cable Ad Spending Up 6%
- CARU Clears Up Ad Problem
- Local TV Channels Beam Onto Sprint Phones
- Peoria Council Criticizes Insight for Internet Interruptions, Lackluster Service
- Lodi Residents May Lose Yard Space to AT&T Cabinets
- World Cup Scores in Ratings
- Kasenna Remodels ‘Living Room’ Product
- Outfit Wants to Pump TV Into Gas Stations
- NDS Unveils IPTV Middleware
- Juniper, Microsoft Team Up to Secure IPTV
- AR&D Nabs New-Media Firm
- CinemaNow Lands Fox VOD Deal
June 12
- Sundance Sets Fare for Katrina Anniversary
- Conn. IPTV-Franchise Ruling Under Fire
- Bravo To Fight in Tabloid Wars
- Maggioni Part of E!’s Script
- Lifetime Sets Tolerance Campaign
- Golant Leaves FCC for U.S. Copyright Office
- CMT, NASCAR Team Up on Dale Doc
- Broadband-TV Net Targets NYC Upper Crust
- Food Network Throwing a Hawaiian Wedding
- Cartoon Over for McQuilken
- MSNBC Management Shifts Continue
- NBA Finals a Slam Dunk for ABC
- Bravo Fights the Tabloid Wars
- Minacom, Tollgrade Team Up on VoIP Testing
- Comcast Foundation Donates $50K to CHCI
- Santana to Lead NTN Buzztime
- McQuilken Exiting Cartoon
- CBS: That's Showbuzz
- Broadcasting, With a $10.3B
- Oscar Countdown Wins for Most Brand Appearances
- Half Off for Sitcom
- A McCormick Family Feud?
- ReelzChannel: It’s Finally Show Time
June 10
- News Networks’ Top Story: Facing the Future
- Cablevision Network DVR in Court’s Hands
- Vongo Begins to Bang Drum
- Wright Thrives in Second Act
- Va. Player Isn’t Cavalier About IP
- Conn.: IPTV Isn’t Cable TV
- Content or Distribution? It’s Not a Choice
- Volume Control
- Capital Spending Per 'RGU’
- From Campus to Capitol
- 'Megan' Shaping Up
- Washington Watch
- Telcos Strut Broadband Stuff
- ReelzChannel: Curtain Finally Opens
June 9
- FSN Florida, Comcast Reach Carriage Pact
- Ark. Cable Exec Gardner Dies at 56
- Vonage Campaign Wins Award
- Cable Must Work Bugs Into System
June 8
- Comcast Launches HD ESPN 2
- Comcast Spotlight Taps Broadcast Vet
- TVGuide.com: Duff Blog for You
- TNT, ESPN Roll Roundball to ABC
- Cox-Cable America Deal Wraps
- Starz’s Vongo Trial Over
- Model Ratings from Oxygen’s Janice
- Raycom Loses Two Towers
- Sherman Leaving Robot To Join CW
- In2TV Adds Reality, Canceled Series Channels
- CableLabs Inks Tech Deal with European Counterpart
- Shaq Attack from CSTV
- New HD Imager Looks to Propel 1080p LCOS TV sets
- ESPN, ABC Sports Ready for World Cup Kickoff
June 7
- CNN Headline News Expands Weekend Lineup
- FCC Indecency-Fine Boost Passes
- NEC Unified Solutions Adds Four Execs
- TCM’s Next Guest Programmer: Mia Farrow
- Wholesale Triple Play from Verizon, DirecTV
- McCain Introduces a la Carte Bill
- TiVo Casts Its Broadband Lot
- Liberty Global Sells Ops in France, Sweden
- House Committee Cuts CPB Funding
- Animania HD Nabs Mr. Bean
- Dozier Back in U.S.
- Roto-Rooter Plugs Product Placement
June 6
- Bandstand's Yates Dead at 87
- YES Promotes Wagner
- MTV Cuts Ad Deal With OMD
- Study: IPTV Could Grab 25% of Pay Subs
- Complete Access Backs Charter Rewards
- Stratacache ‘OmniCast’ Ready to Update Boxes
- NBA Replay: TNT Wins Week
- Adelphia Files Modified Chapter 11 Reorg
- Esser Sermonizes on Franchise Reform
- NBA Helps TNT, ESPN Score
- CMT Names Country Fried Host
- NTELOS Taps Alcatel to Extend IPTV Reach
- Verizon Forecasts FiOS Interactive Weather, Traffic Features
- Lionsgate Names Production VP
- Engvall To Get Country Fried on CMT
- Time Warner Goes Interactive with OpenTV
- MTV/Kaiser Team on AIDS Campaign
June 5
- Sprint Nextel Wants AT&T-BellSouth Conditions
- Greene Light for Starz Promotion
- Multiplatform Debuts for Nick Jr. Mini-Pilots
- FX Ending Shield, Digging Up Dirt
- iTunes Test-Drives Speed’s Unique Whips
- FX Renews Shield, Dishes Dirt
- Juniper Takes Initiative on IPTV
- GSN Braces for Chain Reaction
- Movie Ending for HBO’s Deadwood
- WWE Library Reaches 75,000 Hours
- MSG Opens Its Vault
- From Homespun Growth to Client Retention
- Supreme Court Declines To Hear Reporters' Appeal
- AOL.com’s Got Next with WNBA
- Intelsat’s ‘Ampiage’ to Fly on Falcon
- Nielsen Sports Evaluates Sponsor-Placed Media
- FremantleMedia Producing Scripted Soap
- Tribune Selling WATL
- Family Guy, Men Look for Big Payoff
June 3
- Broadband Channels: Ready for Primetime
- VOD Ads Attract More Attention
- Edgy Sitcoms Bank on Big Payoff
- Earn Our Trust
- Vendors Gear Up for the TV Push
- Piggybacking on Poles
- Vonage Faces More Woes After IPO
- A Demonstration of Speed
- TiVo Service Helps Customers Find Ads
- Multiplatform Summer
- Local Channel, National Reach?
- Made for TV: A Tale of Two Telcos
- Volume Control
- Mediacom Cries Foul Over Loan Grant
- Morley Safer: Iraq Riskier Than ’Nam
- Comcast Offers A 'PowerBoost’ To Modem Subs
- MagRack Relies on 'Kidz’ Play To Promote New Lithgow Series
- Fates & Fortunes
- Out of the Doldrums
June 2
- ABC Part of Atomic Scientist Suit Settlment
- Deadly Crash Damages TV Tower
- History Spotlights Soccer in Spanish
- DiGiorgio Cares About Vonage Customers
- Judge Sacks Adelphia Complaint
June 1
- Disney Channel Shows Go Broadband
- McDowell Sworn In at FCC
- It’s Always Sunny on MySpace.com
- Litton Gets on the Bus for News
- News from mun2: First News Special
- Plum TV Buys Telluride Station
- CFL Invades U.S.
- EchoStar to Open S.C. Repair Center
- DirecTV Uncovers Sleuth
- Interactive Weather, Traffic in FiOS Forecast
- Conexant Taps Two for Executive Positions
- Charter Hopes for Bundle of Business
- DirecTV Launching Ukrainian Net
- ABC Names Senior Foreign Correspondent