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- February 29
- February 28
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- Southwestern Cable Official Considering Run For Congress
- Meredith Baker Leaving NTIA
- CEA’s Shapiro Supports Converter-Box-Coupon Extensions
- Jeff Zucker to Print Reporters: Drop Dead
- Cablevision Systems Posts Strong Q4 Amid Telco Competition
- Emeril Lagasse Planning Green Reality Series for Planet Green
- CBS Inks Mixed Martial Arts Content Deal
- Primetime Ratings: Few Viewers Spot ABC’s Men in Trees
- Akimbo Tries the White Label Route
- Joba Rules On 'YESterdays' Debut
- Verizon Investing $200 Million in Massachusetts, FiOS Expansion
- MCN Exclusive: Bud Light In UFC’s Corner
- Lowdown On The Upfront: Scripps’s Off-Screen Strategy
- February 27
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- Golden Beacon Nominees Named
- FSN's 'Sports Science' Back In Session
- Lowdown On The Upfront: Weather Channel Sees Fair Winds Ahead
- ‘Battle Of Bands’ Target: 60,000 Meals
- NBC Revamping Fledgling NBC Direct with Pando Networks Deal
- Senate Passes VoIP Enhanced 911 Bill
- Akimbo Makes B2B Web Video-on-Demand Play
- Scripps Giving Free Airtime to Presidential Candidates
- Trading Spouses, Nanny 911 Heading to CMT
- Democratic Debate Most-Watched Show in MSNBC History
- Jackie Bradford to Run KNSD San Diego
- Association of Cable Communicators Names Golden Beacon Award Nominees
- Nielsen Forming National Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council
- Cox Bundles McAfee Security Products With Internet Access
- ESPN Names Senior VP, Talent Development and Planning
- MyNetworkTV Closes Out February Sweep on High Note
- Former FCC General Counsel Sam Feder Lands at Jenner & Block
- CMT To Air Trading Spouses, Nanny 911
- Comcast Faces Class-Action Suit from D.C. Data Subscribers
- Nielsen Establishes Hispanic Advisory Board
- DOJ Approves DirecTV-Liberty Media Merger
- Tennessee Tussle Tops In ESPN’s College Hoops
- February 26
- February 25
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- MASN To Broadcast Orioles, Washington Nationals; Add HD
- FCC Approves Liberty Takeover of DirecTV
- FCC OKs Liberty Media-DirecTV Deal
- Suddenlink Names Jerry Dow Chief Marketing and Sales Officer
- Verizon Puts Down 'Furniture' In Retail Outlet
- Reelz Gets NYC Berth on Time Warner Cable
- Execs Hired at Fuse, Discovery International
- ABC To Pursue Ad-Supported, VOD Play
- HBO Launching YouTube Channel
- Intelstat, SISLink Form Strategic Alliance
- Nielsen, Arbitron Pull Plug on Project Apollo
- ABC Affiliates Agree to VOD Deal
- Minority Advocates Push Multilingual EAS at D.C. Summit
- Intelsat, SISLink Team Up on HD Satellite Newsgathering
- With New Showrunner on Board, ABC Orders More Women’s Murder Club
- NBC Universal Promotes Four Networks-Distribution Executives
- Rise of the TV Shrink
- February 24
- February 23
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- Ghost Hunters International Conjures Solid First Season
- Center for Creative Voices in the Media Rebuts FCC’s Ruling
- Arbitrator Benched In Time Warner-MASN Case
- Adlink Loves Los Angeles VOD
- CN8’s Doyle Struts ‘More’ Stuff
- Laureen Ong: Programming Asia is a Diverse Challenge
- Laureen Ong Riding an 'Immense’ Star
- Dish Punts NFL Network
- Baltimore Ravin'
- The Wonderful World of Sweeney
- Kieran Clarke: Doing Triple Duty at Meredith
- No Country for Old Systems
- Dueling With Dual-Carriage Concerns
- Whacked Out' Wonders
- Paper Now a Station Site
- No Need To Panic
- A&E Network Lets 'Dog’ Out
- Volume Control
- NCTA, ACA Call for Relief
- DirecTV Within Malone’s Grasp
- Studios Pan a La Carte
- 'Flavor’ Fades
- Deals
- February 22
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- MTV Braces For ‘Jackass’ Takeover
- FCC Fines 13 Fox Stations for 2003 Episode of Married by America
- Arbitrator Removed from Time Warner Cable-MASN Dispute
- Retransmission-Consent Row Brewing in Orlando
- ABC News Intensifies Efforts in North Korea
- FCC Auctions 101: Spectrum Auction Appears Near End
- Fox News Casts Vote For Election Series
- Hearst-Argyle Television Q4 Earnings Down
- Former UPN President Dean Valentine Launches Comedy.com
- WNET to Stream New York Philharmonic Concert from North Korea
- February 21
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- Falco Has Pilot Prescription For Showtime
- Hallmark Channel, Time Warner Cable Strike Carriage Deal
- CBS Offering Classic Shows Online
- Gracie Awards Recognizes 27 Actresses, Shows
- Vince Manze Named Head of NBC Creative Services
- NFL Gives Churches Super Sunday Blessing
- Google Expands AdSense for Video
- WJLA Going Retro with Retro Television Network
- Reed Elsevier Puts Reed Business Information Up for Sale
- EchoStar May 'Put' G4 Interest in 2009
- TBS Refreshes 'Frank TV'
- Reed Elsevier To Divest Reed Business Information
- Litwer Promoted To Run Mediacom Ad Sales Unit
- February 20
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- NAB to FCC: Ensure DirecTV Local-TV Delivery in All 210 Markets
- Tennis To Air Federer-Sampras MSG Match
- ‘Fairly OddParents’ Conjures 8.8 Million Viewers
- DirecTV To Offer 3 Extra Views of Masters Golf Tournament
- Chattanooga Municipal Broadband Case Headed Back To Court
- Bright House Taps Robertson To Lead Tampa Unit
- Chapman Out Of A&E’s Dog House
- USA Network Renews Monk
- Vinnie Malcolm Out at KTLA
- 'Monk' Returns To USA For Seventh Season
- NBC to Stream Classic TV Shows
- Directors Guild of America Members Ratify New Deal
- ION Television Unveils Western Night
- AWRT Announces Gracie Award Winners
- WXXV-TV Gulfport, Miss., Faces $10K FCC Fine
- Marketers: TV Advertising Effectiveness Has Decreased
- Syndication Ratings: Sweeps Sweet for Tyra Banks, Steve Wilkos
- Cupid's Funniest Moments Sets Time-Period Mark for MyNetworkTV
- February 19
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- TNT Drives Demo Gains With NBA All-Star Weekend
- Small-System Prices No Jackpot
- FCC Says NYPD Blue Fines Will Stick
- NBC to Hold Nontraditional Upfront
- It’s Official: Toshiba Discontinuing HD-DVD
- Bam! Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Acquires Emeril Lagasse’s Business
- Providence Equity, Clear Channel in Legal Tangle Over $1.2B Station Deal
- NAB Aids CEA with AntennaWeb.org
- TNT Runs Ratings Fast Break with NBA All-Star Weekend
- NATAS Adds Promos to News, Sports & Daytime Emmy Awards
- Globecomm Helps Showtime Expand HD Offerings
- NATPE Names New Co-Chair, Board Members
- Lagasse Heats Up Martha Stewart Portfolio
- WINK-TV Plans Second HD Studio
- Q&A: FCC’s Keyla Hernandez-Ulloa
- SeaChange Powers New HITN Master-Control Center
- Univision, Telemundo Take Different Upfront Approach
- IAG Research Names Most-Recalled Drug TV Ads
- Nathalie Wogue Joins IMG Global Media
- Dexter Delivers 8.14 Million Viewers For CBS
- Ion Contracts With 'Boston Legal'
- February 18
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- Channel Reelz In 'Ebert & Roper'
- Delivering The Digital Edge
- Nick Adds Babunga Online Properties
- NCTA's McSlarrow Calls Martin Testimony 'Deceptive, False'
- SeaChange Adds Flash To Cablevision Mexico
- Nielsen VideoCensus Debuts
- Analog is Dead. Long Live Analog
- Ready or Not, Here Comes DTV
- Stations Ready for Mobile DTV Trials
- Showtime Touts Deal With Sheraton
- Sinclair Counts Retrans Rewards
- Showtime Eyes Download Deliveries
- Flash! DTV Transition Is on the Way, Says Michigan Association of Broadcasters
- Meredith Plans 'Better' Bash
- Nielsen Adds Analysis Tool
- February 17
- February 16
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- Brandon Burgess Hopes to Mobilize Mobile Digital TV
- N.C. Franchise Law Driving … Cable Incumbents
- MIAMI: Thrive at Five
- 'Everybody Loves' HD
- Making a Tunesmith's Day
- Stephan Shelanski: Back to the Future
- Stations Ready for Mobile DTV Trials
- Analog is Dead. Long Live Analog
- Chasing Television’s Ghosts
- Yahoo Buys a Video Maven
- LPTV Bailout
- Glover Puts Pedal to Metal With FunnyorDie
- GSN Mines Diamond for Exec VP Post
- Fates & Fortunes
- Why the Gun Sounded on 'Inside the NFL’
- Ready or Not, Here Comes DTV
- February 15
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- Time Warner Cable Exec Set to ‘Start Over’
- Book Delves Into Next Generation IPTV Services
- Real Estate Group Puts U-Verse Under Fire
- Campbell Brown to Moderate CNN/Univision Democratic Debate
- TLC Learns The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom
- Retro Television Network Partners with Rep Firm Petry International
- February 14
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- Jane Fonda Slips C-Word Past NBC Today Censors
- Shuster to Return to MSNBC Prior to Democratic Debate in Ohio
- CBS Will Hold Upfront Presentation
- When Women Rule the World to Lead Fox's Reality-Laden Summer Lineup
- Diana Wilkin Named CBS Affiliate-Relations President
- Cox Communications Can Put Leased-Access Channels on Digital Tier
- U.K. Production House Shine Acquires Reveille
- ABC Family Bolsters Original Base
- Sky Angel Heralds New Christian IPTV Service
- Nielsen Buys Platform For Set-Top Box Reporting Data
- MGM HD Inks Carriage Deals
- Nielsen Buys Audience Analytics
- Verizon Carries ION in NY, NJ Markets
- DirecTV Supports Video Tax Bill
- Gospel Music Channel Lands Dove Awards
- MGM HD Roars Into Second City
- Nielsen Reports DVR Playback Adding To TV Viewing Levels
- 'CMT Loot' To Open In Nashville Airport
- February 13
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- WorldLink Posts Up For Station Group
- NCTA, Comcast Weigh In on FCC’s Broadband-Network-Management Inquiry
- WGA STRIKE: COMPLETE COVERAGE FROM BROADCASTING & CABLE
- Senate Commerce Committee Postpones DTV-Transition Hearing
- North Dakota Broadcasters Association Repeats DirecTV Request
- Meredith Broadcasting Group Taps Panasonic P2 HD for Local News
- BBC America Launches Weekly Version of Newsnight
- CNN Launching iReport.com
- Change In The Weather For Brindell
- Fuse Raises Roof On Foo Fighters Concert
- TNT Gives 'Leverage' To New New Series
- February 12
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- National Geographic Docks With America’s Port
- WGA STRIKE OFFICIALLY ENDS
- Jones Joins Gospel Music Channel For ‘Next Generation’ Series
- ACA: A La Carte Would Be Status Quo
- Intelsat Promotes Two Officials To Replace COO
- GSN Finds A Diamond In New Executive VP
- Outdoor Channel Says WOW After Launches
- Ion Adds M*A*S*H to Fall Lineup
- Ellen To Take On Oprah, Judy At 4 P.M.
- Gaps in Digital TV Coverage: Study
- Fox Cable Counsel Promoted to Fox Networks Post
- Yahoo Buys Web-Video Management Startup
- Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks
- Turner Buys Animated Star Wars
- Ad Agencies Cool On FTC "Green Marketing" Guideline Changes
- Univision, CNN Host Texas Democratic Debate
- ESPN Brings In Blyn As VP Of Consumer Insights
- February 11
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- CN8 Goes Live With Late-Night Lineup
- Smithsonian Channel Inks Distribution Deals With Charter, FiOS
- ABC Affiliates Defend NYPD Blue Buttocks Scene
- Sinclair Asks D.C. Court to Block Enforcement of Local-Ownership Rules
- ABC Orders Nine Series For Fall
- Lifetime Appoints Conkling As Distribution Chief
- A&E Green-Lights Cleaner as First Scripted Series in Six Years
- ESPN Names Damon Phillips Vice President, ESPN360.com
- Bunting Elevated To Lead Discovery’s Emerging Networks Group
- Bunting Elevated To Lead Discovery’s Emerging Networks Group
- Here! Premieres Ben and Dave Next Month
- Hallmark Movie Channel HD Not Launching on DirecTV
- FCC Releases 30% Cable-Subscriber Cap Order
- Lifetime Networks Taps Disney for Louise Henry Bryson’s Successor
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Names Senior VP, TV Content
- Smithsonian Channel Inks Charter, FiOS TV Carriage Pacts
- Oberon Games Launches Online Merv Griffin's Crosswords
- TV One Names VP, Creative Services
- WGA Strike Nears Finale
- February 10
- February 9
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- Tentative WGA Pact Sets New-Media Residuals
- E! Team Will Walk 50th Grammys Red Carpet
- LEFT COAST BIAS: Ferguson Backs Stewart for Letterman's Seat
- LCB NOTEBOOK: Craig Ferguson on Conan, the Strike, NBC's Late-Night Plans
- MSNBC Suspends Reporter Over Chelsea ‘Pimping’ Comment
- Oxygen Will Show Olympic Games Events
- An Investigation with Investigation Discovery Offers Clues
- ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reenters Sci Fi’s Orbit In March
- Accident Kills John McWethy
- The CW, WWE Ending 'Friday Night SmackDown'
- Comcast Bulks Up
- Hitachi Aids NESN hockey
- USA Takes Dogs For Online Walk
- Will Broadcasters Seize Their Mobile Moment?
- Local TV Tries the Heart Sell
- WTVR goes With Pro-Bel
- Fates & Fortunes
- TUCSON, ARIZ.: Desert Derby
- Seeking Parity
- Small Operators Get Digital Path
- Mapping the 'Most Favored Nation’
- Now He's a Firm Go
- NCTA Keeps 3-Year Vow
- Point-and-Click TV Ad System
- John Ford: A Process of Re-Discovery
- Christina Norman Out at MTV
- Reeling in Ads
- Preachers and the Presidency
- Mackin Heads for Univision Post
- Deals
- Icahn Boosts Moto Stake
- An Investigation Offers Clues
- February 8
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- Dating Show Gives Seniors ‘Another Chance For Romance’
- Preschool Net Sprouts More Time Warner Subs
- Martin Recommends Approval of Liberty Media-DirecTV Merger
- UBS Initiates Pay TV Sector Coverage
- ViaSat Hires WildBlue Founder Moore to Lead Broadband Venture
- TNT Eyes NBA All-Star Weekend Delivery
- Hearst-Argyle's Terry Mackin to Head Up Univision Communications Stations
- The CW, WWE End Friday Night SmackDown Tag-Team
- The Goode Family, Name That Tune Revival Highlight MRC Slate
- Belo Completes Spinoff
- Golden Mike Awards to Honor Disney-ABC’s Anne Sweeney
- FCC Releases Spanish-Language Emergency Alert System Handbook
- February 7
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- Christina Norman Out at MTV
- Martin Plan: Cable Must-Carry For Class A TV
- Will Stewart Grace The Oscars, WGA Strike Or Not?
- DTV Players Preview Digital Future at Best Buy Event
- Comcast Media Center Signs SES Americom Pact
- Outdoor CEO Inks New Deal
- CBS News Taps Washington Post’s Dana Priest as Contributor
- CN8 Takes Roll Call With Weekly Series
- Verizon to Broadcast Its First Live NCAA Game
- Nielsen, Neuro-Marketer To Measure ‘Engagement’
- ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos to Air from Newseum April 6
- Discovery Channel Exploring the Human Body
- PBS to Track Audio History from Wax to Digits
- Charter: Apply MDU Ban To All
- Cone Returns To YES Booth
- Current Expands Into Italy With Sky Italia Distribution
- February 6
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- Comcast Cites Martin’s ‘War On Cable’ To Appeals Court
- Rehr Critical Of Cable Lawsuit
- HBO Sacking “Inside The NFL”
- Cable Drives Time Warner Growth; Cuts Planned at Corporate, New Line
- Bewkes Eyes Reducing Time Warner Stake
- TVS Offers Small Cablers Path to Digital Video
- MSNBC Premieres “Raw” Spin-Off of “Lockup”
- Eleo Hensleigh Joins ION Media Networks as Chief Marketing Officer
- KPIX San Francisco Debuts HD News
- Hensleigh Joins Ion as Chief Marketer
- Vogel Steps Down As Dish President
- LATV Nets Multicast Carriage with KTVU
- Retirement Living Television to Rent Some ABC News D.C. Space
- Petry International to Sell National Advertising on RFD-TV
- DirecTV Wants Order in Supreme Court of Comedy
- WINK Seeing Payoff from Quick Transition to HD
- Vizrt Software Turns Mobile Phones Into Mini News Cameras
- San Francisco's KPIX CBS 5 Unleashes 'Eye on Blogs'
- February 5
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- COO Brooks Leaves Broadstripe
- Charlie Ergen Takes Over as Dish Network President
- NBC Orders Kath and Kim Straight to Series
- Craig Ferguson Tapped for White House Correspondents Dinner
- Clinton Agrees to Appear on Fox News Channel Feb. 11
- OMVC Backs NAB/BIA Study on Mobile DTV
- Costantini Joins Scripps As Affiliate Sales Chief
- AAAA, ANA Push FCC on Product-Placement Rules
- Ben Silverman to Receive Honorary Rose
- NBC Universal Taps ESPN Enterprises’ Mehta
- Massillon Cable Launches ION’s Digital Suite
- Syndication Ratings: Judge Judy Remains on a Roll
- Bravo, Oxygen Research Execs Promoted
- Q&A: NCC’s Nick Garramone
- CAB, NCC Set Local Standards
- Q&A: Sorpresa's Mare;a Badillo
- Galavision To Premiere Reality-Makeover Show
- History Channel Puts Citizenship To Test Online
- Telemundo Anchor Collins To Exit
- February 4
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- Murdoch: We Don’t Want Yahoo
- KGW Plans New HD Studio in Portland
- Speed HD Launches With NASCAR Coverage
- RCN Goes All-Digital to Expand HD Offering
- Vyyo Says Layoffs Will Save $20 Million
- C-SPAN, Discovery, Others Sue FCC Over 'Dual-Carriage'
- NAB Slams Cable Programmers Over Carriage Suit
- Serafina Holdings Finalizes $5 Billion Intelsat Buy
- NBC Joins Other Big Four Networks in Supreme Court Filing vs. FCC
- Comcast Adds On-Demand Debuts
- FCC Releases Leased-Access-Rules Order
- Disney’s ‘Suite Life’ Takes To The Seas
- Lifetime's Louise Henry Bryson to Retire
- FCC Publishes Final Orders on Newspaper-Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rules
- Super Bowl Web Spike Goes To GoDaddy
- Intelsat Completes Sale of Controlling Stake to Serafina Holdings
- Nielsen Hires 20 th Century Fox’s Cheryl Idell
- Rob Lee to Head Programming for IMG Global Media
- Amino Ships 1 Millionth Set-Top Box
- Barfing Baby Was Most TiVo'd Super Bowl Ad
- Cable Networks Sue FCC Over Dual Carriage
- Cable Networks Sue FCC Over Dual Carriage
- WGA Strike's End Could Heat Up Cable's Summer
- A New Spin on Day and Date
- February 3
- February 2
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- CSTV, CBS Sports Interact With Fans
- Comcast Apologizes for Channel Shift
- Nat Geo Beefs Up Broadband
- Liberty Rings Diller’s Bell
- Fates & Fortunes
- Hit and 'Miss'
- Diller, Malone Battle for IAC
- CINCINNATI: Great American Market
- Mouse Roars
- Charting the Blogosphere
- Deals
- Small Scale for the Big Screen
- Weather Channel: Winds of Change
- How Not to Get Whacked by Creatives
- Fans Go Zowie For 'Zoey 101'
- Super-Duper Tuesday, or Just Simply Super?
- DirecTV Tackles Rural Station Concern
- Who Knew? Two New at NATPE
- Microsoft Wants Yahoo for $44.6B
- February 1
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- CNN's Democratic Debate - Kodak Theater
- Vyyo Shuts Down Israel Operations, Lays Off More Than 70
- HITN-TV Adds Four Shows To Schedule
- Microsoft Makes $44B Play for Yahoo
- Bayou City Broadcasting Buys Sage Broadcasting Stations
- TV Journalist Mark Schwed Dies at 52
- Outdoor Channel Places Advisors In Its Sights
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