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- March 31
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- TNT Orders Ray Romano Pilot Men of a Certain Age
- Passions Props Hit the Auction Block
- Leno Turns Down NBC's Top Gear
- Marketer Patricia Gottesman Leaves Cablevision
- BBT Eyes Q3 For Low-End Set-Top
- Group Asks FTC To Probe TV Patent Cases
- Cable TV Pioneers Names Class Of 2008
- Discovery Times New Branding Campaign To ‘Deadliest Catch’ Debut
- NCTA Asks FCC To Stay Leased Access Changes
- FSN to Tell Amazing Sports Stories
- NAMIC Promotes Key Execs
- Ad Spending Rose 0.6% In 2007, Nielsen Reports
- Nielsen: Dips in Network TV, 'Old' Media Drag 2007 Ad Spending
- Hallmark Transcodes HD With Cisco
- Lucas Oil To Invest In MavTV
- Q&A: Charter’s Jim Heneghan
- Adult Swim’s ‘Assy McGee’ Lands Scion As Exclusive Sponsor
- NBC's Today Brings Kathie Lee Back to Morning TV
- Burns to Head News at WNBC
- Anne Sweeney, Matt Blank Top Vanguard Award Winners
- UJA-Federation to Honor Playboy's Bob Meyers at Broadcast, Cable & Video Awards
- Veteran TV Writers Create a Web Series...About TV Writers
- Primetime Ratings: ABC Scores Feel-Good Win
- Spike's Patterson Adds TV Land to Expanded Role
- Starz Unveils $25M Rebranding Initiative
- Moonves Reveals How He Chose Nogawski
- LEFT COAST BIAS: Moonves Reveals How He Chose Nogawski
- TAKE FIVE: Toe to Toe With CNBC's Charlie Gasparino
- March 30
- March 29
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- Playhouse Disney Welcomes Junction To The Jungle
- New Orleans: Reborn on the Bayou
- Mary Beth Marks: High Marks for Research Multi-Tasker
- 2008 Cable TV Pioneers
- Another round of layoffs at ABC news
- FX, NBC Universal in $100M Film Deal
- Moonves On Nogawski
- Rosenblum Hits Third Coast
- Squash Match
- Deals
- CableCards Crack 4 Million
- Comcast Performing Peer Review
- NBC Follows CBS Into Mixed Martial Arts
- TitanTV Moves Beyond Listings
- Fates & Fortunes
- March 28
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- MLS 2008 TV
- MLB Connects With PSAs
- MLB.com Tees Up Streaming Video Freebies
- NAB Sues FCC Over New Reporting Requirements
- FCC Fines WCIU-TV $16.5K Over Pokemon Characters Appearing in Ads
- FAIR: TV News, Newspapers Less Reliant on Think-Tank Data
- The CW Scaring Up 13 Casting Calls
- Chryon Catches Bright House Deal
- March 27
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- FCC Permits DBS To Phase-In HD Broadcast Carriage
- Time Warner Rejiggers Regional, Corporate Management
- FCC Allows Satellite-TV Providers to Phase In HD
- Mea Culpa: Verizon Retrains Staff Following Billing Complaints
- FCC’s McDowell: New Distribution Models Will Trump Regulation
- Test Shows Comcast’s HD Squeeze In Virginia
- John Nogawski Takes Reins at CBS Television Distribution
- More Layoffs at ABC News
- Kyle Chandler: Friday Night Lights Will Return for Season Three
- Martin Pushes Comcast to Set ‘Date Certain’ on Network-Management Changes
- Comcast, BitTorrent Agree to Team Up on Traffic Issues
- Google to TV: We Want to Work with You
- Broadcaster of the Year Karpowicz Salutes Family and Industry
- ABC Moves Jimmy Kimmel Live to 11:35 p.m. (for One Night)
- LOWDOWN ON THE UPFRONT: USA Event Attracts Lots of ‘Characters’
- NBC Follows CBS Into Mixed-Martial-Arts Ring
- States’ Attorney Generals Write Martin Over XM-Sirius
- NCTA Names Speakers for The Cable Show ‘08
- Dish Debuts NESN HD
- MediaFLO Hitting AT&T Phones
- Chicago Radio Legend Wally Phillips Dies at 82
- ION Media Networks Calls for Cash-Flow Plummet in 2008
- Stutz Named Director of News at News-Press & Gazette Broadcasting
- Darling, Martinez Joining TBS Baseball Broadcast Team
- Scripps Waves In TidalTV
- NAB Education Foundation Announces Winners of Service to America Awards
- Cablevision, Westchester County Light Up 'Intelligent' Film
- NCTAUnveils2008Cable Show Agenda
- March 26
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- CableLabs Researcher Joins Joost As CTO: Source
- UPFRONT & CENTER: USA Network Unveils ‘Character’ Lineup
- NESN Scores With Red Sox Opener
- Bresnan Inserts More Ad Capabilities
- Comedy Central Orders Spoofing Series Pair
- Nexstar Moves Some TV Business to Katz
- SportsTime Ohio Builds HD Affiliate Roster
- Carlsen Resources Finds New York Office
- Magnus Graduates To Lead ESPN College Sports Programming
- Fine Living Casts Net For NY Hosts
- USA Trots Out More ‘Characters’ In Upfront Development Slate
- Showtime Streams 'Tudors' Premiere On YouTube
- Ion Bolsters Ad Sales Staff
- Justin Timberlake Tapped to Host 2008 ESPY Awards
- Comedy Central Gives Green-Light to Chocolate News, Reality Bites
- PBS to Unearth Time Team USA
- Hallmark Channel Study: Generation Gap in TV-Technology Use
- UPFRONT & CENTER: The Golden Girls to Move to Hallmark Channel
- March 25
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- 'Lopez' Marathon Leads Nick At Nite To Third
- New Online Site Displays Color of Politics
- Starz Negotiating Time Warner Carriage
- Primetime Ratings: Britney Spears Boosts CBS' How I Met Your Mother
- ‘Curveball’ Caught on Tape; BBC America Has Footage
- FCC Grants Media General License Renewals
- FCC Approves Raycom Media Station Purchase
- American Antitrust Institute Rips DOJ Over XM-Sirius Ruling
- Tribune’s San Diego The CW Affiliate to Switch to Fox
- MSNBC Examines Race in Documentary, Town-Hall Meeting
- VH1, Sundance Channel Talking About Sex
- The Weather Channel Picks Up More When Weather Changed History
- AT&T Offers U-verse TV To More Austinites
- March 24
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- Bonnie Hammer to Head NBCU Cable Entertainment in New Multiyear Deal
- NESN Delivers Bosox Specials On Eve Of 2008 MLB Season
- Mexicanal Multicasts With Journal Broadcast Group
- Cablevision Offers Starz/Encore On-Demand
- Comcast Debuts RFD-TV On Nashville’s Digital Lineup
- Department of Justice OK with XM-Sirius Merger
- Verizon Plugs In Retirement Living TV
- Time Warner Makes Changes In Finance Group
- Tribune Names Chandler Bigelow CFO
- Lori Sale Jumps to Paradigm
- Gol Nets Trio Of World Cup Qualifier Deals
- Comcast Adds SNY HD In North Jersey
- CBS Orders More Primetime The Price Is Right Specials
- Journal Broadcast Group to Multicast Mexicanal
- Jeff Sellinger to Run CBS Mobile
- FiOS Internet Takes Manhattan
- CNN Headline News Launching Not Just Another Cable News Show
- Masters of Their Domain
- Gol TV Nets Rights Deals
- March 23
- March 22
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- Jake Tapper's Caricatures
- Scripps Networks, NBC Seek America's Ugliest Backyard
- Bird Watching In HD
- One More Time: The ABCs of Q-A-M
- At Last, ePort
- Steady at the Wheel
- Fates & Fortunes
- The News at ESPNews Is HD
- Programmed For Success
- Velocity, Plus Video
- 'Gospel Dreams' In New Jersey
- Mass. Organizing
- Old Warriors Never Die
- Jake Tapper: ABC's Man of the Hours
- More Pipes, Fewer People
- Volume Control
- WGA's Next Hurdle: Count the Money
- Face2Face
- Gambler Ergen Bets Big
- Satellite AMC-14 Had a Bad Day
- Nick's Into Playing Games
- March 21
- March 20
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- Jonas Brothers 'Burning Up' Disney Channel
- Dish Network, Cox Among 700-MHz Auction Winners
- Cox Renews Contract With Convergys
- FCC: Spectrum Auction Expanded Wireless Competition
- Tribune Reports Q4, Full-Year 2007 Losses
- 'Costas Now' Returns To HBO With Live Telecast
- Fox Shifts Canterbury’s Law to Friday
- NBC Plans Countdown with Keith Olbermann Anniversary Special
- CBS Slates First MMA Fight
- AFTRA Ratifies News Contract with ABC, CBS
- G4 Picks Up Season Two of The Block
- Audrey Farrington Departing KTXL Sacramento
- Sundance Channel On Block: Analyst
- MLS Direct Kick Price to Remain at $79
- Primetime Ratings: Fox Win Starts with Moment of Truth
- MTV Ready To ‘Rock The Cradle’
- HRTS Newsmakers Luncheon to Feature Jordan Levin, Kevin Reilly
- ‘Screen To Green’ Program Targets Old TVs
- Scripps Names General Counsel
- IPTV to Grow 52% Annually Through 2012: Study
- March 19
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- FCC Yields To DirecTV, Dish On HD Carriage
- Cox Denies Verizon’s Patent Claims
- NBC Universal Goes Gangster With New VOD Category
- FiOS Fields Own Store In Bay State
- Qwest Looks To Disconnect 700 Workers
- Tribune to Move WSFL Into South Florida Sun-Sentinel Offices
- Lifetime Television Passes on Side Order of Life
- Q&A: Fox Group’s Andy Setos
- HITN Plans HD-Capable Master Control and Studio
- Designing Oklahoma's First HD Newscast
- VH1 Orders Vivica A. Fox Stylist Series
- KMYQ Seattle Adds 9 p.m. News
- March 18
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- UPFRONT & CENTER: Sci Fi Green-Lights Battlestar Galactica Prequel, Caprica
- Kirstie Alley Signs with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions
- Polka: Retrans Revenue Points To Need For Action
- Dish Says TiVo Witness Gave Contradictory Testimony
- Russert To Receive Syracuse’s Dressler Award
- NBC Orders Reality Cooking Show Chopping Block
- Q&A: Telemundo's Michael Rodre;guez
- Telemundo, Televisa in Content Deal
- Univision To Unveil DTV Special
- Judge Sets April Hearing On ‘Frank’ Dish Ads
- Nickelodeon Gearing Up for Gamers
- John Adams Brings HBO Best Miniseries Debut Since 2004
- Tim Russert to Receive Fred Dressler Lifetime Achievement Award
- March 17
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- Satellite Snafu Will Delay Dish Network’s HD Expansion
- Telemundo, Grupo Televisa Partner in Mexico
- Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit Against Charter
- Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit Against Charter
- Samuels To Head Fuse, MSG Distribution Team
- SNY Sees Amazin’ Ad Gains
- Sovereign Bank, SNY Ink ‘Darling’ Of A Deal
- ABC Family, Aeropostale Rush 'Greek' Store Promotion
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Fleeting-Profanity Case
- Dish Network Suffers Failed Satellite Launch
- CBS-Owned Stations Connect with Bloggers
- Blogger Laid Off at WKRN
- Tiger Woods Scores Big Ratings for NBC
- Clinton, Obama to Participate in MTV Choose or Lose Discussion
- HBO Producing 1960 U.S. Open Documentary
- COVER STORY: I Want My Web TV
- Charter Debuts HITN in Atlanta
- Family Court Blog Description
- George Barrios Named WWE CFO
- NHL Network Drops Puck On HD Simulcast
- Q&A: Cox Media’s Sharon Frazier
- Turnkey Solutions for Small Business
- Strauss Exits As HBO Entertainment President
- WE TV Strategic Opportunities - March 2008
- G4 Strategic Opportunities - March 2008
- Food Network Strategic Opportunities - March 2008
- Amazin' Gains
- Concurrent Cranks Up VOD Streams
- March 16
- March 15
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- Under Richman, Lifetime Will Eye More Multiplatform Deals
- FearNet Engages In Its Own 'March Madness'
- Cox Sports Television Drives Dish Deal
- Cisco Reorganizes, Renames Scientific Atlanta
- REVIEW: HBO’s ‘John Adams’
- Media Companies Seek Home-Court Advantage
- Deals
- UPFRONT & CENTER: AETN Tries 'Blended' Upfront Strategy
- I Want My Web TV
- Diller: Maffei Smeared Me
- TVG's Olivares Has the Right Pedigree
- Always-On Nielsens
- Fates & Fortunes
- Geof Rochester: Marketing Heroes and Villains
- Volume Control
- Are News Habits Really Changing?
- Fielding Inquiries
- WTHR Laps Competition
- The Stone Age of Video
- 'Project Canoe' Seeks a Captain
- AEG Deal Breaks Down
- Robins Joins Paley Center
- March 14
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- Clear Channel Completes Sale to Providence Equity Partners
- Sundance Provides Multiplatform Foreplay For 'Green Porno'
- Comcast’s Baumgartner a WICT ‘Woman of Year’
- Chicago 'Chef' Debut Tops Bravo’s Miami Opener
- CBS News to Host First Debate; ABC News Sets Another
- Media General Sells Two More Stations
- UPFRONT & CENTER: Lifetime Networks Names Debbie Richman Ad-Sales Chief
- Lifetime Hires OMD’s Richman To Lead Ad Sales
- Booyah! Booyah! Booyah!
- Fox News Channel Hits Hulu
- HDNet Movies to Present Sneak Peek at Flawless
- Smithsonian Channel to Tell The True Story
- March 13
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- Dish, LIN Ink Retransmission Accord
- MTV Green-Lights Paris Hilton Reality Show
- LOWDOWN ON THE UPFRONT: Redford On The Carpet
- LOWDOWN ON THE UPFRONT: Nick Tunes In
- Cablevision IDs 1 Billion Calls On TV
- Customers Take Center Stage In New Verizon Spots
- Cox Helps Parishioners Get Virtual Religion
- House Launches FCC-Blocking Effort
- NCTA Sues FCC Over Leased-Access Rules
- Comcast Sues FCC Over 30% Cap
- UPFRONT & CENTER: Nickelodeon Aims to be Everywhere
- HBO, ESPN Score with Sports Emmy Award Nominations
- LIN TV, Dish Network Reach Retransmission-Consent Deal
- AOL Buys Bebo for $850M
- Liberty Media’s 41% DirecTV Stake: Up or Down?
- The History Channel Orders Martin Luther King Jr. Documentary
- March 12
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- Comcast Appeals FCC’s 30% Cable Cap
- Comcast Kicks Tires On 100-Gig Optical Links
- Dingell Ramps Up Martin FCC Probe
- Dingell Ramps Up Martin FCC Probe
- Charter Communications Teams Up with Nielsen on Set-Top Data
- Krod Mandoon, Snoop Dogg Highlight Comedy Central Development Slate
- South Carolina News Crew Attacked
- Schleiff: Hallmark’s Not For Sale
- Hulu Anyone? CBS Eyes Web Growth
- TV One Gets The Hughleys
- Absolut Branding: Vodka to Sponsor The Independent Film Channel
- LATV Announces Primetime Lineup
- Adler 'Emerges' As Discovery Programming Leader
- Solicitor General Weighs In at Supreme Court on Hillary: The Movie
- PBS to Debut Stand Up: Muslim-American Comics Come of Age
- Crown Media Posts Strong Q4, Full-Year 2007
- Turner Broadcasting System Names Senior VP of HR
- Roster Expands For March Madness VOD Highlights Package
- Sports Industry Sees Opportunity in Recession
- Nielsen Charts Set-Top Data Minute-By-Minute Measurement
- Reelz Reels In 'The Critic'
- Starz Inks Yari Film Deals
- CNN Initiative To Focus On Black America
- March 11
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- Smithsonian Gets RCN Deal
- UEI Licenses Hillcrest’s Remote Technology
- Emmy Show’s Shrine Shifts To Nokia Theatre In LA
- QVC Spins ‘Wheel’ Of A Co-Promotion
- ESPN Dunks Best-Ever College Basketball Marks
- Nick Moves To New Dance Series
- Cox Arizona Enhances HD Lineup
- Charter CFO Fisher To Resign
- NHL To Launch On Hulu
- CBSSports.com to Share March Madness on Demand
- NBC Asking Celebrities Who Do You Think You Are?
- MTV Picks Up Two Series, Renews America’s Best Dance Crew
- The History Channel Scores with Ax Men
- Time Warner Cable Expands VOD Measurement with Rentrak
- Universal Electronics Licenses Remote-Control Technology from Hillcrest Labs
- Nickelodeon Getting Down with Dance on Sunset
- March 10
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- Local Stations Multiply
- Time Warner Kicks ESPN Deportes Into High Gear in L.A.
- MSNBC Rolls Out ‘Race For The White House’
- ‘Project Canoe’ Not a Joint Venture: Source
- TBS Tabs New Digital Czar
- Malone Blasts Diller In First Day of Trial
- Oprah Helps Pitch OWN Plans to Comcast
- Tucker Out, David Gregory In at MSNBC
- Bravo's Amy Introcaso-Davis Moves to Oxygen
- USA's Winning The Game
- Showtime Orders Final Season Of ‘The L Word’
- Fox Soccer Adds Monday Night Futbol
- Showtime Renews The L Word
- Regis Philbin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Daytime Emmys
- Glenn Haygood Named President/GM of WLKY-TV Louisville, Ky.
- Turner Taps Cartoon Network New Media’s Paul Condolora
- IMG Backs Ari Fleischer Sports Communications
- March 9
- March 8
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- YES Puts Levinson In Ad Sales Lineup
- Paul Lee: Next-Gen Adventures in Audience-Building
- UPFRONT & CENTER: Kids Going Steady
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- Cablevision Grips MSNBC
- Greater Efficiency, Continued Support
- Deals
- Reporters Live Their Campaigns
- New DTV Tower Boosts Four Stations
- Why Does A 'DSG’ Matter?
- Bring the Family
- TNT's Big Play
- Shelley Ross Axed at 'Early Show'
- Comcast Preps Wideband in Fla.
- A Family Affair
- USA’s Game Lounge Site Is Playing to Win
- Disney to Add Streaming Classics Online
- Fox Sports: All MLB in HD
- Mostly Sunny in Philadelphia
- March 7
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- NBCU’s Olympic Ambitions
- WWE Expands HD Makeover
- Former G-Man Named Cox CFO
- Cartoon Network Names New VP Of Original Series
- HBO's The Wire: 4 Seasons in 4 Minutes
- Cablevision Keeps MSNBC From Telcos
- AT&T Turned The Channel On Music Choice
- Soap’s Latest Story Arc Elevates Petersen
- Cartoon Network Takes Swartz from Sci Fi Channel
- Media General Selling WTVQ to Morris Network
- March 6
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- UPRONT & CENTER: ION Media Networks to Hold Upfront Presentation May 1
- NAB 2008: NAB Tech Luncheon to Honor ABC Engineer
- 'Project Runway' Does Demo Strut
- February Fun For ‘Phineas And Ferb’
- Shelley Ross Axed at CBS’ Early Show, Rick Kaplan to Fill In
- Cablevision Coming After A Theater Near You?
- Fox Sports: All Major League Baseball in HD
- New NTIA Head Neil Patel Draws Rave Reviews
- WCCO-TV Minneapolis to Stream Memorial Service for Late Anchor Bill Carlson
- Cablevision Adds Food Network, HGTV Shows to Free-VOD Offerings
- NFL Network Adds Dennis Johnson to Roster
- SCTE Opens Registration For Cable-Tec Expo
- AARP Enters TV-Production Ring
- FCC Grants More Time for ENG-Band Relocation
- Primetime Ratings: NBC, CBS, ABC Bunched Up Behind Fox
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Promotes Steven Piorkowski
- Nexstar Posts 25% Retrans Gain
- Nielsen To Use Ad-ID Coding For KeepingTrac Service
- March 5
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- Big Easy ‘Battle of Bands’ Lineup Posted
- NFL, Time Warner Cable Scrimmage on Capitol Hill
- NATAS Loses Appeal on Broadband Emmys
- Music Choice Gets 'Urge' to Sue Viacom, MTVN
- Cox to Launch TiVo in New England
- Cablevision Offers Free Food On VOD
- AT&T Throws Rotten Tomatoes at VOD
- NxTV Expands HD VOD for Luxury Hotels
- SportsTime Ohio To Launch HD Feed
- WTAE Preps for HD Newscast
- WWE, Ascent Expand Deal To Include HD Fiber Links
- Verizon’s HDTV Set Freebies Delayed
- Dorgan Introduces ‘Resolution of Disapproval’ vs. Cross-Ownership Rules
- NBC Local Media Acquires Marketing Outfit Skycastle Entertainment
- Hallmark Channel, DirecTV Reach Carriage Deal
- WLWT-TV in Cincinnati Winning Ratings (on the Web)
- CNN's Bohrman Sees Tech Investment Payoff in Election Coverage
- March 4
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- Jordan Levin-Led Generate Generates $6M in Financing
- ‘Wonder Women’ Show Off Their Powers
- BET Makes Sports Gambit With Poker, MMA
- Scripps Split Clears IRS Hurdle
- NAB Heads to Court Over FCC’s Loosening of Cross-Ownership Rules
- Hollywood Will Help to Police PG-13 TV Ads
- FCC Seeks Info from WHNT About 60 Minutes Blackout
- Martin Open to DTV-Transition Field Testing
- Charlotte Koppe Promoted at WBDTD
- Broadcast Interactive Media, Mochila Partner on TV-Site Content
- United Church of Christ Lawyers Up for IRS Investigation
- V-me Unveils 2008 Programming
- ‘Battle 360’ Sets Friday-Night History
- E!’s New Reality: Lohan Family Show
- ACA Names Two Executive Committee Members
- TruTV Touts 10-Pack
- March 3
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- TBS Builds Development Slate
- TBS Unveils Development Slate
- PBS, APTS Push FCC on Dish Network HD Carriage
- Stevens Backs Snowe Bill for Early DTV Funding for Low-Powers
- NATOA Pushes FCC for Decision
- Study: Clinton's ‘Middle-of-the-Night Phone Call’ Ad Has Little Effect
- Cable Eyes ‘Spring’ And ‘Fall’ Event Clusters
- Eric Bolling Officially Joins Fox Business Network
- FCC Won't Deny Nexstar-Mission Fort Smith, Ark., Sale
- Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush Adds Radio to Repertoire
- Harmonic Nets VOD Deal in Poland
- Nick At Nite Doesn't 'Hate Chris'
- AT&T Adds Local HD Channels in Connecticut
- Q&A: OnMedia's Steve Litwer
- Latino Stations Win Big in Texas
- Reaching a Más Audience
- March 2
- March 1
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- DirecTV Is Now John Malone's TV
- NAB 2008: Broadcast Flash Attack
- Cover Story: Leaving Money On the Table
- Cablevision on Rise
- The Right Way to 'Sneak Away’
- Deals
- Have You Heard? Kevin Martin Dislikes Comcast
- An Idea Whose Time Has Come...Again
- Going Whole Hog For Baseball
- Catching a Homespun 'Buzz'
- IAG's Rules of Engagement
- Akimbo To Go White Label
- Rocco's Dilemma
- FTC Chair Jumps To P&G Exec Suite
- William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82
- NBC's 'Quarterlife' Is Bound for Bravo
- TMZ Finds MySpace
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