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- August 31
- August 30
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- Time Warner, Charter Join BTN Team
- DTV Transition Test Run: The Wilmington Project
- New Delivery: MTV Tr3s Campaign Plays For Laughs
- Cape Fearless
- Betting On 'Anarchy'
- Fraud Scheme Calls On Verizon Customers
- A Small Syndicator's Big Success
- Big Ten Network Beats the Clock
- Fates & Fortunes
- BTN Scores Deals
- DOCSIS 3.0 + PacketCable 2.0 = Cross Platform
- ZeeVee: Nifty Idea, But Not EZ
- TBS to 'Meet' New Tyler Perry Series in January
- Tribune Loses Another Exec
- Which Half of Advertising Works?
- MTV Tr3s 'Gets' the Joke
- August 29
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- Broadstripe Hires Mobile Telecom Exec As CEO
- Broadstripe Hires Mobile Telecom Exec As New CEO
- BTN’s Expanded-Basic Build-Up
- Palin Was Sports Intern At KTUU-TV
- NFL Network Gets Ready for Opening Kickoff
- Lifetime Will Provide ‘Living Proof’
- 'College Football Countdown' on ABC goes HD
- Cox Adds Big Ten To Basic In Cleveland
- Time Warner Kansas City Adds Hallmark Movie Channel
- Hurricane Gustav: President Reportedly Skipping St. Paul
- August 28
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- Comcast Caps Residential Internet Use At 250GB Per Month
- Cox Launches BTN In Cleveland
- Tribune Loses Another Senior Exec
- ABC News Asks Denver Police To Drop Charges Against Reporter
- Nielsen: Hispanic, Asian TV Homes Outpace Overall TV Household Growth
- NAB Says 77% Of Wilmington Residents Recognize Sept. 8 Date.
- Big Ten Gets Mediacom Carriage
- High Heat: MLB, Nets Pitch $65 Million Ad Campaign
- Olympics Ratings Gold? Not For Hispanics In New York
- Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann Spar At DNC
- WTNH On The Banned Little Leaguer In Their Market
- Televisa Tests Mobile DTV
- Mediacom Ready For BTN Kickoff
- Winegard Introduces Battery-Powerer DTV Converter Box
- Under NBC Umbrella, Janice Dickinson Sees Gains
- Time Warner Debuts Hallmark Movie Nets in Kansas City
- ESPN Invests in Active Network
- Oubre To Run WAFF
- DOJ Denies Sinclair's Purchase of WTVR
- Veoh Wins Ruling In Net-Video Copyright Suit
- WVUE GM Moves To WAFF
- August 27
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- NBC Orders Full Season Of Chuck
- Mtn. Launches On DirecTV
- TiVo Reports Rare Profit
- Knotted Atop Primetime Ratings
- Comcast Preps TiVo Marketing Launch
- ESPN2 Revs Up NHRA Coverage
- BET Sets Up ‘One Mic Stand’
- Comcast Adds Another Retail Partner
- 'SNL' Taps Michael Phelps For Season Premiere
- Charter Joins Time Warner in Big Ten Carriage
- TV One Snags Clinton interview
- PBS DNC Ratings Down For Day Two
- Lifetime Clicks With Online Purchase
- TiVo Set To Record Mag Critics' Picks
- Lifetime Makes First Digital Purchase
- VOA Airs Carter Interview Criticizing U.S. Policy
- Jesse James Coming To Spike
- Vitanovec Out at Tribune
- August 26
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- Investors Blast ShopNBC For Slumping Sales, Exec Firings
- MASN Airs New Carriage Dispute With Comcast
- TLC Names Daniels SVP of Production and Development
- Vick Episode Gets ‘Animal Witness’ Off to Strong Start
- CNN: 'Banner Board' Graphic Here To Stay
- NY1 Captures Conventions With Omneon
- DIY’s Got ‘100 Things’ We All Should Know
- CN8 Brings Users DNC Access Via Video Blogs
- TBS To 'Meet The Browns' Spinoff
- Citadel Dish: Stations Unlikely To Return By Fall Season Debuts
- TBS To 'Meet The Browns'
- McCain Releases Own "3 a.m. Phone Call" TV Spot
- CARU Says 'Sisterhood' Ad Not Right For kids
- Echikunwoke Joins 'CSI: Miami' Cast
- Sullivan Named Sales Prez of CBS TV Stations
- August 25
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- Time Warner, Big 10 Network Strike Carriage Deal
- ESPN Scores 15-Year SEC Deal
- Microsoft Gets Piece of Move Networks
- DirecTV’s 101 Network To Air Farm Aid Live in HD
- History Plans 9/11 Special With First-Person Videos
- Broadcasters Make Sense of NY’s Non-Compete Law
- ABC Orders Five Series
- ESPN, SEC Strike 15-Year Deal
- WildBlue Offers New Equipment-Lease Program
- Blacker Heads New Telemundo Division
- Buckeye Sports Net, CBS Affiliate Form Joint Sports Venture
- MediaFLO Adds CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News To Mobile Lineup
- Broadcom To Acquire AMD’s Digital TV Unit
- Nickelodeon Pacts For On-Demand DVDs
- EXCLUSIVE: World News Kicks Off HD Expansion at ABC
- Private Equity: Buying In To Cash Out
- VH1 to Play an Oldie
- August 24
- August 23
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- ‘Stargate’ Opens Floodgates
- Perry To ‘ET’: ‘Meet The Browns’ TBS Bound
- PEGs Push Back on Channel Slamming
- Taking Stock
- Verizon Rewards Referrals
- Disney Goes to 'School'
- The Importance of Staying Power
- DirecTV and NCC See Sense in Teaming Up
- Seacrest Taps Sher To Run Production firm
- FCC To Go on U.S. Tour
- Live From the Ferris Wheel
- Will Stocks of Cable Ever Be Stable?
- Smaller Nets Target Hispanic Tweens
- Sook Seeks More Retrans Money for Nexstar
- Fates & Fortunes
- Canoe Hires a Tillerman
- SOA, Rhymes With Noah
- Harbinger of Dolan Duel To Come?
- Verizon Runs Olympics Interactive-TV Trial
- Payroll Call at News Corp.
- Deals
- August 22
- August 21
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- IAC Split Official
- Harbinger Boosts Cablevision Stake
- Canoe Recruits Technology Tillerman
- CNN Details Convention Coverage Plans
- Lifetime Lines Up ‘Blonde Charity Mafia’
- Verizon Runs Olympics ITV Trial In Oregon
- ‘Dora’ Explores Fifth Season on Nick Jr.
- FCC: No Wireless Mikes in 700-MHz Band
- MSNBC To Deliver 20 Hours Of Daily Live Convention Coverage
- ESPN, MLB Expand Digital Rights Agreement
- InterMedia Outdoors Puts Barrett Productions On Its Wall
- Franklin Out at WPMI/WJTC
- Former Telemundo Chief Joins Cine Latino
- Common Cause Proposes Media Goals for New Administration
- August 20
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- ‘Stargate Atlantis’ Run Ends On Season 5
- TV Remote-Control Developer Sues Nintendo Over Wii
- New Viewers Account For Much Of NBC’s Olympic Ratings Lift
- Seacrest, Comcast Forge New Deal
- McClenahan In, Corsini Out at KCBS
- Comcast To Bring Web-Style 'Widgets' To TV With Intel
- Rachel Maddow Gets Primetime Show on MSNBC
- NBCU Acquires Carnival
- Lifetime a Made Member of Blonde Charity Mafia
- Nickelodeon Gets Political with Election Programming
- Starz Bumps Nancy McGee Up To Marketing EVP
- World TV Gains Carriage with Verizon
- Comcast Renews Convergys Contract For Customer Care
- CBS Films Taps Friedlander
- Hillcrest Labs Sues Nintendo Over Wii Remote
- Comcast Sports Group Restructures Legal Dept.
- The Weather Channel Radio Turns 20
- Verizon Rolls Out World TV International Channels
- Bertinelli Leads Cast For TBS Sitcom Pilot
- IMG Slams Distribution Deals For New Sport
- Seacrest, Comcast Unveil Far-Reaching New Partnership
- August 19
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- DIY Names Lerner Programming Director
- Comedy Central Fans Applaud Saget Roast
- Comcast Bolsters HD Base In Chicago
- Gospel Music Channel Launches Web Site To Support Heritage Month Initiative
- ‘Fox Experience’ Will Be Featured At National Conventions
- FCC: Wilmington Stations Can Go Analog in Emergency
- Inside the NFL Taps Warren Sapp
- CBS Taps Bresnan to Head Reality Programming
- ION Grabs NCIS
- Applegate Says She Is Cancer-Free
- WTVQ Rules for Judy Over News
- CNN ‘Most Believable’ News Organization: Pew Research Survey
- CBSSports.com to Kick Off Fantasy Football Today
- ABCNews.com Names Execs
- Sapan To Chair Hall Of Fame Honorary Committee
- Republicrats Hitting MSN
- WBTV Beefs Up Business Affairs
- ION Picks Up ‘NCIS’ For Fall Lineup
- Business Customers Give Cox, Qwest High Marks: Survey
- Q&A: Microsoft’s Jim Baldwin
- August 18
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- FCC Commissioners To Visit 81 Markets In DTV Tour
- Cable Interconnect Teams Up with DirecTV
- Broadcom Chips In For Comcast's DTA Rollout
- Q&A: InterMedia’s Alan Sokol
- Ecuavisa Premieres Telenovela; Joins Time Warner Cable’s New York
- InterMedia Taps McNamara to Lead Cine Latino Revamp
- NCC Partners With DirecTV On Regional Sports Network Ad Sales
- Smithsonian Channel Fare Available On iTunes
- AT&T Targets Copper Thieves in California
- McCain, NBC Caught in ‘Cone of Silence’
- Laurence Fishburne Joins CSI
- CNN Fires Up Grill For 2008 Conventions
- Granada America Reorganizes
- Stone Rises at Bravo
- WE Pushes Past 70 Million Subscriber Mark
- CBS Adds Creative Executive
- DIY Embarks on Project Xtreme
- Study: TV Still Dominant News Source
- Little Girl Lost Finds Ratings for LMN
- Building the Next Syndication Hit
- August 17
- August 16
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- MGM Hopes To ‘Impact’ VOD Space
- Lionsgate Digs Deep For New Premium TV Network
- SCTE 130 and Advanced Ads
- Fates & Fortunes
- A Harbinger of More Moves
- Salisbury Stakes
- MHD Sings a New Tune
- MGM Has VOD Impact
- Starz Pulls Plug on Vongo
- King of the Rhode
- Headlines from Multichannel News
- Lionsgate Ponies Up For New Pay Net
- Why Would John Malone Want AOL?
- Digital Television's Coming of Age
- August 15
- August 14
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- Shareholders to Dolan: Buy Back Shares
- Stolen Laptop Exposes 9,000 Charter Employees’ Personal Data
- More HD Channels for Comcast’s Keystone State Subscribers
- G4 Unleashes ‘Human Wrecking Balls’ On…Everything
- GolTV Kicks Off Bundesliga Coverage
- ‘Activist’ Could Have Spurred Dolan’s Listening Tour
- ExerciseTV Strikes iTunes Deal
- Young: Let’s Talk About Growth, Not KRON
- SEC, CBS Sports Ink 15-Year Extension
- Debmar-Mercury on the Hot Seat
- News Corp., Permira Take NDS Private
- Analyst: Time Warner Cable Could Face Retrans Fight
- August 13
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- TV One Special To Document Top Black Achievements
- Alternate-Delivery Hits All-Time High; Cable Falls to 18-Year Low
- Howard TV On Demand Extended Through 2010
- De La Soul, Cypress Hill To Receive Hip Hop Honors
- E! Recruits New Line’s Greenwald as Programming VP
- Starz Come Out At Night in Bresnan Markets
- Verizon Ads Bash Cable Rivals in Northern Jersey
- Intelsat Reports Record Revenue In Second Quarter
- OlympuSAT Inks Deal With Intelsat
- Vongo to Shut Down
- In Demand Extends Howard Stern Pact
- E! Adds Greenwald, Promotes Salarnis
- Nickelodeon Loves Justice
- August 12
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- Citadel Claims Dish Has ‘Gone Silent’ In Retrans Talks
- MTVN Rebrands MHD ‘Palladia,’ Adds New Programs
- ‘Larry King Live’ To Honor Bernie Mac
- Comcast, MGM Hope New VOD Channel Has Impact
- RFD-TV Corrals ‘Hee Haw’ For Sunday Lineup
- EchoStar to Support tru2way
- Mogulettes Pique NBC’s Interest
- Gemini Division Blasts Off Aug. 18
- MTV Rebranding HD Music Channel
- August 11
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- Fox Movie Channel, Crime & Investigation On The Rise: Viewer Poll
- Dish Wins Nearly $2 Million Judgment In Fraudulent-Retailer Case
- Discovery Stock Soars
- Cablevision Launches Newsday TV
- NBCU Promotes Blanchard to SVP, Communications
- GCI Donates Broadband Capacity to Alaskan University System
- IFC Gets In Tune With Pitchfork Media
- COVER STORY: The Battle for the Lower Third
- HSN Spinoff from IAC Gets Green Light
- Liberty Media Posts Upbeat Q2 Earnings
- Bravo Online Initiatives Seek Viewer Input
- Telemundo Stations Launch ‘Conexion’
- Citadel’s Stations, Gol TV Still Off Dish
- Stations Face Olympic Ad Hurdles
- BC Beat
- The Battle for The Lower Third
- August 10
- August 9
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- NBC Soars With Beijing Opening Ceremony
- Bernie Mac Dies at 50
- Bernie Brillstein Dies at 77
- Cover Story: Sexual Dysfunction?
- Fates & Fortunes
- Indy 500 on ABC Through 2012
- TWC Leaves Stamford Offices
- Deals
- Dish, DirecTV Tout ITV Features for Sports Fans
- Headlines from Multichannel News
- Michigan City to Sue Comcast
- Breaking News, Hollywood-Style
- Ratings Hosannas for 'Montana’
- When Digital Trend Began in Bend
- Hang Together
- Disney 'Toons’ In a New Brand
- Capital Concerns
- No, We're Number 1
- Adios to Mackin At Univision
- August 8
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- Edwards to Admit Affair on Nightline
- Satellite Players Direct Olympic Traffic
- DG FastChannel Touts HD Growth, Web Prospects
- ABC Affiliates Weigh In at Supreme Court
- IFC Seals Deal to Carry Pitchfork Content
- RCN Shares Gain On 2Q Results
- Wubbzy Gets (Most Of) His Own Week on Nick Jr.
- Spike TV Kicks Off ‘Maddenpalooza’
- August 7
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- MTV To Stream Jonas Brothers Footage
- DirecTV’s Carey Disses Dish Merger Talk
- ESPN Brings Back ‘E:60’ for 14-Episode Run
- Sci Fi Orders Battlestar Galactica Movie
- Where Disney Hopes The Boys Are: Disney XD
- ShenTel Buys Rapid Subs
- WISC Hires Disgraced Senate Power Broker
- Alterna’TV Lands Carriage Deal with TWC in NYC
- Fox’s Fringe Secures U.K. Distribution
- Fuse Teams Up with Xbox 360
- Revenue Drops at Entravision
- Verizon: White-Spaces Devices Failed So Far
- Time Warner Cable NYC Adds Spanish Networks
- Alec Baldwin 'Auditions' for 60 Minutes
- August 6
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- ‘Tori & Dean’ Breathes Life Into Oxygen Ratings
- FCC to Play at FedEx Field
- Comedy Central Partners with NY Comedy Festival
- Columbia Sportswear Discovers Sponsorship Package
- Cable Nets Shine in Mixed Time Warner Earnings
- Time Warner Cable’s Mixed Earnings Thrill Analysts
- Columbia Sportswear, Discovery Strike Branding Deal
- VH1 Goes Tabloid With Scandalist Blog
- Integra5 Preps Real-Time TV Chat Application
- NDS Agrees to Go Private
- Ragan Henry Dies at 74
- Wass Joins Oprah Winfrey Network As Creative Affairs SVP
- Marquez Connects On MLB Network Affiliate Sales Post
- DirecTV Extends Interactive Coverage to PGA Championship
- Comcast Buys Fashion-Focused Web Publisher DailyCandy
- August 5
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- Dish, DirecTV Nix Comment On Merger Report
- CTAM Merges West Coast Chapters
- Fifth Grader on Tap for Fall 2009
- Joss Stone Signs On for Showtime’s ‘The Tudors’
- Q&A: Snell & Wilcox’s Joe Zaller
- Shooting ‘SNL Digital Shorts’ in HD
- Suddenlink Adds ‘Customer Experience’ Honcho
- Four Presidential-Debate Hosts Named
- PTC Looks at Nonmarital Sex on TV
- Insight Communications 2Q Sales Surge 16%
- Turner Sports To Salute Late Skip Caray
- Beijing Olympics: NBC's Multiplatform Push
- August 4
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- Motorola Ships Development Toolkit For Tru2way
- EveryZing Search-Optimizes Video with Speech-to-Text
- Time Warner Cable Moving Out of Stamford Offices
- CNN iReport.com Builds Cadre of Volunteer Video Journalists
- TLC Joins Greensburg, Kansas Saga With 'Making It Home'
- EchoStar Collects $41 Million Insurance On Failed Bird
- Scripps Network Interactive Names Lansing EVP
- Court Says Yes to Network DVR
- Creative Online Ads Highlight TCM’s Summer Movie Festival
- Hallmark Channel, Kay Come Out To Play On 'Dear Prudence'
- WSBT Purchases Three Low-Power Stations
- FCC Receives Comments on WiMax
- FEC Decision May Hurt Political Ad Spend
- AOL Relaunching Video Portal
- Spike Digital Entertainment Group’s Keszkowski Promoted
- WICT Names 2008 Accolade Award Winners
- BCFM Becomes Media Financial Management Association
- Braves Broadcaster Skip Carey Dies
- Here! Sets Gay Porn Documentary Series for November Debut
- Online, Geographic and Political Ads
- Skip Caray Dies At 68
- BTN Ready For '08 Season
- Interactive-TV Pioneer Jumps to ActiveVideo
- FEC: You Pay, You Say
- AOL Re-Launching Video Portal
- Live From ESPN, It's 'SportsCenter'
- August 3
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- NBCU Lights The Distribution Flame Early
- Dish Drop Kicks GolTV In Contract Dispute
- Fox Still Thinks You Can Dance
- Q&A: Comcast’s Susan Gonzales
- Se; TV, Voto Latino Choose Convention Reporters
- Mun2 Series Links Young Latinos With Role Models
- FCC Urged To Address 'Bleak' State of Industry
- Q&A: Harris Broadband’s Bill Carlton
- Comcast Spotlight’s Perfect Storm
- TBS Eyes MLB Postseaon Ad Roster
- NBCU’s Coverage Expands To Olympic Proportions
- Translation Please: Upstream Bandwidth And Symmetry
- SoapNet Is ‘Moonstruck’ Tonight
- August 2
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- Cartoon Sets 'Scooby-Doo' Prequel For Fall 2009
- Lifetime Movie Network Promo Has A Happy Ending
- Leave My Game Shows Alone
- Comcast, Cablevision Rally on Results
- 'Mad Men' Viewers Make Critical Choice
- Cable: No LPTV Must-Carry
- BC Beat
- Upstream Bandwidth and Symmetry
- Deals
- O’Neill Heads Back to TLC, For Good
- FCC Hammers Comcast
- Dish Drops Four Stations In Midwest
- Public Interest vs. Media Abundance
- Reviews
- Olympics Viewing Guide
- Fates & Fortunes
- August 1
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- FCC Hammers Comcast On File Sharing
- Former NBCU Exec Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud
- CNN, Sports Illustrated Make Olympics Team
- Verizon Sales Rep Caught Sans Pants
- Wi-Fi Net Falls To Earth In Anaheim
- Reaction to FCC’s Comcast Ruling
- 'Slime Across America' Tour Winds Down
- Dish Drops Four Citadel Stations in Retrans Impasse
- San Diego Stations Switch Affiliations
- FCC: Comcast Violated Internet Open-Access Guidelines
- Sportsman Channel Adds Subs on Comcast, Mediacom, Others
- Olympic Proportions: NBC's Plans for a Beijing Bonanza
- Ad Slump Knocks Hearst-Argyle Earnings
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