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- October 31
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- NBC Gives ‘Kath & Kim’ Full-Season Pickup
- MAN Merges With Pursuit Channel
- Ted Rogers Hospitalized With Heart Condition
- Starz Donation Makes Kids’ Wishes A Reality
- ABC Orders More 'Samantha Who?'
- Comcast SportsNet NW Does The Wave
- NVision, Harris Engineers Honored By SMPTE
- Comcast SportsNet Revels In Phillies’ World Series Win
- 'In Plain Sight' In Albuquerque
- MTV Says Goodbye to 'TRL' with 'Total Finale Live'
- October 30
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- MASN Wins Inning Over Time Warner At FCC
- Liberty Stocks Down on Q3 Results
- Bravo Boosts Original Series
- Cable Pockets Healthy Share of Political Ad Dollars
- Bravo Greenlights 'The Fashion Show'
- 'Sabado Gigante' For Obama, McCain
- USA Casts Emily Rose For Medical Pilot
- Blitzer, Analysts to Lead CNN’s ‘Election Night in America’
- Infiniti Gets 'Inside The Actors Studio'
- CNN Gets Virtual for Election Night
- ESPN Deportes Goes ‘Around the Horn’ en Espanol
- ESPN’s NBA Campaign Provides Humorous Assist
- Broadband Customers Are Fanatical, Fickle: Study
- Front Porch Digital Bolsters Archive With Samma Deal
- MTV Creating Beatles Video Game
- Walsh Named VP, GM at KOVR
- CBS Reports Loss After Write-Downs
- Net Revenue Up at LIN
- Bravo's ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ Partners With Infiniti
- A&E Unveils 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'
- The Naked Brothers Band Gets Animated
- TiVo and Netflix Connect
- October 29
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- Knott, Krone Exit Comcast
- Time Warner, LIN TV Reach Retrans Deal
- Cox Rings Up Caller ID On The TV
- Anystream Becomes Grab Networks After Acquisition
- Promax/BDA Names New Board Members
- SCI FI, Samsung Electronics, Granada America Team Up For Video Gaming Show
- EWTN Paints 'Catholic Canvas'
- LIN, TWC Work Out Retrans Deal
- E! Renews 'Denise Richards: Its Complicated'
- TBS, Fox News Share October's Primetime Crown
- 'Multichannel News' Accepting Executive Of The Year Nominations
- Tribune To Air T.D. Jakes Daytime Talk Show
- Networks, Stations Court Voters
- October 28
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- Univision, Zune Debut Music Download Service
- Cable News Ratings: MSNBC Beats CNN In Demo
- ABC Family Sticks Teen Gymnastics Pilot
- Lafayette Muni Files FCC Complaint Against ComCorp Over Retrans
- Time Warner Cable Licenses BIAP Software For Advanced Ads
- Verizon Inks Deals With ABC, NHL
- ABC Family Adds Third Pilot to Fall Production
- Suddenlink To Launch VOD In 23 Markets
- WNBC Relaunches Site
- Microsoft, Akamai Introduce Adaptive HD Web Video
- Well Dunne! Puts Out Shingle
- Microsoft, Akamai Team On Web Video
- Supreme Smackdown Over Speech
- October 27
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- AOL Moves To Brightcove’s Video Platform
- ‘Mad Men’s Second Campaign Finishes Strongly
- Weinstein Claims Bravo Tried to Sabotage Latest ‘Project Runway’ Season
- Rodman Named KTBC GM
- AT&T Revs Up HD Lineup With 30 New Nets
- Starz Heads To Ancient Rome For New Series
- James to Head HGTV Programming Group
- James to Head HGTV Programming Group
- Adult Swim to Cast for Real-Life ‘Aqua Teen’ Character
- Hallmark Channel To Stream Sophomore Season Of 'Adoption'
- Lifetime Slates Four Nora Roberts Original Movies
- Dolly Parton Pans White Spaces Vote
- Comedy Central Eyeing 'Girlfriend'
- Celebs Chime In for NBC Promo Campaign
- Mills Named VP, NBCU Domestic TV Distribution
- Little Rock Anchor Anne Pressly Dies
- Fox Ups Scott Grogin
- NATAS Announces Tech Emmy Winners
- Comcast VOD Previews 'iCarly' Telepic
- NBA Eyes Streams of Cash
- October 25
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- Obama Does Not Support Return of Fairness Doctrine
- New Look, Schedule For NBA TV
- Icahn At Lionsgate’s Gate
- BofA's Kraft Issues ‘Buy’ Rating On TV Stocks
- Translation Please: Cable’s Fiber-Deep Options
- 2008 Hispanic Summit Live!
- Newsman Ramos Honored
- Cox’s Rolls Kicks Up Bandwidth
- Samples Out at Media Rights Capital
- Cable’s Fiber-Deep Options
- Ad Systems Move Toward BXF
- Latin Lessons
- Tower Power: Dollars From the Sky
- Icahn’s at the Studio Gate
- Still Grabbing Dollars in a Tough Economy
- Suddenlink Goes 'Easy' in Series of Image Spots
- Review
- Deals
- Roger Ailes Kills at 'B&C' Hall of Fame Awards
- Weigel, MGM Hope 'This' Thing's a Hit
- October 24
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- Comcast Spotlight to Shed Workers
- 77% of Teachers Assign Internet-Required Homework: Survey
- HGTV Unwraps Holiday Slate
- BigBand, Imagine Fail To Reach Patent Settlement
- Comcast Spotlight Cuts Positions
- Analyst Eagan Starts Coverage of Liberty Entertainment
- Avid Posts Q3 Loss, Announces Further Restructuring
- Vyyo Target Of $45 Million Buyout Offer
- Comcast Lays Off Up To 300 People
- October 23
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- Dish Adds Azteca America In San Francisco
- Prayer Vigil For Attacked Anchor
- Hispanic Television Summit: Telemundo To Encore Popular Novela On Mun2
- Comcast Launches MSG HD in New Jersey
- Van Court Takes GM Hit To Noggin
- Eagan Lowers Estimates For Dish
- MSOs Seek ALJ Time Extension
- Group Names FCC's Martin ‘Porker Of The Month’
- Group Names FCC's Martin ‘Porker Of The Month’
- Comcast’s Retrans Deal With Hearst-Argyle Extended
- C-SPAN Seeks Oral Argument Tapes in Fox Swearing Case
- Charlie Rose’s 60 Minutes Debut to Feature T. Boone Pickens
- FCC Sets ALJ Conference on WealthTV Complaint
- Comedy Central Gets Koy
- October 22
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- Marketers Target ‘Sophisticated’ Hispanic Viewers
- Hispanic Television Summit: Comcast Eyes More Market Switches
- Cablevision Brass Meets With Martin
- Golf Channel To Honor African-American Players
- PEJ: Media Coverage Not So Sweet For John McCain
- Viewers Head For ‘The Hills’
- Comcast Names Research, Marketing VP
- Baldwin To Co-Host TCM’s ‘Essentials’
- AT&T Touts Wireless Gains, But Wireline Suffers
- Comcast To Lay Off 300
- Bill O'Reilly Signs Four-Year Deal With Fox News
- News 12 Forecast: Hyper Local Conditions
- Alec Baldwin To Co-Host TCM's 'The Essentials'
- Rosie O'Donnell Comes To 'America'
- October 21
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- Leahy Lays Into FCC Over Indecency Enforcement
- Cable Stocks Hold Steady
- Mexican Media Moguls Target Central Americans With Dedicated Service
- Congress Sends Questions to NTIA
- DirecTV Puts Election Coverage Into the Mix
- Verizon Inks FiOS Pact With 171-Building Bronx Complex
- Attacked Anchor’s Family ‘Needs Private Time’
- USA Greenlights ‘White Collar’ Pilot
- Obama Wins in Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Vote
- ION, NBC Stations To Spearhead Analog Shut-Off Tests
- Cablevision's Optimum Lightpath Buys N.J. Fiber Provider
- Cablevision, Facebook Sign Up As ARF Members
- Entropic Delivers 'Golden Nodes' For MoCA Testing
- Satellite Pirate Gets 14 Months in Federal Prison
- Showtime Extends 'Dexter's Count To Five Seasons
- Strong 'Two and a Half Men' Lifts CBS Ratings
- Showtime Orders Two More Seasons of 'Dexter'
- '48 Hours' Ups Two Producers
- NBC Gives 'Knight Rider' Full Season Order
- Turner Sports Renews, Extends Contract With Advertising Partners
- WWE Launches Kids Site
- October 20
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- Fox Gives Chu New Marketing Reality
- TVN, AETN Reach VOD Accord
- Dow Jumps 400 Points On Credit Market Optimism
- Grupo Televisa, Telemundo Ink Licensing Agreement
- Mexican Network Video Rola Inks MobiTV Renewal
- Updated: TBS Sets MLB Cable Record With ALCS Game 7
- Q&A: WAPA-TV’s Joe Ramos
- HITN, Dish Partner in Digital Transition Educational Initiative
- Hispanic Stations React to FCC Cancellation on LPTV Plan
- Current, RooftopComedy Ink Syndication Pact
- Philips Spins Off Content ID Unit
- Monsters Out, Fear In For AMC’s Annual Halloween Event
- KATV Anchor Suffers ‘Life-Threatening’ Beating
- Comcast Eyeing Co-Production Deals
- LIN, Fox Partner on Station Sites
- ABC News Shifts Correspondents
- Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Class of 2008
- Massillon Cable TV Goes Digital Early
- October 19
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- Stephanie Robbins Joins B&C
- Q&A: Massillon Cable’s Liz McAllister
- Startup Has New Way to Yank Cable
- Comcast Nets Support Inaugural U.S. Sports Film Festival
- Technical Difficulties Foul Up TBS’s ALCS Delivery
- FCC Slaps Time Warner, Cox Over Switched Video
- NBCU Fighting For 'Project Runway'
- NATAS Announces Global Media Award Nods
- October 18
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- Lifetime Wants To Shift 'Runway' Battle To Federal Court
- ShopNBC Adds Segel Progeny To Cart
- Bob Cook
- Alamo Averted, Lin Fight Continues for Time Warner Cable
- Talkback
- Genelius Leaving CBS; Manze to Depart NBC
- Matthew C. Blank
- Roger Ailes
- ShopNBC Hires Segel Progeny
- Matt Lauer
- Peggy Green
- FCC Slaps Ops Over Switched Video
- Herb A. Granath
- More Choice for Hispanic Viewers
- MPEG-4 Rules HD World
- Pat Mitchell
- Cable’s David and Goliath Collaborate
- 60 Minutes
- WTVT Heats Up Weather With Baron
- HD: Set to Get Walloped?
- Have CNBC's Graphics Scared Investors?
- Jorge Ramos: Newsman of the Americas
- Bringing Their 'A' Game
- Utah Nixes Cable Tax
- David J. Barrett
- DLNA, UPnP — and You
- Science on the 'Brink'
- Guide to Hispanic TV Networks
- Don Browne
- Operators en Español
- For D.L. Hughley, CNN's His Stage
- Panasonic Rolls Out Tru2way Television Sets
- Tom Calderone Named VH1 President
- Fates & Fortunes
- Fox's Hume Reflects On Retirement
- Glenn Beck Joining Fox News
- NFL Net's Worth It
- Glenn A. Britt
- Joshua Sapan
- Getting Viewers Into VOD’s Tent
- Star Anchors Network Like Nobody's Business
- Hispanic Television Summit Agenda
- October 17
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- Fox Orders Full Season Of Sarah Connor
- Wall Street's Rough Ride Continues
- Bright House’s Indy Subs Are Tuning In CBS Fare Online
- Mad Men Returning, But Will Matthew Weiner?
- Comcast's Next Guide To Be Ready In Second Half of '09
- CNN Opens Shop in United Arab Emirates
- Layoffs Tackles CBS College Sports
- The Real Sarah Palin to Appear on SNL Saturday
- 56.5 Million Watch Final Presidential Debate
- ABC Benches Opportunity Knocks
- Tom Calderone Named VH1 President
- Glenn Beck Joining Fox News
- D.L. Hughley 'Lived Through Bradley Effect'
- Tandberg Nets DirecTV Deal For MPEG-4
- John McCain Returns to 'The Late Show With David Letterman'
- October 16
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- NASCAR Driver To Promote DTV Transition
- FCC Slaps Time Warner Cable, Cox On Switched Video
- COREMedia Connects With Google TV Ads Data
- Spike TV Renews ‘DEA,’ Greenlights New Series
- Avery Johnson Suits Up for ESPN Analyst Gig
- Glenn Scores FSS, SportSouth Analyst Post
- Spike TV Adds New Series, Renews 'DEA'
- ACME Delisting from Nasdaq
- G4 To Debut South Korean Monster Movie
- Martin: FCC Concludes White Spaces Devices Can Share DTV Spectrum
- Sandy Genelius Leaves CBS News for Sony
- Vince Manze Leaving NBC
- FCC Majority Votes To Approve Amended Low-Power Item
- October 15
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- Fox News' Hume Reflects on Retirement
- CBS' 'Mentalist' Gets Full Season
- NAB Supports Analog Nightlight Bills
- Verizon Tops 100 HD Channels In California
- N.Y. Commission Approves Verizon Plan to Fix FiOS Installs
- Setting the Standard for Hollywood Fare
- Vudu Adds More 1080p HD Content
- ESPN, Van Gundy Ink Multi-Year Deal
- On First-Year Anniversary, Fox Business Remains Bullish
- D.L. Hughley Gets CNN Series
- MSTV, Centris Spar On DTV Reception
- VH1 Revamping 'Best Week Ever'
- Time Warner’s San Diego System Adds Six HD Services
- Martin: Other Commissioners Opposed Low-Power Must Carry
- WTVF Nashville Sale Is Off
- Maggie Gallant Joins Rogers & Cowan
- October 14
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- Feds Want Time to Decide on Super Bowl Reveal Appeal
- ABC Shifts Program Distribution To MPEG-4
- Market Settles Down
- Colin Callender Leaving HBO
- 'Wheel' Finds First $1 Million Winner
- Cohen In For Ahern At WBBM
- Startup Pitches Cable-Extraction System
- Science Channel On Brink Of International Programming Sales
- DirecTV Goes Local With Weather Channel
- Cablevision Adds Five HD Channels
- Web Series 'MoCap, LLC' Hitting The TV Screen
- Pokemon Strikes Again
- Verizon Turns HD Dial To 98 In Indiana
- Starz Media, Xbox Live Parnter Overseas
- Comedy Central Buys A 'Porno'
- Morgan Tapped To Head WNEP
- Sundance Renews ‘Green Porno’
- Granite Switches to KOFY
- NBC Universal: AFD Is Ready to Go
- October 13
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- Zombie To Host AMC’s Horror Movie Marathon
- NBC Stations Launch ‘Locals Only’ Sites
- KTRK Helicopter Crash Kills Two
- AT&T Takes U-verse To Wal-Mart, Circuit City
- Starz Orders Series From 'Veronica Mars' Creator
- Young Retiring from Hearst-Argyle
- WWE SmackDown Grows On MyNetworkTV
- Pali's Greenfield Raises Time Warner Cable Rating
- Verizon Upgrades FiOS TV Guide in Maryland, Virginia
- FCC Comes To MASN's Relief In Comcast Fight
- AT&T Takes U-verse To Wal-Mart, Circuit City
- NFL Network Scores On Comcast With FCC Decision
- WealthTV Carriage Complaint On 60-Day Shot Clock
- Comcast’s Big HD Bang
- NBC, Lorne Michaels Plotting 'SNL' Video Site
- FCC: Programmers Make Case For Discrimination
- Dawn Ostroff on The CW's Pivotal Fall
- 'Kimmel' Live Spots Nearly Sold Out Through 2008
- Newport Sails Into HD News With JVC
- Group to FCC: Lay Off Product Plugs
- Richberger Tapped For Turner Research Post
- Kantor Upped at Warner Bros. TV Distribution
- O'Boyle Gets Sales Promotion at NBCU
- October 12
- October 11
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- Versus’ Davis Eyes More Originals, Revamped Digital Strategy
- Cable Stocks Feel Market Shock
- Vidiom's Founders Peel Off from ADB
- Ad Target: Baltimore
- Give Digital Broadcasting a Chance
- The St. Louis News
- Bearish Birthday for FBN
- Retrans Fees Kill Small Ops
- Max Kellerman's Ever-Growing Canvas
- Getting to God Online
- Patent Parries: Cox Beats Verizon; Comcast Inks No-Sue Pact
- Cable Feels Stock Shock
- House OKs Pryor Bill
- Mojo Closing; 'Skools' Sold
- October 10
- October 9
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- Obama Buys Half Hour On CBS, NBC
- Michigan Democrats Petition Tina Fey
- NAB vs. ACA: Retrans Ruckus Rages On
- It’s a Wrap for ‘Rap City’
- Bourdain Sits Down for Travel Channel Special
- Turner Names Advertiser, Agency Partners for ‘TVinContext’
- Credit Card Ads Plummet in September
- Verizon Stocks Up Service Packages
- Bravo TV Launches Online Fashion Store
- SlingCatcher Hits the Market
- Intelsat Names EchoStar Alum CFO
- Virginia County Recruits Employees For Hands-On DTV Aid
- WCAU Anchor Quits Amidst Legal Woes
- FCC To Vote On Low-Power Must-Carry Proposal
- Sean Hannity Reups With Fox News
- Revamped BBC World News Cleared In Top 30 Markets
- Cartoon Network Greenlights 'Tiger’s Apprentice'
- WGA, FremantleMedia Spar Over Ozzy Osbourne Show
- TLC Attending Wedding Of World's Heaviest Man
- BCReview: Thursday Primetime Lineup Marks Latest Test of Rookie Class
- October 8
- October 7
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- Mojo HD To Say Bye Bye
- Obama, McCain Back Public Re-use Of Debate Footage
- Verizon Negotiates Tentative Franchise Agreement In Washington, D.C.
- Fuse Provides Singers With Shot At ‘Redemption’
- FiOS TV To Come To Public Housing In Yonkers, N.Y.
- Comcast Media Center Buys Asset-Delivery Firm
- U-Verse Debuts AccuWeather On-Demand
- ESPN, MLB Network Play Ball With World Baseball Classic
- ESPN, MLB Network Split World Baseball Classic Rights
- Nexstar Sets Up Little Rock Duop
- Joel Osteen Weighs In On White Spaces
- New SES Americom Satellite Now Operational
- Lifetime Movie Network Developing Natalee Holloway Feature
- Cujak Upped at CNN Ad Sales
- Hulu Streaming Debates Live
- The 10 Minute Newscast: 'News for the Impatient'
- Searching for TV-Newspaper Convergence
- Chyron's New Camio 3.0
- October 6
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- MNT Sees Record Ratings With Wrasslin'
- Market Decline Clips Cable
- Fox Soccer Channel Nets WPS Pact
- Supreme Court Denies Dish Appeal In Patent Case
- Jury: Cox Did Not Infringe Verizon Patents
- CBS Wants More 'Mentalist'
- Fox Soccer Channel to Carry Women's Pro Soccer
- CW's Sunday Slate Struggles
- FX Orders More ‘Anarchy’
- VOA, Pakistan TV Partner on Debate Coverage
- FTC Has No Problem With WTVJ Sale To Post-Newsweek
- Ian Cameron Named Executive Producer of ABC's 'This Week'
- BIA Acquires The Kelsey Group
- Library of Congress Gets Easy-Listening Bequest
- Dish Loses Appeal Bid In TiVo Case
- Slavin Joins CBS Films
- California Stations Plan for 'The Big One'
- Allbritton's Power Couple: WJLA, Politico
- Hot Market for Business Channels
- CBS Picks Up 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- October 5
- October 4
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- Cover Story: 9 Things You Need To Know About the Market Meltdown
- VP Debate Draws Record 69.9 Million Viewers
- Customer Satisfaction Slides
- Retrans Wars Start Early
- Surveys: Satisfaction Slides
- Stressed Over Meltdown? Go Fish
- A Drama Club President, Once and Forever
- Deals
- Daytime's DVR Threat
- Web Movies Ready for Prime Time
- FiOS Takes HD to Extremes
- EDITORIAL: TV News Fails Main Street
- Movers and Shockers
- Ion's Burgess Warns Of Credit Crisis
- Charter Moves on Digital Fronts
- Mad Men I Have Known
- October 3
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- Palin-Biden Debate Draws Record 69.9 Million Viewers
- House Passes Child Safe Viewing Act
- Time Warner Cable Seeks Manhattan Deregulation
- Verizon Goes To Extreme With HD Package
- Time Warner Claims LIN Pulled Signals After Refusing To Grant Retrans Extension
- Obama, McCain Spending Big On Local Attack Ads
- TWC: LIN’s Being ‘Greedy’
- Writers Guild Files Labor Complaint Against Tyler Perry’s Production Company
- LIN Stations Go Dark on Time Warner Cable
- LIN Names Schmaeling CFO, Richter SVP
- September Films Snags Cable Series Orders
- AT&T Lays Bad News on Dish
- October 2
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- Senate Passes Child Safe Viewing Act
- Dish Launches TeleAmazonas for U.S. Subscribers
- News Corp. Urging Removal of DirecTV Conditions
- NASN Rebranded As ESPN America
- House Committee Asks FCC To Investigate Reassignment of PEG Channels
- Kids Grill Presidential Candidates on Nickelodeon
- Sportsman Channels Adds Affiliate Systems
- Rosie O’Donnell Returning in NBC Special
- Nat Geo Digs Deep to Promote ‘Toughest Fixes’
- NASN Rebranding As ESPN America
- Cablevision Hires Pair of Wireless Execs
- Fox News Launches Election YouTube Channel
- Vudu Steps Up HD Quality
- Overture Films Strikes Distribution Deals
- TWC, LIN Negotiations ‘Down to the Wire’
- Inspiration Network Walking "Thunder Road"
- October 1
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- Sarah Palin's TV Land Lookalikes
- Burgess: Credit Crisis Impacts Broadcasting
- Netflix to Stream Starz Movies
- LIN-Time Warner Cable Retrans Talks Hit Crunch Time
- NBC, Obama Campaign Spar Over YouTube Video
- Mediacom Helps Iowa Students Earn GEDs On Demand
- Oceanic Adds Games Channel
- Warner, CBS, Hulu, E! Supply Web Videos to Slide
- Lanesey to Run WXIX
- History Ups Gaffney
- Brown Upped at BET
- Viva Las Vegas for Mexicanal
- CN8, TV5Monde Say Oui to Election Coverage
- Sprint Clears Motorola WiMax Gear In Chicago
- TV Vision Taps Parker As GM, President
- MTVNI Launches Int’l HD Channel
- Lifetime Wants Viewers to ‘Blush’
- Versus Ready To Rev Up 2009 IndyCar Series Schedule
- BBC Films ‘Frozen Planet’ With Axsys HD Cameras
- FiOS, U-Verse Tops In Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power Survey
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