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- May 31
- May 30
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- Market Eye: King-Size
- Comcast Pulls TiVo Tighter
- Census Bureau Gets a Part In Telemundo Novela
- AP's Multi-Platform Shift
- Fairness Doctrine Still Kicking
- DirecTV 101’s Fresh Look
- Deals
- Editorial: Candle-Lighting Time
- ActiveVideo Snaps Up Dutch ITV Firm
- Census Counts Part In Telemundo Novela
- DOJ Recommends Supreme Court Not Take RS-DVR Case
- Time Warner to Spin Off AOL This Year
- May 29
- May 28
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- Arris Offers Support To Ops Applying For Broadband Funds
- Lionsgate Sells 49% Of TV Guide Network
- SPJ, AHJC Want Obama Administration To Address Information Control
- Hulu Launches Labs Function
- Critics' Choice Movie Awards Returns To VH1 In January
- Pistacchio Named President of Cablevision’s Optimum Lightpath Division
- VH1 Greenlights Aspen Reality Series
- TNT Now On Top With NBA's Most-Watched Telecast
- Internet TVs, Other Video Devices To More Than Quadruple By 2013
- This Technology, Sigma Systems Aim Ads At Cable Subs
- Cablevision Promotes Pistacchio To President Of Optimum Lightpath
- CES Attendance Figure Higher Than Originally Announced
- U-verse TV Gets First Cut At New 'Wallace and Gromit' Short
- Time Warner Announces Split From AOL
- Time Warner Inc. Announces AOL Spinoff Plan
- ESPN Goes Forward With Restructuring Plans
- May 27
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- Fourth Game Of Nuggets-Lakers Dunks Most NBA Viewers Ever On Cable
- DTV Transition On Tap For June 3 FCC Meeting
- Comcast To Make TiVo 'Primary DVR Choice' In One Tru2way Market
- Legal Fans Tout Sotomayor's 'Restraint'
- FCC: Openness, Video Access, Important To Rural Broadband
- Kristen Chenoweth To Star In Lifetime Christmas Movie
- Q&A: DDD Group's Chris Yewdall
- Syndie 'Fifth Grader', 'Deal or No Deal' Top MyNetworkTV Slate
- Entone Offers Vudu VOD Platform to Telcos
- John Lithgow Joins Showtime’s 'Dexter'
- Brokaw Begins USA Network's Highway 50 Journey In Maryland Crabbing Town
- Robert A. Schuller, Godtube.com Founder Buy AmericanLife TV
- Granada America Changes Name To ITV Studios
- Skycam Signs Multiyear Renewal With ESPN
- ESPN Kicks Off Champions League Final Today
- Microsoft Cuts Hardware Needed For IPTV
- GodTube Founder Buys AmericanLife TV Network
- Microsoft Launches Mediaroom IPTV Platform With Virtualization Support
- May 26
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- FCC: News Corp. Order Was Not Buried
- Canoe Staffs Colorado Outpost
- Harmonic Touts Biggest Cable IPTV Deployment To Date
- Bart Named EVP/GM Of Debmar-Mercury
- Gabel, Bass, Miller Join Debmar-Mercury’s ‘Wendy Williams’
- ActiveVideo Goes Dutch
- Controversy Helps ‘The Link' Boost History
- 'Jon And Kate Plus 8' Premiere Draws Nearly 10 Million Viewers
- 'Snapped' Hits 100 on Oxygen
- Cole to Run WEAR
- D.C. Court Upholds Ban on MDU Contracts
- QVC High-Def Channel Goes 100% HD
- Big Bucks At Stake For Families In HGTV Home-Improvement Competition
- EchoStar Signs First IPTV Customer
- QVC HD: Now 100% High-Def
- Bravo Developing 'Real Housewives of D.C.'
- All In the Family: Bresnan's Executive Team
- CNBC Examining "The Oprah Effect"
- QVC High-Def Channel Goes 100% HD
- FCC Publishes 16-Month Old Denial of News Corp. Waiver Challenge
- FCC: Here's Why We Denied News Corp. Waiver Challenge in '08
- Fox Reality Goes Interactive
- SPECIAL REPORT: ADVANCED ADVERTISING
- Google TV Ads Signs Deals During Upfront Week
- May 25
- May 24
- May 23
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- AMC, TCM Take Varied Paths to Peabody Pinnacle
- Telairity Targets HD ENG Market
- Hot Time In New York For TNT's 'Leverage' Cast
- An Advertising Idea That's Spot-On
- Macrovision to Become 'Rovi'
- Editorial: Fooled Again
- Market Eye: Pride of Milwaukee
- CNN Plans Latino Documentary
- Highlights and Lowlights and Cougars, Oh My
- NCTA: Scrap Cable-Act Regs
- Wiggles Walking to Sprout
- May 22
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- Fox: Rice Launches Assault on Cable
- Sara Haines Upped at 'Today'
- RFD-TV Snares Hunting License With Time Warner Cable
- Magic-Cavaliers Gives TNT Ratings Assist
- Magic-Cavaliers Gives TNT Ratings Assist
- Versus Enters Partnership With Yardbarker
- Senate Confirms Chopra for CTO
- Fuse, Hulu Crash With Dave Matthews Band Programming
- Comcast/Charter Sports Scores With ESPN SEC Deal
- May 21
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- Primetime Ratings: 'Idol' Finale Dips in Viewers, Remains Dominant in Ratings
- Upfronts 2009: Complete Fall 2009 Network TV Schedule
- Upfronts 2009: Turner Turns Up the Heat
- Gannett, Fox, NBC Share in DC
- Warner Bros. Entertainment To Buy Midway
- Limelight Acquires Mobile-Video Ad Startup
- DirecTV: Strong, But Not Strong Enough
- Arris Debuts Ethernet-Over-Optical Solution For Cable
- ESPN Kicking It For Champions League Final
- Upfronts 2009: 'Melrose' Redo Tops CW's 2009-10 Slate
- Benita Fitzgerald Mosley Exiting as President, CEO of Women in Cable Telecommunications
- Limelight Networks Acquires Kiptronic
- Hulu Streaming Dave Matthews Concert
- NCTA: Cable Act Regulations Are Now Relics
- Dish Gives Fuel To Action Sports Service
- Limelight Networks Acquires Kiptronic
- Benita Fitzgerald Mosley Exiting as President, CEO of Women in Cable Telecommunications
- McGrath To Receive Foundation of AWRT Achievement Award aAt Gracie's
- The Wiggles Move To Sprout From Disney
- May 20
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- Senate Commerce Confirms Strickling
- ESPN Scores Another Ratings Mark With Lakers-Nuggets
- Time Warner Cable Launches Latino-Targeted Digital Video Package
- E! Seeking Celebrity Tweeters
- Upfronts 2009: NBC Creates Three Tiers of Affiliate Relationships
- Netflix Streams Through Windows
- Ion Files For Bankruptcy Protection
- Amazon Sues Discovery
- MTV Networks Enlists HCL For Web Development
- Discovery/Hasbro Deal Passes Antitrust Muster
- Verizon Takes Higher-Speed DSL To 9.7 Million Homes
- Discovery/Hasbro Deal Passes Antitrust Muster
- NBA Makes Games Available on iTunes
- Time Warner Cable New York Introduces English-, Spanish-Language Package
- Stations Prepare For Soft Analog Shut-Off Test Thursday
- Upfronts 2009: For Fox Sports en Español It's More Futbol
- Ion Media Files For Bankruptcy
- May 19
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- Twentieth Clears 'The Unit' in 60% of the U.S.
- HBO Ready To Climb Through Ropes With 'Mayweather/Marquez 24/7'
- CNN Takes Honors At Women's Media Center
- Animal Planet Hooks Record Ratings For `Monsters'
- CBS News Names Sonya McNair VP, Communications
- FCC Dismisses NFL-Comcast Complaint
- Upfronts 2009: Fox Affils Board Sees Ally in Rice
- Helen Swenson Gets Programming Post at Weather Channel
- Helen Swenson Gets Programming Post at Weather Channel
- Women's Media Center Celebrates First Media Awards
- Ion Uses FCC Inquiry On Content-Control To Push For Qubo Carriage
- Ion Uses FCC Inquiry On Content-Control To Push For Qubo Carriage
- Four Belo Stations Grab Estrella TV
- Strickling: DTV Transition Is Highest Priority
- Macrovision Plans To Change Name To 'Rovi'
- Upfronts 2009: NBC Unveils "Shared" Schedule for 2009-10
- WFXT, WBZ to Share in Boston
- Comcast, NFL Reach Carriage Deal for NFL Network
- Mogulus Changes Name To 'Livestream'
- Upfronts 2009: ABC Takes Another Shot at Comedy
- Upfronts 2009: Fox Wants Answers From Nielsen
- Vogel Joins Checketts' SCP Worldwide
- May 18
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- Upfronts 2009: Telemundo Hopes to Ride Ratings, Hispanic Growth
- FCC Opens Inquiry into Arbitron PPMs
- William Morris/Endeavor Deal Passes Muster In DC
- Upfronts 2009: Telemundo Introduces High Drama, Original Novellas for Fall Season
- NESN Ready To Hand Out 'Pocket Money'
- Credit Suisse Debunks Upfront Myths
- YES Scores Big With Yanks-Twins Sunday Telecast
- TV5 Monde Nets French Open Deal With Tennis Channel
- ABC Cancels 'Samantha Who'
- Tillán Will Head MTV Tr3s
- Upfronts 2009: Fox's Peter Rice Adds Voice To Broadcast Vs. Cable Battle
- FCC Commissioner Tate Given ITU Honor
- Sexy Ladies, Online Poker On Tap For G4
- CBS Picks Up Six New Series
- Sources: NFL, Comcast Close To Resolving NFL Network Carriage Dispute
- Jon Gruden Heads To 'Monday Night Football' Booth
- Updated: Time Warner Cable Dropping HDNet Channels Nationwide May 31
- Barbara Wall Elected to Board of The Media Institute
- Yoostar Gets First TV Clips
- TVN Entertainment Finds Merger Partner In Avail Media
- Clearleap Inks Web-Video Deals For VOD Service
- Jungo Sells Gateway Middleware To Portugal's TVCabo
- WE, Meredith Partner For Cross-Promotional Initiative
- Taiwanese Telco Deploys BigBand Advertising System
- Upfronts 2009: Fox Stocks 52-Week Schedule
- BigBand Wins IPTV Deal in Taiwan
- May 17
- May 16
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- Leno Study: Good News for Late News
- Stations Doing Well by Doing Good
- New Frontier For Dish Network?
- Upfronts 2009: Networks Get Ready to Sing for Their Supper
- Market Eye: Goin' to Jackson
- Deals
- Dr. Oz Checks Out of 'Oprah'
- VOD, DVD Releases Converge
- A&E Unwraps 'Real-Life Dramas’
- Fates & Fortunes
- Charter Blocks DirecTV Ads
- Web Videos Come to FiOS TV
- May 15
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- If Legislators Have Their Way, Broadband Will Be A Highway
- Comcast Should Benefit From Verizon-Frontier Deal: Analyst
- RCN President Elected To United Way Board of Trustees
- FCC Judge Preparing For Third Program Carriage Complaint
- Eshoo Introduces Broadband Conduit Deployment Act
- Pundit Inquiry Result Still Pending At FCC
- Bruins Bow Out With NESN Ratings Mark
- Comcast Introducing Docsis 3.0 in Pittsburgh, Parts of Three Other States
- May 14
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- 2009 Upfront Week Schedule
- 'Marie Osmond' A Firm Go For Fall
- NBC Picks Up 'Last Call With Carson Daly'
- FSN Pittsburgh Sets Another RSN Ratings Mark With NHL
- Cox Extends Deal With CSG Through 2011
- Cable Serves 37.7 Million U.S. Broadband Users
- NAMIC Names Clasen As Chair For 23rd Conference
- Copps Urges Media Reform, Bemoans Years of "Mindless Deregulation"
- Conan O’Brien To Be Leno’s Last Guest on ‘Tonight Show’
- Copps Pushes Localism, Non-Discrimination Principle
- Frontier: No Changes For FiOS, DirecTV Customers For 9-12 Months
- MTV Plugs In 'Unplugged' Again With Adele
- Comedy Central Orders 'Ugly Americans'
- ABC, PBS Tally Most Daytime Emmy Noms
- Dish On Track With Horseracing Subscription Offering
- Clearwire Shakes Up Management Team
- May 13
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- Q&A With Comcast's David Jensen
- SUR Peru Premieres Programming
- SUR Peru Premieres Programming
- Comcast, TuTv Take Chicago
- LATV's Bentivoglio Named COO
- Dish to Carry Racetrack Subscription Package
- Charter Gets Temporary Restraining Order
- Charter Wins TRO Vs. DirecTV
- Q&A With Panasonic's Robert Harris
- CNN Takes Canon's Widest Wide-Angle Lens
- HBO Opens T-VIPS Video Gateways
- Nielsen: 3.3 Million Homes Completely Unready For DTV Transition
- BET's 'Sunday Best' Sings Sweet Ratings Tune
- BET's 'Sunday Best' Sings Sweet Ratings Tune
- Starz Ready to ‘Party Down' Again
- Clearwire Pulls Cisco Into WiMax Fold
- TBN Finishes HD Upgrade in Dallas
- FCC Votes To Shorten Phone Number Porting Intervals
- Analyst: Frontier Deal Could Benefit Dish
- Primetime Ratings: ‘Idol' and 'Fringe' Win For Fox, NBC Second
- Starz Renews ‘Party Down'
- PPV Distributors: Pacquiao-Hatton Connects On More Than 800,000 Buys
- CBS Interactive Launches 1080p Video Player
- Nexstar Postpones Q1 Release
- Bresnan Names Brookstein Chief Operating Officer
- Epix To Use Akamai's HD Streaming Service
- Fox Inks 'Human Target,' 'Sons of Tucson'
- May 12
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- FDA: Cheerios Claims Could Make It A Drug
- Ovation TV Gets 'Jools': Better Later than Never
- Nick’s ‘iCarly’ Is Most-Watched Show In Cable Sports and Entertainment
- FDA: Cheerios Claims Could Make It A Drug
- Discovery Going Continent-By-Continent For Specials
- Strickling Nomination Hearing Set
- Capriolo Running Chicago LNS
- FCC Will Outline Plans For Final Month Before DTV Transition
- The Fox Nation Flocking To FOXNews.com
- Jamie Foxx To Host 2009 BET Awards
- TV One Brings Back Bio Series Unsung
- Sony Uses Internet Vudu
- Charter Sues DirecTV Over Bankruptcy Ads
- KMBC Discrimination Case Goes to Federal Court
- Changes Coming at ‘NewsHour With Jim Lehrer'
- Matthew Devine Resigns As CFO of Nexstar
- May 11
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- Cable Industry Pitches Benefits Directly to Advertisers
- Dallas Mavericks To Take Interactive Shot
- Fox Adopts Chyron’s Internet-Based Graphics
- Dish To Debut CMT Series
- AT&T Tests 32-Terabit Link
- History Tells 'The Story Of Us'
- G4 Begins Serving 'Web Soup'
- Stars Come Out For 2009 MTV Movie Awards
- Kellison Takes ‘Bonnie Hunt’ Reins
- INSP Adds Daily Financial News Show
- Discovery International Takes Chance Communicating With Patterson
- FiOS TV Debuts Six HD Channels From Entertainment Studios
- Versus Looks To Incite ‘Fanarchy' With New Series
- McBride Joins Sciarrino & Shubert Firm
- Q&A With NAB Joint Board Chairman Jack Sander
- Cover Story: The $7.2 Billion Question
- May 10
- May 9
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- Why Tribune Wanted 'Curb' and 'Entourage'
- Co-Ops Need New Pole Position
- Schleiff Doffs Crown — What Comes Next?
- A Creative Approach to Sales
- Gigi Sohn: Give Remote DVR a Chance
- Translation Please: The Integration Part Of Quality Assurance Work
- Left Coast Bias: Confessions of a Twitter Cynic
- Style's Ruby Gettinger Wants You To Come Walk With Her
- May 8
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- Time Warner Cable, Lifetime To Lift Lid On Women's Trends At Ad Sales Forum
- Mediacom Expansion Plays Well Near Peoria
- Aisha Tyler Developing Talker
- Dish Boosts HD Lineup
- Dish Adds Five More HD Channels
- The Fuzz Takes Aim On Atom.com
- Dish Debuts Remote DVR Feature
- Primetime Ratings: Michael J. Fox Special, ‘Grey's Anatomy' Lead ABC To Thursday Win
- Atom.com, Comedy Central Go For ‘The Fuzz'
- Vizio Takes No. 1 Spot In North American LCD-TV Market
- Univision Presents Town Meeting Today About Swine Flu
- May 7
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- Genachowski Nomination Hearing Postponed
- Saga Same Station Revenue Down 18%
- VH1 Wants More 'Tough Love'
- Comcast Sports Downloads Grilly As Chief Digital Officer
- VH1’s ‘Tough Love’ Returning For Season Two
- ‘Robot Chicken' Team Launching New Adult Swim Series
- Cablevision To Explore Spin-Off of MSG Businesses
- WWE Revenues In Digital Media, Home Video, and PPV Down
- May 6
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- Biden Awaits Franken Ruling
- PBS Kids Series Helps Kids in Low-Income Families Read
- Verizon Signs National Reseller Deal For Fiber-To-Home Broadband
- Schleiff To Step Down From Hallmark
- Ascent, CBS and Warner Bros. Create New Syndicated Delivery Platform
- Henry Schleiff Stepping Down at Crown Media
- SCTE Takes Over Tech Publication From NCTA
- Face Transplant Recipient Connie Culp To Appear on 'Good Morning America'
- Genachowski Confirmation Hearing Set
- Dylan Ratigan Joins MSNBC
- Showtime Licenses Video Game Based On 'Tudors'
- NATPE Announces Second Annual Next TV Competition
- Virgin Launches 200-Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 Pilot
- WFN On Display On Premier Retail Networks
- BBC Hires Kristina Song for Distribution Role
- Nicktoons Beefs Up On ‘Wolverine and the X-Men'
- Ion Nets Deal With Warner Bros. For Feature Films
- TLC Taps Carr As SVP Marketing
- WAPA America Launches On Comcast In Colorado
- Tribune Picks Up HBO’s 'Entourage', 'Curb'
- Nicktoons Slices New 'Wolverine and the X-Men' Deal
- May 5
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- Disney XD Orders Second Season Of 'Aaron Stone'
- Macrovision Guides Vizio
- Daryn Kagan Offers Good News to TV Stations
- Google Counsel Praises Spectrum Inventory Bill
- Landrieu, Aided By Lifetime, Rosie O'Donnell Launches New Mentors Bill
- Fusion Buys WBKI Louisville
- National Amusement Completes Restructuring
- Best First Round NBA Playoff Ratings in Cable TV History
- Lifetime's 'America' Part Of Foster Care Bill Presentation
- SNY Auditioning ‘Kidcasters'
- True Dat: Nick Orders More Of Palmer's 'Jackson' Series
- Tribune Psyched to Take Back Sundays on CWs
- Google Seeks Small Biz Help For Broadband Conditions
- Schweir Joins Versus As SVP Production, Exec Producer
- Discovery Hires Digital Programmer From Scripps
- Exclusive: Fox Not Renewing Spike Feresten
- Nick Greenlights Season Two Of ‘True Jackson, VP'
- Upfronts 2009: Advertisers Praise NBC Slate
- The CW Getting Out of Sunday Business
- DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act Introduced In Senate
- Gol TV Nets Bundesliga Renewal
- May 4
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- Dunn Still Interested In FCC Seat
- Senate Commerce Committee Future of Journalism Hearing Set For May 6
- Ratings: Jonas Brothers Series Debut Earns 4 Million Viewers
- TNS Report: Ad Expenditures Drop 4.1% in 2008
- CBS, Tribune in on LNS in Chicago
- Liberty To Merge DirecTV With Some Media Assets
- AT&T: FCC Should Reconsider Program-Access Complaint Against Cox Over Padres Games
- AT&T: FCC Should Reconsider Program-Access Complaint Against Cox Over Padres Games
- Fox Renews 'Fringe'
- ANALYSIS: Freelance Journos Under Siege
- Lionsgate TV Ramps Up Reality Slate
- Bill Would Not Enhance ED Ads Scheduling
- Macrovision Guides Vizio HDTVs
- CableOne Revenue Up
- Fox To Launch Warner Bros.’ ‘Beyond Twisted’ July 6
- Liberty Media To Merge DirecTV With Some Media Assets
- NBC Introduces New Lineup For 2009-10 Season
- DirecTV, Liberty Media Announce Spin-Off Plan
- Couric Travelling To Afghanistan
- Upfronts 2009: CBS Sells Its Growth Story In New TV Ad Campaign
- May 3
- May 2
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- Syndicators' Integrated Thinking
- LATV's Strategic Shift
- Telemundo's Montenegro Gets Answers From Obama
- Discovery-Hasbro Deal Under Fire
- Market Eye: Central Arkansas Keeps Keeping On
- Cablevision: Broadband 101
- Disney Takes Stake In Hulu Video Site
- The Innovators Shall Rule
- Economy Squeezes Content Providers
- Exec Shuffle at Dish Network
- Disney-Hulu Puts Focus on CBS
- Motorola, Arris Sales Falter
- Deals
- NAB 2009: Highlights From the NAB Floor
- May 1
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- Bright House Connects With YES ‘National' In Orlando
- Teams Eliminated But MSG, MSG Plus Skate To High NHL Ratings
- Disney Channel Conjures Third Season Of 'Wizards Of Waverly Place'
- Telemundo 47 Now Available In HD On Time Warner Cable New York
- Concurrent To Phase Out Everstream Brand
- More Guest Stars Check Into Showtime's 'Californication'
- Report: DOCSIS 3.0 To Blanket U.S. By 2013
- Post-Newsweek Revenue Down 21%
- Nexstar Makes Katz National Ad Sales Rep For All Stations
- Sunbeam's Ansin Again in the Spotlight
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