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August 31
- FCC Ponders Tech Fair On Kids & Content Control
- Travel, Chase Strike Partnership Pact For Sapphire Card
- DirecTV's The 101 Network Lines Up Farm Aid Oct. 4
- Injured CBS Reporter McCormick in Stable Condition
- Tribeca Enterprises Taps Green For Strategic Partnerships
- FCC: Content-Management Survey Fails To Answer Some Key Questions
- WSJ: Freedom Eyeing Bankruptcy
- Irvin Joins NFL Network Announce Team
- NBCU Pumps Advertising, Content Deal With Gas Station TV
- Free Press Calls on FCC to Open Inquiry Into Cable Market Competition
- NFL Network Taps Michael Irvin
- Updated: Tennis Channel Will Go Missing On Cablevision During U.S. Open
- Pentagon Cancels Media Analysis Contract With The Rendon Group
August 30
- ESPN Aces Advertising Roster For U.S. Open
- ACA Labels AETN Acquisition Of Lifetime Entertainment As 'Project Wrongway'
- RGB Upgrades DBM Product to Handle H.264 Video
- Q&A With SCTE’s Mark Dzuban
- NCTC: Cablevision's Sports Tier Contract For Tennis Channel is 'Enforceable And Valid'
August 29
- Updated: Court Throws Out FCC's 30% Cable Subscriber Cap
- Updated: Court Throws Out FCC's 30% Cable Subscriber Cap
- ESPN Study Cycles Through Behaviors Of Sports Fans
- Univision Predicts $350M In Retrans Revenue
- Comcast To Launch TuTV In Calif., Wash. State
- Kuhn Communications Joins Big Ten Network Team
- Gutkowski Sues Steinbrenner Over Formation Of YES Network
August 28
- Playhouse Disney's 'Jungle Junction' Will Get On-Demand Debut
- Nielsen Estimates 114.9M U.S. TV Homes For 2009-10 Season
- Consumer Groups Launching Online Privacy Push
- Ex-Susquehanna Exec Eberly Passed
- CableLabs OKs Evolution's CableCard
- Court Throws Out FCC's Cable Subscriber Cap
- Episodes of Steelroots’ Reality Show, THE UPRISING, to be Filmed in Grand Cayman Islands
- Moffet Sees Little M&A Movement From Cap-Killing
- Tennis Channel Serves New Proposal In Cablevision Carriage Match
- Rivers Reality Show Rates For TV Land
- Rentrak Hires Ad-Research Mavens
- Fine Living Has Designs With Hearst On Marketing Campaign
- Nielsen: Number of TV Households Up By 400,000
- Cable Networks Offering Live Coverage Of Kennedy's Memorial, Burial
August 27
- A&E Networks, Lifetime Merger Completed
- ESPN Shows Hologram Technology
- Rehr Lands At Leading Authorities
- NCTA Confirms Hire Of FCC's Chessen
- Comcast Pops Universal Caller ID In San Francisco
- Bob Long Retires From KNBC
- Showtime Piloting ‘The C Word’
- D.C. Pols To Light FiOS Sept. 1
- Library of American Broadcasting Honors Eberly
- AETN Acquires Lifetime Entertainment Services
- Zombies, Cocaine Currency Top Social Media Focus: PEJ
- ESPN Illustrates Hologram Technology
- AOL Names Time Warner Cable's Minson As CFO
- NTIA Reports 2,200 Bidders For $28 Billion in Broadband Stimulus Money
- FCC's Chessen To Succeed Brenner At NCTA: Sources
- SAG Members Overwhelmingly Approve Live-Action, Basic-Cable Movie Agreement
- TNT Renews ‘Leverage'
- Sources: Chessen Leaving FCC to Join NCTA
- Verizon Tags TNT, TBS For FiOS 'TV Everywhere'
- OmniBus Wins Big Starz Deal
- Cox Upgrades VOD App In New England
- Tennis Channel Checking Legality Of Cablevision's NCTC Play
- NBC Pushing Back 'Southland'
August 26
- Don Imus, RFD Part Ways
- Miranda Simplifies 3-Gbps Routing Upgrades
- Nintendo, Hillcrest Settle Patent Dispute
- UPDATED: Cablevision Looks To Serve Up Tennis Channel For the U.S. Open
- Kate Gosselin To Guest Co-Host on 'The View'
- MGM HD Will Support 'Fame' Theatrical Release With Programming Stunt
- Q&A With Olympusat’s Kim Reed Fragione
- CTAM Announces 2009 Mark Awards Finalists
- MTV Sets TV Movie Slate
- Dish, EchoStar, Nagrastar Gain $97 Million Bounty In Piracy Battle
- ‘Todobebé’ to Air in Five More Countries
- District Court Rules in Favor of Dish Network in Freetech Signal Piracy Complaint
- TiVo Sues Verizon, AT&T For Patent Infringement
- Bonnot Griffin Named to NAB TV Board
- DirecTV Brings U.S. Open Experience To Manhattan Today
- NBC Universal Sells ‘Real Housewives’ to NBC-owned Stations
- MTV Scouts For Talent With OurStage.com
- Video News About ‘The TV News' Hits The Web
- Two Top Programming Execs Out at Oprah’s OWN
August 25
- TBN Completes New York DMA Distribution Via Cablevision Rollout
- Arris Grabs Lead In CMTS Market: Analyst
- FCC Grants Waivers on Four Set-Top Boxes
- Avail-TVN Distributes TuTv's Spanish-Language VOD
- Suddenlink Launches OpenTV's Ad-Campaign System
- Suddenlink Launches OpenTV's Ad-Campaign System
- HSN HD Now Available To Time Warner Cable's New Customers
- Fuhgetaboudit 'The Sopranos': 'True Blood' Episode Is HBO's Most-Watched Since 2004
- PGATour.com Lines Up Streaming For FedExCup Championship
- PGATour.com to Offer Live Video Streams of Key Holes for Tour Playoffs
- FCC Grants DTA Waivers To Four Vendors
- FCC Grants DTA Waivers To Four Vendors
- Atlantic Broadband Catches Big Ten Network Deal
- Time Warner Cable Launches 27 HDs In South Texas
- FX Picks Up 'March to Madness'
- Disney To Offer Free Preview Of New VOD Service
- CMT Picks Up Second Season of ‘Singing Bee'
August 24
- WWE Eyes Cable Network: Report
- WWE Eyes Cable Network: Report
- TLC Renews ‘Little Couple'
- Dish Joins Comcast In NFL RedZone
- AT&T Plugs Wireless As Part Of U-Verse TV Bundle
- FearNet Has Nothing To Fear But 'Fear Itself'
- BET’s Lee on New Shows, Networks
- WSBT South Bend Deal Fizzles Absent FCC Action
- Treasury to Get Nine-Figure Return On Coupon Program
- Fuse Names Gavin Harvey New GM
- Market Eye: Bend in the Road
- Brian Williams to Host B&C Hall of Fame
- Panasonic Inks 3-D Sponsorship Deal For 'Avatar'
- DirecTV Grows Latin America Business
- Special Report: The Sports Issue
- VH1 Pulls Shows Following Scandal
August 23
- Jessie James Shoots PromoSpots for Speed
- Hi-Def News Hits Hartford
August 22
- Local News: Comcast Worker Bitten by Snake in South Fla.
- Winning Game Plan
- Stock Firms Profit From Cost Efficiencies
- Editor's Note: B&C's Annual August Schedule
- HBO Sports Regains Its Reality Star
- HD Slo-Mo Gets Up to Speed
- Q&A With NBC's David Neal
- An Industry Metronome
- Editorial: Making an Impression
- Top Syndicated Shows Hold Their Own in Upfront
- Deals
- Stations Come Out Swinging
- HSN Adds Mobility With iPod/iPhone App
- Stations Beef Over Drops
August 21
- ‘Project Runway’ Premiere is Highest-Rated in Lifetime History
- TLC Renews 'Little Couple'
- Utilities Seek Pole-Rate Parity
- Panasonic Bows P2 Studio System
- Spike Wrestles UFC PPV Undercard Bouts
- 'Project Runway' Sets Lifetime Ratings Record
- 'Project Runway' Sets Lifetime Ratings Record
- Dick Colbert Dies at 85
- Study: Cable Accounts for 95% of Alcohol Ads on TV
- Syfy's 'Ghost Hunters' Scares Up Solid Ratings
- KDAF, WKCF Try New Newscasts
August 20
- Syfy's 'Warehouse 13' Renewed For 13 More Episodes
- ANALYSIS: Nielsen Rival—Real Or Ruse?
- Universal Sports Nets Steeplechase Championships
- 'Project Runway' To Hit The Web
- Lifetime Re-ups Frosh Hit Drop Dead Diva
- Jay Leno: ‘Oldest Quarterback' Happy to Work Harder Than Ever
- Don Hewitt, Creator of '60 Minutes,' Dies
August 19
- Discovery Wraps $500M Bond Deal
- TWC Facing Second FCC Complaint
- Nick Charles Taking Leave Of Absence From Showtime
- Black Takes Over WGCL
- Martha Stewart, Shalom TV VOD on Cablevision
- HBO's Nevins To Receive ATAS Governors Award
- ShopNBC Has Mixed Q2
- WJBK Adds Hour to Morning News
- Time Warner Inc., Nielsen Ink Measurement Pact
- TheStreet.com, NewsProNet Pair For Web Series
- Raycom to Manage Honolulu CBS
August 18
- 'All My Children' To Go HD In 2010
- NCTA Taps Associate General Counsel
- New Orleans Station Wants Back on UHF
- Harry Sloan Out as MGM Restructures
- Robert D. Novak, Conservative Columnist, Dies at 78
- Syndication Ratings: Viewers, Ratings Decline in Summer Swoon
- NCTA Names Podey Associate General Counsel
- Controversial Anchor Alycia Lane Surfaces in LA
- Spike TV, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Forge New Deal
- Execs See Hype, Hope in Authentication
- Wedding Channel Launches on Cablevision
- FCC To Allow WVUE To Return To UHF Digital Channel
- Researchers: Broadband's No ‘Horse Race'
- Omneon Reaches New Integration With Telestream
- FCC Still Clearing Up DTV Reception
- FCC Still Clearing Up DTV Reception
- Benkler Tells FCC To Look At Other Countries To Inform Broadband Strategies
August 17
- TWC Will Delay Dropping CBS Affiliate WBTW
- 'Mad Men' Return Draws 2.8 Million Viewers
- FCC Continues Working On DTV-Related Reception Issues
- Turner Sports, PGA See High Traffic During PGA Championship
- Media General Wants FCC Action on Station Drops
- Media General Wants FCC Action on Station Drops
- Africa Channel To Air Ghana Documentaries
- Steve Harvey Joins 'Good Morning America' As Contributor
- Shopping Net Goes Mobile
- Suddenlink Launches ESPN360.com
- ESPN Snags Barclay's Premier League TV Rights
August 15
- ESPN Nets Rights To 48 BPL Matches In U.S.
August 14
- NFL Kicks Off Promotion For RedZone Channel
- 2009 Religious Guide
- MJ Death, Iran Unrest Drive Online Video In June
- 'Jay Leno Show' Bags Jerry Seinfeld
- CBS College Sports Buttresses College Football Announce Team
- Univision's Ray Rodriguez to Retire
- Primetime Ratings: 'Big Brother' Tops Thursday
- Rodriguez To Depart Univision At Year-End
- Analysis: Health-Care Ad Boost for Cable and Stations
- Telemundo, Mun2 Reach 8.7 Million Viewers With Mexico-U.S. Match
- TNT Will Conclude Saving Grace In 2010
August 13
- Mediacom Tenders Debt Deals
- Suddenlink Takes DOCSIS 3.0 To Texas
- Community Broadcasters Association to Shutter
- Vizrt Launches New Branding Tool
- More Advertisers Pull Ads From Glenn Beck's Fox News Show
- Cartoon Greenlights 'Regular Show,' 'Horrorbots'
- RCN, truTV Team on Digital Fingerprinting for Kids
- Set-Top Shipments to Hit 200 Million by 2013
- MFM, INFE Now One Unit
- Late-Night Ratings: Letterman Repeats Top Conan Originals
- Q&A With Utah Scientific's Tom Harmon
- Jacobson Departs As in Demand CEO
- Weather Channel: It's In Madden's Game
- Updated: Jacobson Departs As In Demand CEO
- FiOS Now At Bat With Broadband Yankees Games
- Verizon Adds In-Market Yankees Streaming
- Cartoon Network Greenlights Two Series
- Discovery Slips Four Shows Into Comcast's Internet TV Test
August 12
- Concert.tv Promos Back San Francisco Music Fest
- Evolution Wins DTA Deal With Kentucky Cabler
- InterMedia Buys 'Vibe'
- Ross Snags Big ABC Deal
- Boxee Streams In $6 Million
- Kauffman Named Engineering, Operations VP at KTTV and KCOP
- Primetime Ratings: ‘Better Off Ted' Finale Flounders
- KHOU Launches 4:30 a.m. Newscast
- TNS To Pull Cable Set-Top Data Through Rovi
- Cablevision Hires EX-RBI U.S. CEO Tad Smith as Local Media Chief
- Iger to Moderate HRTS Digital Chiefs Luncheon
- Frank Darabont, AMC Close to Large Development Deal For ‘Walking Dead' Adaptation
- Tad Smith Joining Cablevision
- MTV Greenlights Scripted Series
August 11
- B&C Names Perry Sook Broadcaster of the Year
- OpenTV, Jinni Team On Movie Recommendations
- New Scenes: Documentary Channel Relaunches As Commercial Service
- FiOS TV Widens Media-Sharing, Remote DVR Features
- Cornwell And Deushane Stepping Down At Granite Broadcasting
- Cable Ratings: Joan Rivers Roast Heats Up Comedy Central
- Si TV Raises $8.75M in Private Offering
- KCRG Begins File-Based HD Update
- Roku Steps to Plate For MLB.TV
- CBS Snags 2009 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'
- Clearwire Names Huawei As WiMax Supplier
- Comcast Bows 14 New International Channels In Bay Area
- Joy Behar, Martha Stewart Among Those Ready For PBS’ ‘Life’
- Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Scores With Redskins Extension
- BigBand Names Rooney Head Of Sales
August 10
- Mun2 Free Preview Scorecard: 67 Million Homes On Aug. 12
- DirecTV Creates CEO Search Committee
- BET Networks Signs News Talent
- BET Networks Signs News Talent
- TNT Re-Ups Hawthorne
- EXCLUSIVE: Cablevision Looks To Staff Up 'MSG Varsity'
- Entropic Demo Sets Aside Bandwidth For Video Streams
- Sources: Don Imus Radio Show May Be Headed To Fox Business Network
- Disney Channel To Bow Puppet Series, Where Is Warehouse Mouse?
- Gecan To Grow HGTV Programming
- Primetime Ratings: ‘Millionaire' Returns To Primetime With No Lifeline
- Primetime Ratings: ‘Millionaire' Returns To Primetime With No Lifeline
- Verizon Pads FiOS VOD Lineup
- Ratings: 'iCarly' Special Sets Show Record Saturday Night
August 9
- RCN Will Follow TiVo's Path
- MASN Whiffs Against Comcast
- Cover Story: Strings Attached
August 8
- TCA: ABC Asks Abdul To Come 'Dancing'
- The Model Is Broken, Now Where Is the Fix?
- Telegenic People Do It for Free
- Broadstripe Offers Lifetime Triple Play Price Guarantee
- Broadband: Now a 'Necessity’
- Stations Grapple With Internet-Advertising Pipe
- Editor's Note: B&C's Annual August Schedule
- Nick Plans A Family Nite
- Broadstripe’s Lifetime Offer
- HBO Gets Flashy With Adobe for 'TV Everywhere'
- Editorial: Emmy's Winning Idea
- Translation Please: Channeling The Channel
August 7
- Fox Sports, Comcast Put Detroit Tigers Games On Demand
- FCC Releases Notice of Inquiry on Broadband Data Collection
- Trifecta Clears Off-MTV Duo in 80% of U.S.
- 'Clunkers' Jump-Starts Auto Advertising
- Sullivan Named WNBC News VP
- Parents TV Council Takes Aim At Tonight's Joan Rivers' Roast On Comedy Central
- McDowell: Net Neutrality Debate Should Be Reframed
- Time Warner Cable Opens $33 Million Office Building In N.C.
- LIN TV Develops Blackberry App For Mobile TV Service
- Tandberg Set To Unveil Device-Aware Back-Office
- Clyburn Announces First Staff Appointments
- Comcast's Dannenbaum Returns to Cable From Networks
- IP Video Demos On Deck For CableLabs Conference
August 6
- Ad Revenue Dips At Crown Media In Q2
- Government Puts Stamp On Fifties' TV Shows
- Golf Channel Enhances Production With ‘Inside View'
- Aussie Rules Football Returns To ESPN Roots
- DirecTV Will Pass On Epix
- Post Office Commemorates 1950s Shows With New Stamps
- Aussie Rules Football Returning To ESPN
- TiVo Licenses Data From Rovi
- MSG Elevates Escudero To VP Business Public Relations
- Entravision Revenue Down 23%
- Epix Signs Output Agreement With Samuel Goldwyn
- Hallmark Movie Channel Secures Standard-Definition Berth With FiOS
- Epix Inks Samuel Goldwyn Output Deal
August 5
- Upfronts 2009: Fox Wraps Upfront Negotiations
- TCA: Syfy, Bryan Singer Developing Limited Series
- ESPN: We'll Fight Dish Lawsuit
- Zeke And Luther Skate To Second Season On Disney XD
- Style Network Repurposing Segments From NBC's ‘Today'
- Senate Commerce Committee Approves Cahill Nomination
- Campaign Takes Aim At PG-13 Film Ads In Letter To FTC
- TCA: Bromstad, Telegdy Say New NBC Era To Focus On Reviving Brand
- CCFC Takes Aim At PG-13 Film Ads In Letter To FTC
- London Closes On KBMT
- Cox Picks Alcatel-Lucent For Ethernet Services
- WideOrbit Buys Google Radio Automation Business
- TiVo Unlocks Door To Video Podcasters
- Google To Buy Video-Compression Firm On2 For $106.5M
- Big Monday For Showtime As 'Weeds,' 'Nurse Jackie' Set Viewer Marks
- Paula Abdul Leaving 'American Idol'
August 4
- Journalists Ling, Lee Freed From North Korean Jails
- Brian Burns Named Morgan Murphy COO
- Harold Niven, Longtime NAB Convention Coordinator, Dies at 86
- Journalists Ling, Lee Pardoned
- U.S. Patent Office Rejects Some Of TiVo's 'Time Warp' Claims In Preliminary Review
- Olympusat Buys Sorpresa
- U.S. Patent Office Rejects Two Claims in TiVo's 'Time Warp' Patent
- Discovery Bucks Ad Sales Trend With 1% Gain In Q2
- 'Kendra' Season Finale Is E!'s Best In Seven Years
- Streit Named Raycom Group VP
- CMT Acquires 'Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader'
- MMTC Issues List of Minority Contractors For Broadband Stimulus Applicants
- RCN Teams with TiVo
- RCN Picks TiVo As Its Primary DVR
- Writers Call Emmy Telecast A 'Symbolic Attack'
August 3
- Incognito Declares DOCSIS 3.0 Support
- Incognito Upgrades For DOCSIS 3.0
- Q&A: YES's Dolgin On Streaming Local Sports
- FCC Allows Louisiana Duop
- TruTV Sends Jesse Ventura's ‘Conspiracy' To Series
- Greg Meidel Named President of Twentieth Television
- Davis Tapped To Head Hasbro Studios
- TCA: King Hitting The 'Wall' For 'Daily Show' Laughs
- McTear to Receive Sherman TV Leadership Award
- Primetime Ratings: ABC's ‘Defying Gravity' Not So Stellar
- Disney Streams More Shows Through Netflix
- Clearwire Tees Up 10 More Markets
- Cover Story: Q&A With Dr. Mehmet Oz
- E! Goes To ‘Reality Hell'
- Schmidt Exits Apple Board
- A Tool For 'TV Everywhere'
- Exec Shuffle As Juniper Explores Sorpresa Sale
- FTvS Launches Digital Brand
August 2
- Fox Reality Premieres 'Househusbands Of Hollywood' On Demand
- Naughty And Niche
August 1
- Summer Series Searches Yield Mixed Results
- Storming the Fort
- In the Driver's Seat
- Small Ops Tackle Big Issues In Texas
- Syndicated Delivery Gets an Overhaul
- WMBF's Trial by Fire
- Genachowski's Media Mission
- Epix Lands A Home On Verizon's FiOS TV
- Deals
- Program Partners' ‘Marie' a No-Go