Recently added articles from Multichannel News:
D.C. Handicaps the Deal.(United States. Federal Communications Commission)(Comcast Corp. merger with NBC Universal Inc.)
Dec 07, 2009; Eggerton, John ... by John Eggerton Beltway Insiders Expect Intense Scrutiny of Comcast-NBCU Venture WashingtonWhen the government gauntlet is run - in about a year from now, according to handicappers - the Comcast-NBCU joint venture will likely get government approval, but not before ...
Comcast Fuels Hope At Indie Networks.
Dec 07, 2009; Umstead, R. Thomas ... by R. Thomas Umstead Independently-owned cable networks are cautiously optimistic about Comcast's pledge to offer greater carriage opportunities in the wake of last week's Comcast-NBC Universal joint-venture agreement. In an effort to help smooth the regulatory ...
Nielsen Hastens TV-Plus-PC.(Nielsen Media Research Inc.)
Dec 07, 2009; Spangler, Todd ... by Todd Spangler Ratings Provider Eyes 'Single Source' Measure by August 2010 Nielsen, responding to pressure from TV programmers and advertisers, is accelerating plans to measure Internet activity among a subset of its National People Meter panel, aiming to provide ...
For the Record.(SeaChange International Inc.)(Discovery Communications Inc. Discovery Networks International chief Operating Officer Mark Hollinger)(MSG Network executive vice president David Clark)(Financial report)
Dec 07, 2009; ... by Staff Mark Burnett to Produce New 'HGTV Design Star' Season Staff Knoxville, Tenn. - Mark Burnett will help design the fifth season of HGTV Design Star . The Scripps network has inked a deal for Mark Burnett, executive producer of reality ...
SHVERA Passes Convincingly In House.(Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act)(Brief article)
Dec 07, 2009; Eggerton, John ... by John Eggerton Bill Would Renew Distant-Signal License for 5 Years Washington- The House version of the satellite-TV reauthorization bill (HR 3750, the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act) passed convincingly last week (394 to 11). ...
An Industry Builder, 'People Person'.(Bresnan Communications L.L.C.)(Bill Bresnan )
Dec 07, 2009; ... Staff The following is an edited version of a story by K.C. Neel that appeared in the May 25, 2009 issue of Multichannel News, as part of a special report on Bresnan Communications's 25th anniversary. Over half a century, Bill Bresnan built cable systems from scratch, ...
Coda.(Rogers Communications Inc.)(Comcast Corp.)(ABC Family Worldwide Inc. ABC Family Channel)
Dec 07, 2009; Spangler, Todd ... By Staff 'MCN,' 'B&C,' 'TWICE' Sold Mike Farrell New York - NewBay Media LLC, a publisher of trade magazines here including Television Broadcast and TV Technology , said last week that it has acquired Multichannel News , Broadcasting & Cable and This ...
TNT Looks Beyond 'Bar'.
Dec 07, 2009; Umstead, R. Thomas ... by R. Thomas Umstead Network's 2010 Lineup to Feature Seven Original Drama Series TNT hopes to finish the year on a strong ratings note with the launch of its newest series, Men of a Certain Age , while the network looks ahead to a 2010 lineup that will feature seven ...
Reviews.(TNT Men of a Certain Age)(A&E Television Networks The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty)
Dec 07, 2009; Umstead, R. Thomas ... by R. Thomas Umstead and George Vernadakis The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty (A&E Network, Sunday, Dec. 13, 9 p.m.) At first blush The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty isn't much different from most other celeb-reality shows, except that it's focused on arguably ...
Charter: Up From Ashes.(Charter Communications Inc.)(Statistical table)
Dec 07, 2009; Farrell, Mike ... by Mike Farrell MSO Emerges From Bankruptcy - Without Paul Allen as Chairman After nearly eight months, Charter Communications said last Monday that it has completed its restructuring and has emerged from bankruptcy protection, ending what has been at times an arduous ...
TWX Poised for Big Returns.(Time Warner Inc.)(Brief article)
Dec 07, 2009; ... by Mike Farrell Collins Stewart media analyst Thomas Eagan raised his 12-month price target and estimates for Time Warner Inc., adding that the soon-to-be-pure-play media giant has the potential for significant shareholder returns. In a research note last Monday, ...
Done Deal.(Comcast Corp. merger with NBC Universal Inc.)
Dec 07, 2009; ... by Mike Farrell Comcast-NBC Universal: What's Next For the Largest Vertically-Integrated Media Company In the U.S. Five years after losing a bid for The Walt Disney Co., Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts finally won his content prize, landing a deal to control ...
Doing It for the Kids.(Barack Obama)(National Cable and Telecommunications Association)(Viewpoint essay)
Dec 07, 2009; Gibbons, Kent ... by Kent Gibbons, Executive Editor The cable industry's proposal - I won't say modest proposal, because of the Swift overtone - to provide discounted broadband service to income-eligible homes with middle-school students is timely in several ways. It comes as the ...
PEG Channels' New Best Friend.(Public, educational, and government)(Comcast Corp.)
Dec 07, 2009; Riedel, Bunnie ... by Bunnie Riedel, Riedel Communications We've all had that experience where someone suddenly becomes your 'best pal' because they want something from you or can use your friendship in some way. For most of us, that kind of sidling up is excruciatingly transparent and usually ...
People.(Gene Shatlock joins Comcast Corp.)(Donna Mills joins NBC Universal Inc.)(Jason Gaedke joins Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Dec 07, 2009; ... by Staff AFTRA Jeff Wald has joined the Los Angeles local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists as director of broadcast, responsible for managing daily operations. He had been news director of TV stations KTLA and KCOP-TV. Avatar ...
Mediacom: The Fastest by a Smidge.(Mediacom Communications Corp.)(Brief article)
Dec 07, 2009; Spangler, Todd ... by Todd Spangler Mediacom Communications is going 'one louder' on super-fast broadband, as Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel might say. The operator this month plans to launch a 105-Megabits-per-second service - billed as the speediest residential Internet access available ...
CBR, VBR and Adaptive Streaming.(Constant bit rate and Variable bit rate )
Dec 07, 2009; Ellis, Leslie ... by Leslie Ellis Here's another example of video lingo from different sectors bumping into one another: the way video is streamed on the Web, versus the way it works on cable. (Or broadcast, or satellite or telco, for that matter.) It's hard to keep it all straight ....
Cable's 'A-Plus' Idea.(National Cable and Telecommunications Association)
Dec 07, 2009; Eggerton, John ... by John Eggerton NCTA Makes Half-Price Broadband Offer to U.S. Middle Schoolers Washington- Cable operators representing 86% of cable subs nationwide last week proposed to offer half-price basic broadband service to some 1.8 million low-income households with ...
Comcast Backs Mediacom on Retrans for LMAs.(Local marketing agreements)(United States. Federal Communications Commission)
Dec 07, 2009; Eggerton, John ... by John Eggerton Washington- Comcast has joined Mediacom Communications in asking the Federal Communications Commission to look into whether Sinclair is violating the agency's 'good faith' bargaining rules by negotiating retransmission consent for both the stations it owns and ...
Mixed Messages.(Statistical table)
Dec 07, 2009; Neel, K.C. ... by K.C. Neel Fewer Women Overall But Some Parity In Cable The overall percentage of women working in the cable industry continued to erode in 2009, but there was some good news in this year's PAR Initiative Survey conducted for Women In Cable Telecommunications ....
