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| 04.04.2007 |
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Batter Up! MLB, Cable Reach Extra Innings Agreement
BREAKING | In Demand Networks and Major League Baseball strike a deal that keeps MLB Extra Innings on cable and brings the MLB Channel to 40 million homes in Jan. '09...
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| 03.16.2007 |
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DirecTV Ends Gospel Music Channel Local Feeds
DirecTV discontinued Gospel Music Channel's local feeds, which it added to its local broadcast package in Aug. 2006 in 10 markets: Austin, Dallas, Denver, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Orlando, Paducah, Philadelphia and San Antonio. GMC's website...
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| 03.14.2007 |
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Cox Wins Golden Beacon
The CTPAA Beacon Awards' final award-winner couldn't have done it without an assist from Janet Jackson...
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| 03.13.2007 |
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M.C. Antil's CableFolks
Cox's Rooney A Man for All Seasons Joe Rooney is not the kind of guy whose life fits neatly into a 650 word column, much less a paragraph-but let me give it a shot. Joe's been in cable for two decades, a former Times Mirror guy who eleven years ago was...
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| 03.12.2007 |
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360AM: Cable Advertising on the Hot Seat
Google and eBay ad plans threaten to unseat cable's spot TV sales—and other Monday news...
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| 03.05.2007 |
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Cable’s Best Public Affairs Programming
Check out the winners in the CableWorld-CTPAA Public Affairs Programming Awards, presented at the CTPAA Forum (March 11-14) in Washington, D.C. Watch videos of the programs being saluted for their public affairs savvy, from Cable Positive's AIDS awareness campaigns to Bravo on the Set (above) and other outstanding efforts....
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| 02.20.2007 |
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Mag Rack's Out — Skool's In
Rainbow Media's EVP/GM Dan Ronayne gives CableWorld Editor Seth Arenstein an exclusive sneak peek at lifeskool, the company's On Demand umbrella service launching Mar. 29. Find out why the company's pioneering Mag Rack VOD service (now in 11 million homes) is...
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| 02.20.2007 |
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Mag Rack Goes Back to Skool
Rainbow Media's pioneering video on demand service will relaunch on March 29th with a new name — lifeskool — and a new pitch to lure more TV viewers to enroll in its VOD academy. CableWorld offers an exclusive look at the new service plus podcasts with "skool" instructors Bode Miller and John Lithgow...
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| 02.19.2007 |
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HD Storm Clouds
John Malone is rattling his saber about DirecTV's HD plans, but some cable operators aren’t conceding anything to satellite....
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| 02.12.2007 |
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Dahldorf Rises as MTVN Restructures
MTV Networks names Denise Dahldorf as its top distribution executive, a month after the ouster of former distribution heads Nicole Browning and Peter Low. The promotion comes as MTVN prepares to lay off some 250 U.S. staffers this week and invest more in its new businesses...
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| 02.09.2007 |
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News Corp. Gets Down to Business
Fox Business Channel, slated for Q4, will be "business friendly" yet "ruthless" — and aims to beat CNBC and Bloomberg at their own game...
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| 02.09.2007 |
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Samples Toons Out
Cartoon Network EVP and GM Jim Samples resigns, taking the blame for the network's guerrilla marketing stunt that shook up Boston and led to a $2 million fine...
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| 02.09.2007 |
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Ergen Restores Order to Court
After drop-kicking Court TV at midnight on Jan. 1 and posturing at CES the following week about dropping it permanently, EchoStar chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen today welcomed back the Turner-owned network to Dish Network's line-up. EchoStar and Court TV...
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| 02.07.2007 |
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Rabbit Ears on a Sacred Cow
The last-minute deal between Mediacom and Sinclair saved thousands of TV viewers from watching the Colts beat the Bears using tinfoil rabbit ears, but it also raised tough questions...
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| 02.05.2007 |
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For Cable Subscribers, Watching Ads Could Add Up
Invidi Technologies thinks cable operators could (and should) reward their subscribers for not fast-forwarding through commercials...
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| 02.05.2007 |
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Zaslav Rips Up Discovery Org Chart
Billy Campbell, Maureen Wright, Pandit Wright and other top execs out as David Zaslav redesigns the house that John Hendricks built—and Judith McHale vacated in December...
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| 02.03.2007 |
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Super Bowl Disappoints Some HD Cable Subscribers
As the Colts and Bears prepared to lock horns for the NFL title, HD cable customers in at least five US markets were gored by retransmission consent impasses...
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| 02.02.2007 |
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Mediacom and Sinclair Make A Deal
New multi-year deal ends retransmission consent feud and brings Super Bowl in HD to Cedar Rapids, IA...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Do You Want Fries With That Marketing Lesson?
CableFAX Executive Editor Mike Grebb on Cartoon Network's Boston fiasco — before EVP/GM Jim Samples tendered his resignation: "I suspect some people at Turner may lose their jobs over this. That’s really not funny (especially if you’re the one whose career is about to go south because you did something admittedly stupid but not intentionally malicious)"...
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| 01.31.2007 |
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Would You Like Some Lobster With Your Black History?
The History Channel is cooking up a plan featuring linear and online content and educational outreach to celebrate Black History Month — year-round...
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