Get ready for a whole new retrans game, now that Viacom moved up the date that it expects to separate into 2 publicly traded companies to the end of the year (instead of 1Q ’06). Les Moonves already has threatened to seek USA Net-like cash for carriage of CBS stations and announced plans to launch new digital channel, CBS2. Moonves will head up CBS Corp, which includes CBS, Showtime and UPN. The split should make for interesting negotiations with the Tom Freston-led Viacom, which no longer will be able to use retrans leverage for carriage of cable nets such as Logo and Nick Gas. Sumner Redstone will serve as chmn for both of the new companies.

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AMC’s ‘Nautilus’ Explores the Origins of Captain Nemo

Captain Namo is one of the most famous characters in all of sci-fi. Yet, while Jules Verne’s ill-fated explorer has starred in many adaptations, none has dived so deeply into Nemo’s origin story as AMC’s “Nautilus.”

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