Sunday’s opening session at CTAM Summit was notable if only because non-cable speakers delivered useful messages for cable. Phil Klein, a vp for Disney affiliate Buena Vista Datacasting, said the recent MovieBeam campaign played on customers’ inherent loathing of video store late fees. "All our communications reinforce these 2 main ideas: convenience and simplicity," Klein said. (Is there a more important message for cable to absorb in marketing VOD?) Sirius’ Mary Pat Ryan was refreshingly blunt about early missteps, observing the company name was a "nightmare." A content deal with the NFL, a new TV campaign with Pats QB Tom Brady and savvy partnerships with auto makers and Hertz should help clarify Sirius’ brand. We’re guessing cable marketers took notes.

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MSNBC-NBC News Split Dates Set

In a Wednesday editorial call reported on by the trades, MSNBC SVP, Newsgathering Scott Matthews outlined when the cable network will break away from NBC News as part of the Versant spinoff from NBCUniversal.

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