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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Ad Sales Tagging Up in All-Star Game
With a salute to the final season of play at Yankee Stadium anchoring this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Weekend, broadcasters are all but sold... More »
LATV Fest Hosts NATPE Diversity Fellowship Program
The third annual NATPE Diversity Fellowship Program will kick off at the LATV Festival in Los Angeles, July 30 through Aug. 1. The fellowship program,... More »
XETV San Diego Becomes CW Affil Aug. 1
XETV-TV will become San Diego’s CW affiliate effective Aug. 1, the same day Tribune-owned KSWB trades its CW affiliation to become a Fox Broadcasting affiliate.... More »
NBC Chimes In on Network Slogan Front
First, ABC asked viewers to "Start Here." And now, NBC apparently wants America to "Chime In." With no advance fanfare, NBC late last month began... More »
Court Orders YouTube Viewership Records Turned Over to Viacom
Google must turn over the records of videos watched on YouTube to Viacom, according to a ruling from the U.S. District Court for Southern New... More »
Sony Predicts HDTV Leadership
Sony, which trailed Samsung among worldwide liquid-crystal display television set makers in the first quarter, said last week that it expects to be the market... More »
Few DirecTV Customers May Be in Supply for ‘Demand’
It took about six months, but DirecTV finally returned Comcast’s salvo. The biggest U.S. satellite television service, which has long touted its superiority in high-definition... More »
Giant Steps: Scott Bahneman
The player: Scott Bahneman, co-founder and chief executive officer of MusicGiants. The play: Mr. Bahneman, who co-founded high-definition music distributor MusicGiants in 2004, branched out... More »
Rounding Up HD News: Sharp Wins Blu-ray Survey, ‘Godfather’ Goes HD
Sharp, Sony Make the Best Blu-ray Players, Magazine Says Sharp and Sony make the best Blu-ray players, PCWorld reports. Sharp’s BD-HP20U had the best detail,... More »
This Week in HD: Munchies
HD programming picks for July 3-9: “Ratatouille,” "Jam Bands, “Fast Food Nation” “Ratatouille” (Starz). Fri., July 4, 7:05 p.m. Disney/Pixar’s animated tale about a French... More »
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
GOP Launches Biggest Ad Offensive of Election
The Republican National Committee is launching its biggest advertising push of the presidential campaign in hopes of creating momentum for Sen. John McCain, who is... More »
Cablevision Adds 15 Channels to HD Lineup
Cablevision Systems Corp. will add 15 new high-definition channels that will be available to iO TV digital cable customers for no additional cost. The new... More »
Willner, Rodgers Named Cable Show ’09 Chairs
Insight Communications Vice Chairman-CEO Michael Willner and TV One President-CEO Johnathan Rodgers have been named co-chairs of the Cable Show ’09 by the National Cable... More »
Blockbuster Drops Circuit City Bid
Blockbuster on Monday said it dropped its 4-month-old bid of as much as $1.32 billion to buy Circuit City after the stock market had its... More »
Web Viewing Hasn’t Replaced TV—Yet
Web sites are great, even the ones streaming TV content. But viewers still want to watch their shows on the big TV set in the... More »
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