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Daily Archives : Sep 10, 2009

Emmy Broadcast Gets a Live On-Stage Band Featuring Ray Parker Jr., Stones’ Jones

The Sept. 20 broadcast of the Emmy Awards is returning to an old tradition of live music in a bid to liven up the show, says Variety. Producer Don Mischer said he’s assembling a 17-piece all-star band of jazz and…

CBS Will Return to ‘Big Brother’ House Next Summer

As it prepares to finish up the current season of “Big Brother” next week, CBS has ordered a 12th edition of the show for next summer, says The Hollywood Reporter. The reality veteran is finishing up a particularly strong run,…

U.S.’ Biggest Cable Provider May Be Looking to Get Even Larger

Chief operating officer Stephen Burke said Comcast Corp. will consider buying other cable operators at a “good price,” according to Bloomberg. Comcast, the biggest U.S. cable provider, won a legal victory last month that allows it to own more than…

Cable Positive to Shut Down After 17 Years

Cable Positive, the cable industry’s 17-year-old HIV/AIDS awareness group, will cease operations by the end of this year, B&C reports. The group’s board decided a separate organization was no longer needed, since the industry now promotes the cause in many…

Warner Bros. Brings DC Comics In-House, Looks to Extend Characters’ TV Presence

On the heels of Disney’s $4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, Warner Bros. said it also will get more aggressive in the comic arena, revamping its DC Comics into a new in-house company, DC Entertainment, the New York Times reports….

Hello CIMM, Goodbye Nielsen? Major Companies Form Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement

ESPN, CBS, Disney, Procter & Gamble, media buying firm Magna Global and AT&T are among 14 companies that have banded together to form the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), hoping to develop new methods to determine who is watching…