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Monthly Archives : June 2008
Revision3 to Distribute ‘Wine Library TV’
In one of the biggest content distribution deals to date among independent Web-video entrepreneurs, online television network Revision3 is bringing the popular Internet show “Wine Library TV” into its fold, distributing the program and selling advertising on it. Beginning in…
Sony’s Crackle Sets New Summer Shows
Sony Pictures is upping its investment in Web video content and plans to premiere at least 10 shows on its online video site
DirecTV Switchover Ads May Mislead
DirecTV ads saying that its subscribers’ programming won’t be affected when the U.S. switches over to digital broadcasts next February may be misleading, TelevisionWeek reports. Because some of its subscribers get local channels over the air, they will need a…
Networks Chafe at Beijing Olympic Security
Broadcast networks including NBC as well as the International Olympic Committee have taken issue with security China officials have imposed for the Beijing Olympics, the
SAG Campaigns Against AFTRA Pact
The Screen Actors Guild started a campaign to persuade its members who are also in the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists to vote against the ratification of AFTRA’s tentative agreement with the studios, Daily Variety reports. AFTRA has…
Versus Will Keep Peddling Tour de France
Cable network Versus has reached a five-year, $27.5 million million deal to continue to televise the drug scandal scarred Tour de France bicycle race, the Wall Street Journal reports. The network plans to back the race, which drew high ratings…
More Cable Series Move to Broadcast
More cable-television series are getting temporary moves to sister broadcast stations to either boost ratings and exposure or cheaply fill time slots, USA Today reports. This month, USA’s “Nashville Star,” TBS’s “The Bill Engvall Show” and Disney Channel’s ‘Camp Rock,”…
Cable Quality Trumps Many Network Shows
The quality of many cable-television shows trump that of broadcast-networking programming because cable networks get more time to develop series while networks rely more on reality shows because of the Writers Guild of America strike that ended earlier this year,…
Network-Local Deal Removes FCC Role
An agreement between broadcast networks and their local affiliates involving preemptive programming and other issues will remove the Federal Communications Commission from having to arbitrate such cases, TelevisionWeek reports. Local stations have the right to preempt network programming without reprisal…