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Daily Archives : Nov 19, 2008

FCC Chief May Fine Comcast on DTV

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency may fine U.S. cable leader Comcast for failing to properly respond to questions about moving analog channels to digital tiers, Multichannel News reports. The FCC is looking into pricing practices of…

ESPN Must Face X Games Logo Suit

ESPN, the No. 1 sports cable channel, must face a suit by the Quicksilver Inc. clothing company that a logo for the network’s international X Games competition violates a trademark, Bloomberg News reports. Quicksilver, which sued in June, established enough…

Chart: Broadcast Program/Commercial Viewership Increase

The folks at TiVo have seen an increase in broadcast viewing, at least among TV lovers who own TiVo digital video recorders. Live viewing is up a bit, but time-shifted viewing is up even more. TiVo’s StopWatch ratings service provides…

Health Stages a Race to Survive

Have you ever said to someone, “I’ll get into shape if it kills me?” Now there’s a TV series that shows you that being in shape could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency situation. “Could You…

MediaVest’s Warren at Home in the U.S.

British-born world traveler Joe Warren is settling down at MediaVest USA to run the North American Kraft agency-of-record account as senior VP. Mr. Warren joins MediaVest from Universal McCann, where his last assignment was working on the global and high-tech…

Hotel Visitors Watch More Commercials

If you want people to watch TV commercials, maybe you ought to put them up in a hotel room. A recent study found that 28.3% of business travelers and 23.9% of leisure travelers watch more TV commercials while on trips…