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Cablevision is asking the Federal Communications Commission if it can encrypt its basic cable channels, according to Multichannel News. The FCC imposed the ban on encrypting basic cable channels in 1994 so consumers would not have to rent or buy…
Today in New York, Time Warner Cable unveiledl the first deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 – an advance in wideband transmission communication services that allows multiple downloads and uplinks simultanenously — in the New York metro area, reports Multichannel News. The…
The CW has ordered eight episodes of a reality series about Virgin America flight attendants, which it is calling “Fly Girls,” reports Variety. The airline is working closely with the producers on the hourlong series, which focuses on a group…
“Saturday Night Live” alum Jim Breuer is developing a multi-camera sitcom for NBC based loosely on his own life as a stay-at-home dad who is raising three daughters while he cares for his elderly parents, Variety reports. The storyline was…
MTV sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the network still intends to air the drug-intervention reality series shot with DJ AM before he died at the end of August, of an apparent drug overdose. The network hasn’t made a final…
"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell may finally be getting his wish to bring his British format “The X Factor" to the U.S., as part of a new deal he’s negotiating with Fox to stay as an “Idol” judge for another…
The new NAB President, former Senator Gordon Smith, in his first address after being named to head the association, told an NAB Radio Show audience that broadcasting is a “higher calling,” B&C reports. Smith, once a Republican senator from Oregon, takes…