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FCC’s Adelstein Praises DTV Effort

Jonathan Adelstein, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, praised both cable companies and broadcasters for their efforts toward easing the transition to all-digital broadcasts, Multichannel News reports, citing an interview on C-SPAN. Broadcasters “care about their viewers” and “understand their…

Comcast Touts Web-Ad Group’s Future

Comcast said demand for the Web-advertising cooperative Canoe Ventures, which includes smaller cable companies Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, has stayed strong in spite of the economic downturn, Advertising Week reports. While Canoe’s earnings contribution to its investors won’t be…

ThePlatform to Run Cable’s Web TV Ops

Comcast division thePlatform, which manages the U.S. cable leader’s online-video operations, will run the infrastructure behind the efforts by cable companies to put television programs on the Internet, Multichannel News reports. ThePlatform already provides services for Time Warner Cable, Cablevision…

Producers Issue ‘Final Offer’ to SAG

After three days of talks with the Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood’s producers have issued a “last, best and final offer” to actors that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers says contains significant concessions. “The AMPTP made these enhancements…

150 WGA Members Picket ‘Idol’

At least 150 members of the Writers Guild of America, West, picketed Fox’s “American Idol” on Wednesday, marching and chanting in front of CBS Television’s offices to protest reality and game-show working conditions, the Hollywood Reporter says. Their chants included…

Young Women Boost ‘Bachelor’

Young women are helping boost the ratings for ABC’s “The Bachelor,” which is ranked as the network’s third most popular show among women 18-34 this season, Daily Variety reports. That’s helping the show, in its 13th season, score its highest…

Nelly Takes on Reality Show

Hip-hop artist Nelly is pitching a weekly reality series called “Nelly’s Night in Vegas,” portrayed as a show that would feature Nelly performing and interacting with celebrities, Daily Variety reports. The show is set to be executive produced by David…

House: Push Analog Homes to Top of List

Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Cliff Stearns, R.-Fla., ranking members of the House Energy & Commerce and Communications, Tech and Internet Subcommittee, have asked the FCC and NTIA to put analog-only homes at the top of the waiting list for…

FCC, House Deny Fairness Doctrine Meeting

The FCC and a representative of the House Energy & Commerce Committee denied that staffers of the FCC and House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., met last week about reviving the Fairness Doctrine, Broadcasting & Cable reports….

Denny’s Super Bowl Ad Gave ‘Lift’

Denny’s Super Bowl commercial, which promoted a free breakfast, gave the restaurant chain “a very encouraging lift in guest traffic,” CEO Nelson Marchioli told investors, MediaPost reports. Yet the full benefit remains to be seen in whether those customers become…