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The Advanced Television Systems Committee has approved a proposal to allow digital television stations to broadcast to mobile phones, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The standard, which is expected to be finalized in mid-2009, is designed to bring a number of…
The national advertising division of the Better Business Bureau has issued a recommendation to Verizon to either change or discontinue some of the claims in ads for its FiOS service, according to Multichannel News. The bureau has told Verizon that…
Fox Broadcasting Corp. has inked a deal with Airline TV to include a 40-minute ad-supported block of content among the airline entertainment company’s programming, reports Mediaweek. According to Airline TV partner IdeaCast, Fox is the first broadcast network to participate…
The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years ago, MTV’s Rock ’n’ Roll Inaugural Ball for Bill Clinton—featuring the Eagles, Don Henley and U2,…
The National Association of Broadcasters is issuing a warning to policy makers and Congress about the potential impact of ESPN’s winning exclusive rights to air most of the Bowl Championship Series. The new deal takes much of the series off…
NBC hopes to weather the hurricane that is “American Idol” by pumping up its reality offerings in January. The network will go all-unscripted on Monday and much of Tuesday during the first month of 2009, according to a new schedule…
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert Christmas special drew 2.4 million viewers Sunday night. The ratings were no lump of coal for the network, but Colbert’s audience was elf-sized relative to the record 6.6 million viewers Comedy Central drew for the much…
David Rhodes has come on board at Bloomberg Television. The former VP of news for Fox News will be the head of the Bloomberg Television network in the Americas. “David Rhodes is one of the most dynamic young minds in…