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N2 Integrates OpenStream Platform
Video-on-demand software services provider N2 Broadband said it has integrated its OpenStream platform with Pioneer Digital Technologies’ Passport interactive program guide for Motorola set-top boxes. N2’s OpenStream is designed as a flexible open system to make VOD deployment easier because…
CBS’s Heyward Downplays Convention Coverage
CBS News President Andrew Heyward told reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Monday that his network does not need to provide full prime-time coverage of the upcoming presidential conventions because the conventions in their entirety aren’t necessarily…
Coalition Seeks to Boost Election Coverage
A coalition of watchdog groups announced a campaign Monday aimed at encouraging TV station managers to sign pledges agreeing to air at least two hours of election-related coverage during prime time each week until the Nov. 2 elections. “We hope…
Brogliatti Upped at Warner Bros.
Barbara S. Brogliatti, who has shaped public opinion about many of the defining personalities and issues of TV for the past four decades, has been promoted to executive VP and chief corporate communications officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. She will…
FNC’s ‘Fair & Balanced’ Under Attack
Fox News Channel’s slogan, “Fair & Balanced,” is under legal attack from two directions on the left of the conservative cable news operation. MoveOn.org and Common Cause on Monday asked the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Enforcement to order Fox…
ICTV, Zone4Play Team Up for New ITV Games
Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of poker, interactive television company ICTV partnered with Zone4Play to deploy Zone4Play’s ITV games on ICTV’s HeadendWare platform. The games will include blackjack, slots, video poker, Caribbean poker and roulette. Users can access the…
NASCAR, Cartoon Net Launch Campaign
NASCAR and Cartoon Network linked up Monday to introduce the ‘NASCARtoon Racing’ brand, an on-air and online campaign designed to educate and expose Cartoon’s young viewers to NASCAR racing. The promotion will include a national sweepstakes in which kids can…
Numbers Double for DVRs, VOD
The latest consumer research from Leichtman Research Group finds that more than 3 percent of U.S. homes have a digital video recorder and 10 percent of all cable subscribers have used video-on-demand service. These figures are low, the research firm…
‘Angels, ‘Arrested’ Shine at TCA Awards
HBO’s sweeping AIDS saga “Angels in America” and Fox’s quirky family comedy “Arrested Development” cleaned up at the Television Critics Association Awards Saturday night, winning two awards each. “Angels” executive producer and director Mike Nichols accepted awards for Outstanding Achievement…