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Tulsa station gears up for golf tourneyWhen the U.S. Open Golf Championship is held in Tulsa, Okla., June 14-17, it will be the first time in two decades the event has been in that market, said Michael Kronley, general manager…
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Smiley could talk for DisneyFormer BET personality Tavis Smiley appears poised to enter the Mouse House. Sources say the former talk show host looks set to sign a deal with Disney for a talk show through its Buena Vista arm….
Tauzin-Dingell broadband bill on the Fritz
The Tauzin-Dingell broadband bill, designed to unleash the Baby Bell phone companies as formidable competitors against cable in the high-speed Internet access business, now faces a huge obstacle in the Senate: Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.The South Carolina lawmaker is expected…
60 percent of U.S. gambles on `Bingo’
The creators of “Bingo Television” have won their own cash prize.Mansfield Television Distribution has now cleared the upcoming game show strip in 60 percent of the country, including WCIU-TV in Chicago, for a fall launch and is now giving “Bingo”…
New FCC commissioners start work; third in limbo
Two of the Bush administration’s nominees to the Federal Communications Commission-Kathleen Abernathy and Michael Copps-officially started work at the agency last week.But at deadline it remained unclear when the third nominee-White House attorney Kevin Martin-would be able to begin, due…
Powell won’t cave on ownership
The Federal Communications Commission will continue to consider axing key broadcast ownership restrictions, even though Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., a longtime proponent of the regulations, is soon expected to assume the chairmanship of key Senate committees with FCC oversight.At least…
Open access will help AOL Time Warner
America Online gave new meaning to the term “owning the customer” with the announced 9 percent increase in its monthly subscriber fee-a move that has some interesting implications for cable systems’ open access to competing Internet service providers.The move arguably…
P&G inks bundled deal with Viacom
Viacom Plus, Viacom’s cross-media sales and marketing unit, and Procter & Gamble, the Cincinnati-based worldwide consumer-products company with more than 300 brands, have reached a $300 million marketing-partnership deal.The deal, the largest of its kind to date, signals a new…
TVN takes plunge into video on demand
TVN has metamorphosed from a pay-per-view network beamed by backyard satellite dishes into a video-on-demand content aggregation and management service for the cable industry.The privately held company’s restructuring, which was completed in March at the behest of financial backer Morgan…
Already tall, NBA gets wide courtesy of Be Here
Imagine watching basketball through a fisheye lens.Viewers of the NBA Finals will be treated to that surreal experience when the championship series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the winner of the Eastern Conference Finals begins on June 6. NBC,…