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Video-on-demand service provider DemandVideo is negotiating potential programming acquisition deals with several cable and broadcast television networks, including A&E, ESPN, NBC, CBS and the Playboy Channel. While some of DemandVideo’s competitors, such as Blockbuster and inDemand, have struggled to secure…
In another boon for AT&T, the Federal Communications Commission said last week that it won’t appeal a recent federal appeals court decision rejecting an agency rule barring cable operators from owning systems reaching more than 30 percent of the nation’s…
“I think Rodger is a lot smarter than people think he is, even though he’s … pretending he’s this bumbling Kentucky Joe-type guy. Ultimately, it’s going to be Elisabeth and Rodger [and] I think the final vote would go to…
Fox affiliate WALA-TV in Mobile, Ala., is gearing up to capture its 200th crime suspect through its popular weekly news segment “FBI Files.”WALA launched the segment, which airs Wednesdays during the 6 p.m. newscast, in March 1994. Hosted by anchor…
`West Wing’s’ Sorkin held on drug chargesAaron Sorkin, the creator and executive producer of NBC’s “The West Wing,” was arrested on drug possession charges April 15 while attempting to catch a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank, Calif., to Las Vegas.As…
In the TV advertising and syndication businesses, being able to tally uses and misuses is an important key to success.San Diego-based Verance will be at the National Association of Broadcasters conference this week pitching a new digital watermarking solution, ElectronicDNA,…
The prospect of guild strikes cutting off the pipeline of prime-time TV series has generated many headlines, but there is just as much worry within the industry over the potential loss of higher-profit-margin late-night and daytime network series.As negotiations among…
Title: Executive vice president of Tribune Co. and president of Tribune Broadcasting.TV stations owned: 22, which cover 38 percent of the country.Hometown: Queens, N.Y.Education: Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University.First job in the business: Time buyer for Grey Advertising in New…
Much has been made of CNN’s controversial footage of the U.S. Navy air crew freed by China this month, specifically of the network’s unwillingness to share it with rivals and China’s confiscation of CNN’s video equipment. But one fact was…
What it is: A set-top box application that will let viewers actively navigate a panoramic picture-in-picture video stream using a remote-control device. Viewers will be able to choose their view of the TV action from a 360-degree field of vision,…