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AT&T selling most of Cablevision stakeAT&T will seek to sell most of its 30 percent stake in Cablevision Systems, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Liberty Media (which owns a stake in Cablevision), Time Warner Cable (the second-largest…
Cable extends reach, increases deliveryCable programming is within the reach of 82.4 percent of all U.S. television homes, the highest penetration level ever. That translates into 84.3 million households, according to Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau data. Of those households, 71.3 percent…
Paul McGuire has been formally announced as senior vice president of network communications for The WB network. Mr. McGuire, who had been senior vice president of media relations for competitor UPN since 1998, will take over as The WB’s PR…
News from the U.S. Census Bureau of a 60 percent increase in the country’s Hispanic population-a group with a purchasing power pegged at more than $500 billion-was more than enough to turn one monthly TV series into a well-cleared weekly.Come…
Live-music venue chain House of Blues is in talks with interactive television infrastructure provider RespondTV to develop a new interactive television channel.Details are sketchy on the content the channel will offer, but the project is part of HOB’s ongoing effort…
What’s the view from basic cable’s No. 1 network? At Lifetime, the first-quarter ratings leader, it’s hard to disagree with the advertisers’ sense that the economy is turning down, says Lynn Picard, executive vice president, advertising sales, Lifetime Entertainment Services,…
Viewers in Knoxville, Tenn., are waking up to an alternative morning newscast that mixes oldies tunes and television news.Instead of delivering a traditional morning newscast, WVLT-TV, Knoxville, has partnered with local oldies-formatted radio station WMYU-FM to simulcast a 95-minute morning…
FCC to modify HomeRF standardThe Federal Communications Commission is planning to modify its HomeRF standard for home-based wireless Internet in the next few months, according to sources close to the FCC. The original standard, which increased the bandwidth available to…
The catalysts that can initiate a recovery in a weakening economy, a volatile stock market and a soft advertising environment, seem elusive. But if history is any indication, all it takes is one good push to get the ball rolling.Paradoxically,…
Title: President of Turner Sports since November 1999. Mr. Lazarus oversees all sports acquisitions, programming, production, media plus promotions across the full range of TBS sports programming, Philips Arena and Turner Field. Mr. Lazarus was instrumental in acquiring the cable…