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Rep. Barton Releases National Video Franchising Legislation

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, publicly released draft legislation late Monday that would make it easier for telephone companies to get into the pay TV business. Phone companies and cable TV operators alike could seek…

OLN Signs Bull Riding Through 2010

OLN and the Professional Bull Riders signed a new agreement that will keep bull-riding events on the network through 2010, OLN said Monday. OLN will continue to televise PBR contests on Saturday and Sunday nights throughout the bull-riding season.

Current Boosts Carriage With Comcast Deal

In its first major distribution agreement since debuting last August, Current announced an agreement with Comcast that boosts the network’s carriage from 20 million to 28 million households. The deal represents nearly all Comcast systems and will take effect by…

Comedy Central Orders Two Series

Comedy Central has ordered “Naked Trucker and T-Bones,” a half-hour variety show set in a middle-America truck stop, and “Halfway Home,” an improv comedy about a group of parolees in a rehabilitation facility. The network has ordered six episodes of…

Friedman Returns to CBS News

It’s once more into the morning-show breach for Steve Friedman, the former executive of NBC’s “Today” and CBS’s “The Early Show,” who has returned to CBS News as VP of morning broadcasts for the division.Mr. Friedman will oversee “The Early…

MyNetworkTV Adds KTTU-TV as Affiliate

Fox’s MyNetworkTV has signed an affiliation agreement with KTTU-TV, Belo Corp.’s UPN affiliate in Tucson, Ariz., the 71st-largest market in the country. The Tucson clearance, announced last Friday, increases MyNetworkTV affiliates to 65 stations reaching more than 55 percent of…

Profile: Stealing a March on Cable TV’s Turf

AT&T’s McKone Wages War for Video Services

Despite Failures, Studios Hedge Bets With Stars

Competition For Viewers Makes Big Names Irresistible

Analysts Wary of Comcast Interest in E!

Fighting Surging Competition Seen as Wiser Focus

Sci Fi Focuses Development on New Platforms

Net’s Entire New Slate Broadband-Ready