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Here we go again! The big guy is squeezing the little guy even more (“Veejays to the Rescue,” Nov. 14). Young Broadcasting has been cutting costs for years now and has yet to see results. Are they crazy? Soon broadcast…
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Discovery’s ‘It Takes a Thief’ Places Insurance Professionals in Ad Vignettes
WE: Women’s Entertainment has ordered a pilot for a new series tentatively titled “Bling,” the network announced Thursday. WE, described as “the only cable network dedicated to helping women connect to one another and the world around them,” said its…
Though Viacom’s Logo had a much-publicized launch, one of the other gay-themed cable networks is modestly gaining ground. Q Television Network recently announced new carriage agreements with Cox and Time Warner New York. Q is a premium service, unlike Logo,…
Cablevision Systems said Friday that it will raise video rates by an average of 2.3 percent in 2006 but was holding steady the prices it charges for its telephone and high-speed data services. It was the third year in a…
TV Land plans to present a special, “TV Guide and TV Land Present: The 100 Most Unexpected Moments in Television,” on Dec. 5, the network said Friday. The special is a follow-up to last year’s program “The 100 Most Memorable…
Computer networking giant Cisco Systems agreed Friday to acquire cable set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta for $6.9 billion in a deal that both companies said will seek to capitalize on the convergence taking place among video, voice, data and mobile technologies.The…
The House of Representatives voted 217-215 early Friday morning to approve a major budget bill that includes a provision that would force broadcasters to make the switch to digital TV by Dec. 31, 2008. The Senate previously approved legislation that…
Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger said Thursday he doesn’t expect the media company’s recent decision to offer episodes of “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost” on Apple Computer online store iTunes to cannibalize the company’s bread-and-butter broadcasting business. Instead, he said,…