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NBCU Reaches Compromise on English Language Broadcast of World Cup Quailifying Match Between USA and Mexico

By John Consoli Special to TVWeek NBC Universal is now going to offer all cable and satellite operators free access to Telemundo-owned cable network mun2 on August 12, so that all soccer fans around the country will get to see…

Ben Silverman Leaving NBC, Entertainment Co-Chairman Marc Graboff Becomes Network Ent. Chairman, Reporting to Jeff Gaspin

NBC made official what’s been rumored for months: that Ben Silverman is leaving. He’ll be joining Barry Diller in a new-media venture. Silverman leaves two years and one month after he arrived at the Peacock Network. Said one top TV…

Questions About Obama’s Birth: Issue That Won’t Die With CNN’s Lou Dobbs, Others

Though the state of Hawaii has repeatedly confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in the state–and indeed, there is even a local Hawaiian newspaper notice of his birth a little over a week after he was born–a number of…

An Important News Flash About American Pop Culture, And I Doubt You’ve Heard About It

In his latest Open Mike blog entry, TVWeek’s Chuck Ross uncovers an announcement that’s gone under the radar about a cable channel that’s in 75 million homes.

Vernon Forrest, 38, Who Rose to Boxing Popularity During Eight Appearances on HBO, Is Shot Dead

Vernon Forrest, 38, the popular former boxing champion in two diffenent divisions, was shot and killed in Atlanta on Saturday night July 25th, Newsday reports. It appears that he was killed in a gun battle with an assailant who was…

Cox’s $1 Billion Bet to Get Into Crowded, Established Mobile Phone Arena May Be Gutsiest Biz Decision of the Year

The decision by Cox Communications, the nation’s third biggest cable operator, to spend $1 billion to get into the mobile phone business is either brilliant or quixotic, Multichannel News reports. Among those skeptical about the deal is well-known analyst Craig…

HBO Leading Network in Depicting Gay Characters on TV

HBO had the highest score among 15 networks for its representation of gay characters last season the Associated Press reports, citing a report released today. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s third annual Network Responsibility Index found that of…

Syfy to Debut ‘Battlestar’ Prequel ‘Caprica’ Next January; Show to Air Fridays at 10 p.m.

Syfy will premiere the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel "Caprica" on Jan. 22, Daily Variety reports. "Caprica" picks up 58 years before the story of "Battlestar," which ended its run earlier this year. "Caprica" will air Friday nights at 10 p.m. and…

Upfront Deals Are Being Made; the Largely Unanswered, Whispered Question: ‘Psst, That CPM Number, What Base Is That off of?

Upfront deal making has finally picked up. As usual, both buyers and sellers are compromising, sometimes one more than the other, as the marketplace settles into place. We have three must reads for you about the upfront. All three of the…

‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ To Drop to Once a Week in the Fall

The economy has done something that not even the Grim Reaper was able to accomplish: practically kill "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood." Though host Fred Rogers died six years ago, the show has continued on, daily, in reruns. However, PBS has told…