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Nielsen: Ad Spending on Cable TV up in First Half of Year; All Other Forms of Advertising—Including Internet, Print and Broadcast, Syndication & Local TV—Were Down

Of all media used by advertisers to get their messages to consumers, only spending on cable TV was up in the first half of 2009 compared to 2008, according to the Nielsen Company. Cable TV was up 1.6%, Nielsen said….

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Court Orders EchoStar to Pay $200 Million to TiVo For Contempt

EchoStar was ordered by the U.S. District Court in Texas to pay nearly $200 million to TiVo for contempt of a court order in the two firms’ long-running patent battle over DVR technology, says The Hollywood Reporter. Echostar was originally…

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is this item’s not really about TV but it’s about my story that Hollywood’s been trying to make for years and it’s sorta interesting and all that kind of crap…

Is J.D. Salinger about to lose a case trying to protect his most famous creation? For years Salinger has prevented anyone from what he feels is exploiting in any way his "Catcher in the Rye." He has consistently rebuffed Hollywood–including Steven Spielberg–where many…

On Its Internet Site, AT&T Launches Free TV Shows From Over a Dozen Programmers

AT&T started a soft launch of its AT&T Entertainment video portal, with free TV shows for all Internet users, and the promise of bonus content for its U-verse TV customers, says B&C. The site so far has content from more…

Nielsen: Simultaneous TV Viewing with Web Usage Rising–Are You One of the 128 Million?

According to new research by Nielsen Media Reearch, 57% of viewers in the U.S. who have both TVs and Internet access have tuned into both simultaneously at least once a month. That translates to 128 million people. According to a Reuters article…

Cablevision Proposes That it Be the WiFi Provider for Commuters on Metro North and the Long Island Rail Road

Cable operator Cablevision, which has a huge base in Long Island and other areas in New York and Connecticut , has made a proposal to be the wireless internet provider for commuter trains and stations in and out of Manhattan, Multichannel News reports. Specifically, Cablevision…

Measurement Service, Which Includes DirecTV as a Customer, Gets Some Consumers to Agree to Be Identified and Their Viewing Habits Tracked

A select number of TV viewers have agreed to let a joint measuring service run by NDS and TNS Media Reseach (RPDI) track them by their name and by their viewing habits, Multichannel News reports. According to the report: "Operators…

YouTube Talking to Studios About Streaming Full-Length Movies for a Fee

Video site YouTube, which has generally relied on advertising to make money, is in talks with major studios including Lionsgate Entertainment, Sony and Warner Brothers, about offering full-length movies for a rental fee, the New York Times reports, citing sources. A…