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News Briefs: NBCU Sells Mullally Strip in Top Markets

NBC Universal has cleared its fall 2006 talk strip hosted by Emmy-winning “Will & Grace” star Megan Mullally to the NBC owned-and-operated stations in the top three markets. The daytime talk strip has been cleared by WNBC-TV in New York,…

Standing Out From the Pack

VOD Providers Focus on Search Methods to Boost Their Wares

ABC Affils Remain Uneasy

Network Does Little to Erase Concerns Raised by iPod Pact

Keeping Cable at the Forefront

CTAM’s Leadership Excels as It Tackles Each Challenge Facing a Competitive Industry

ABC Family Makes Dramatic Gesture

Net Shifts Strategy, Scales Back Reality to Push Scripted

GSN Ups Ante as Poker Fades

Professional Players, Amateurs to Risk Own Money as Part of New Show

Draft House Bill Wouldn’t Force Multicast Carriage

Draft legislation circulated Friday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require cable TV operators to carry both the analog and digital TV signals of broadcasters for five years after the DTV transition. But the House bill, according to…

Murdoch Defends Poison Pill Strategy

News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said Friday that he and the News Corp. board had shareholders in mind when they extended by two years the company’s poison pill provision, saying the move was designed to prevent someone from…

Nickelodeon Joins Clinton Foundation to Fight Obesity

Nickelodeon is teaming up with The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, on a campaign against childhood obesity, the network announced Thursday.Nickelodeon will use its multimedia platforms…

EchoStar Drops Outdoor Life from Dish Network Package

EchoStar Communications on Thursday said it dropped Outdoor Life Network from its Dish Network programming package, charging that the Comcast-owned network was demanding higher payments because it had added National Hockey League games to its lineup. “We work hard to…