http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-12-02T08:30:41-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/inside_edition_not_in_jeopardy_as_wroc_expands_news.html 2008-07-14T16:30:00-05:00 2008-07-14T16:30:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Nexstar’s WROC-TV (CBS) Rochester, NY announced plans to expand its “News 8 News at 5” to a full hour, beginning September 8. With that additional http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/kellogg_succeeds_packer_at_cbs_sports.html 2008-07-14T16:28:00-05:00 2008-07-14T16:28:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Clark Kellogg will become the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports beginning with the 2008-09 college basketball season. Kellogg, who has been a CBS http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8653.html 2008-07-13T09:40:00-05:00 2008-07-13T09:40:00-05:00 Jack Messmer No new talks are scheduled between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). After SAG negotiators rejected http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/house_e_c_leaders_admonish_ntia.html 2008-07-11T12:25:00-05:00 2008-07-11T12:25:00-05:00 Dave Seyler “The digital television transition is now less than seven months away and millions of consumers are counting on NTIA to ensure they don’t lose their http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8651.html 2008-07-13T09:38:00-05:00 2008-07-13T09:38:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Some far-flung small cable systems are leaving the Time Warner Cable orbit. The company announced a deal to sell the systems with 80,000 basic video http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/dish_hd_hitting_100_channels.html 2008-07-13T09:35:00-05:00 2008-07-13T09:35:00-05:00 Jack Messmer 17 more national HD channels will be added to Dish Network service on August 1st, putting Dish past the 100-channel mark five months ahead of http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/aca_learns_its_abc_s_asks_for_quiet.html 2008-07-08T01:33:00-05:00 2008-07-08T01:33:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Disney announced that small cable operators in the 10 markets where it has ABC O&O stations will be able to get retransmission consent for the next three years. The offer covers http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8627.html 2008-07-10T14:58:00-05:00 2008-07-10T14:58:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The FCC announced plans for field testing of prototype devices which would operate in television white space to begin the week of July 14th. The http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/rural_dtv_bill_moves_forward.html 2008-07-10T11:31:00-05:00 2008-07-10T11:31:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Ted Stevens (R-AK) is crowing about a House vote that ratified his Senate legislation releasing NTIA funds for the clue in rural, elderly and minority http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8618.html 2008-07-10T16:54:00-05:00 2008-07-10T16:54:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Sinclair Broadcast Group announced a deal with Local TV LLC to have Local TV’s WHO-TV (NBC) Des Moines produce the 9:00 pm newscast for Sinclair’s http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/pushing_daisies_goes_to_the_fair.html 2008-07-10T11:54:00-05:00 2008-07-10T11:54:00-05:00 Jack Messmer It is pretty common for local television stations to stage events at a county fair, but this time it’s a network television series. ABC’s “Pushing http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/dtv_transition_positive_news_fails_to_erase_negatives_views.html 2008-07-07T12:14:00-05:00 2008-07-07T12:14:00-05:00 Dave Seyler A poll commissioned by the NAB finds that 85% of African-American households are aware of the coming TV switch to a digital format – and http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/dan_patrick_football_night_in_america.html 2008-07-09T11:43:00-05:00 2008-07-09T11:43:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Dan Patrick has been named a co-host of NBC's "Football Night in America" studio show, reuniting him with Keith Olbermann who worked together on ESPN's http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/fox_osbournes.html 2008-07-09T16:43:00-05:00 2008-07-09T16:43:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Move over, Donny and Marie. Ozzy and Sharon are coming to FOX. The network has teamed up with the “Prince of Darkness,” ordering six episodes http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8583.html 2008-07-09T06:56:00-05:00 2008-07-09T06:56:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Galaxy 26 (a.k.a Intelsat 26), built by Space Systems/Loral, on June 29 had a power failure in one of its solar panels. It lost 15 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8581.html 2008-07-09T16:50:00-05:00 2008-07-09T16:50:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Should an avid sports fan somehow forego sleep for 17 days to watch the Beijing Olympic Games 24 hours a day, they would still fall http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8580.html 2008-07-09T16:49:00-05:00 2008-07-09T16:49:00-05:00 Jack Messmer KBNZ had been a translator in Bend, OR for New Vision Television’s KOIN-TV (CBS) Portland, but now the LPTV on analog Channel 7 is going http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/aftra_contract_approved.html 2008-07-09T09:05:00-05:00 2008-07-09T09:05:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Despite pressure from rival union SAG to vote no, members of AFTRA have approved the union's contract with the Hollywood studios. AFTRA announced that 62.4% http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/sag_resumes_talks_after_aftra_contract_approved.html 2008-07-09T01:44:00-05:00 2008-07-09T01:44:00-05:00 Jack Messmer The Screen Actors Guild has another round of talks set for Thursday afternoon with the AMPTA, after SAG failed in its efforts to get members of rival union AFTRA to vote down their contract http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/8553.html 2008-07-08T17:19:00-05:00 2008-07-08T17:19:00-05:00 Jack Messmer New York Magazine immediately declared that he had “gone to the dark side” as Fox News Channel (FNC) announced that it had hired Howard Wolfson