http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-08-29T16:47:57-05:00 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/aftra_sag_amptp.html 2008-04-23T15:40:00-05:00 2008-04-23T15:40:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci AFTRA announced yesterday it will oblige an Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) request to delay the start of negotiations by a week http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/mega_tv_la_descarga_con_albita.html 2008-04-23T15:27:00-05:00 2008-04-23T15:27:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced today its MEGA TV Channel 22 Miami/DirecTV Channel 169 Puerto Rico and DirecTV Channel 405 in the rest of the http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/woodruff_gets_green_assignment.html 2008-04-23T16:28:00-05:00 2008-04-23T16:28:00-05:00 Jack Messmer ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff will anchor a weekly series for the new Planet Green cable channel, being launched June 4th by Discovery Communications. The http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/nbc_sticking_with_hockey.html 2008-04-23T16:28:00-05:00 2008-04-23T16:28:00-05:00 Jack Messmer NBC Sports has exercised its option to keep airing the National Hockey League through the upcoming 2008-2009 season. In announcing the renewal, NBC noted that http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/oxygen_to_rebrand.html 2008-04-23T16:25:00-05:00 2008-04-23T16:25:00-05:00 Jack Messmer NBC Universal’s Oxygen cable net is getting a new logo geared at “Generation O,” defined as the 18-49 demo with a hyper focus on women http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/meredith_q3_net_earnings.html 2008-04-22T15:58:00-05:00 2008-04-22T15:58:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Meredith Corporation reported fiscal Q3 net earnings per share of 0.97, compared to 0.92 per share in the prior-year quarter. Earnings per share from continuing http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7064.html 2008-04-22T15:37:00-05:00 2008-04-22T15:37:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Technically, although the date 4/27/08 had been circled in pencil, there never was a debate in the works, since only Hillary Clinton (D-NY) ever agreed http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7048.html 2008-04-21T15:27:00-05:00 2008-04-21T15:27:00-05:00 Dave Seyler While not being universally panned, the Democratic debate held by ABC Television Network last week (4/16/08) was widely criticized. The result is a click-and-send protest http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7046.html 2008-04-21T15:23:00-05:00 2008-04-21T15:23:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Actually, it doesn't matter, since Tom Bergeron will have cards with the answers as he hosts the final championship rounds of "The 2008 Scripps National http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7058.html 2008-04-21T05:33:00-05:00 2008-04-21T05:33:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci As you know at midnight on 2/17/09 all full-power U.S. television stations will stop broadcasting their signals in analog and will switch to 100% digital broadcasting. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/soft_ad_market_gets_softer.html 2008-04-21T15:14:00-05:00 2008-04-21T15:14:00-05:00 Jack Messmer That bad news comes from Gannett CEO Craig Dubow, who told Wall Street analysts that it appears the already soft US economy slowed even more http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/new_pay_tv_service_launch.html 2008-04-20T14:51:00-05:00 2008-04-20T14:51:00-05:00 Jack Messmer Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate yesterday announced a joint venture to create a new video on demand service, set to launch in the fall of 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/espn_lands_wimbledon_six_years.html 2008-04-20T09:38:00-05:00 2008-04-20T09:38:00-05:00 Jack Messmer ESPN Friday announced an extension of its contract to carry parts of the Wimbledon tennis tournament through 2013, including enhanced digital and international rights. Under http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/nbc_howie_mandel.html 2008-04-18T16:18:00-05:00 2008-04-18T16:18:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci NBC has made a deal with Howie Mandel (host of "Deal or No Deal") for a new unscripted comedy series "Howie Do It" (working title) http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7012.html 2008-04-18T14:21:00-05:00 2008-04-18T14:21:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Broadcasters and, particularly, members of the broadcast engineering community, including the David Donovan of the Association of Maximum Service Television, have been arguing that the