http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-09-07T05:33:00-05:00 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 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7027.html 2008-04-18T05:48:00-05:00 2008-04-18T05:48:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Looks as if The Secret Talents of Stars will remain a secret forever. The April 8 premiere of the reality series posted a disappointing 4.6 http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/nbc_local_media_comerford_wert.html 2008-04-17T15:35:00-05:00 2008-04-17T15:35:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci NBC Local Media announced WNBC-TV President/GM Frank Comerford will take over all sales efforts for the division--all NBC Local Media, including the 10 NBC O&O http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/6991.html 2008-04-17T05:39:00-05:00 2008-04-17T05:39:00-05:00 Dave Seyler Sam Zell and Randy Michaels hit the conference call wires yesterday afternoon in what they said was the first of many such sessions to keep interested http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/7001.html 2008-04-17T10:42:00-05:00 2008-04-17T10:42:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Suits filed in 2005 and 2006 are getting the attention of mainstream media as the DTV transition nears. A small Pennsylvania company—Rembrandt—filed 14 patent suits http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/6965.html 2008-04-16T05:45:00-05:00 2008-04-16T05:45:00-05:00 Dave Seyler It just won't matter. If you're watching over-the-air television in North Carolina -- anywhere in North Carolina -- at 7:30 PM on Saturday 4/19/08, you're going to find out just about everything you need to know about the DTV transition. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/6951.html 2008-04-15T15:54:00-05:00 2008-04-15T15:54:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci VCI Solutions’ autoXe MC was awarded the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award in the Station Automation Category in an awards ceremony Monday at NAB.  The autoXe http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/6950.html 2008-04-15T15:54:00-05:00 2008-04-15T15:54:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Dolly Parton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Rodney Atkins are the first performers announced for the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards, set http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/6949.html 2008-04-15T15:53:00-05:00 2008-04-15T15:53:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The Detroit Lions and WWJ-TV Detroit have entered into a three-year agreement for the broadcasting of the Lions’ pre-season games on the CBS O&O station, http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/6944.html 2008-04-15T15:50:00-05:00 2008-04-15T15:50:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci McClatchy Newspapers reports Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu lambasted CNN commentator, Jack Cafferty, for his “vicious” commentary on China.“We solemnly request that CNN, and Cafferty http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/wral_harmonic.html 2008-04-14T14:55:00-05:00 2008-04-14T14:55:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci Harmonic Inc. announced at NAB that WRAL TV in Raleigh, NC, the first commercially licensed HD TV broadcast station in the US, deployed Harmonic’s digital http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/omvc_mobile_dtv_burgess.html 2008-04-14T14:44:00-05:00 2008-04-14T14:44:00-05:00 Carl Marcucci The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) announced the broadcasting industry is on track to develop standards and launch services for mobile digital television in 2009.