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WideOrbit launches VoterVoter.com

WideOrbit has launched a new consumer service called VoterVoter.com, which allos ordinary individuals to purchase TV time to promote their favorite candidates or causes.  VoterVoter.com ...
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TVB: A course well charted in rough seas

The TVB last week was better than ever, with presentation after panel session focusing on how to make more money, more efficiently in this digital ...
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It’s the economy, stupid

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At TVB yesterday, David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor’s, sketched an overview of where the economy is headed, followed by Paul Taylor, chief ...
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NAB takes DTV education multilingual

The most versatile brokered ethnic broadcast or cable facility in the nation would have to be proud if they put forth as varied a linguistic ...
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FX signs for Universal Picture’s 2008 movies

NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution and News Corporation’s FX Network announced a ground-breaking deal for FX to have the first network television window rights for ...
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TVB 2008 Conference challenges broadcasters

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Chris Rohrs, TVB president, opened TVB 2008 in NYC yesterday to a packed room, touting an imaginary book that broadcasters should read called “TVB’s Dangerous Book for Broadcasters.” It is a time of danger and opportunity....
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The digital transition: Opportunity knocks

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At the TVB Conference in NYC Thursday, Borrell Associates CEO Gordon Borrell hosted a panel session with Nexstar CEO Perry Sook and NBC Local Media Division President John Wallace on how stations should capitalize on their local websites....
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Jim Doyle: We’ve got to sell “Local local”

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Jim Doyle, president, Jim Doyle & Associates, gave an insightful presentation at TVB, extolling the virtues of local selling and creating the right environment for your AEs. ...
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Decency watchdogs go on Fox hunt

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The evidence that PTC/MIM is overblowing public outrage over Fox is ample as well. Very few citizens bothered to complain about the material, and usually, most that complain only do so after one of these types of organizations ask them to....
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Cable v. Telco

If a subscriber wants to switch their phone service from AT&T to Verizon, they just subscribe to the new company, which cancels service from the ...
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Box battle goes to court

The Community Broadcasters Association is headed to the DC Circuit Court to press its case that all digital-to-analog converter boxes should include an analog pass-through ...
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“The Shaggy Dog” and “Old Yeller” find a new home

Not only them, but “That Darn Cat” as well. Hallmark Channel announced that it has acquired the rights to 99 family-friendly movies from Disney-ABC Domestic ...
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Peacock jumps the gun

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When you get down to it, the Upfront has really been about buzz. Ad buyers make commitments to a new show because people think it is going to be a hit, based on a pilot or, sometimes, just the star-power of the lead actor or actress...
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“The Price is Right” for sweeps specials

CBS is opting for more primetime specials by “The Price is Right” to draw viewers to the May Sweep. The network notes that “The Price ...
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Network shuffling in San Diego

It didn’t take long for Sam Zell to make changes when he found out that Tribune Broadcasting passed up an opportunity a while back to ...
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LIN back on after retrans standoff

Cable subscribers to Suddenlink’s systems in the Austin and Albuquerque markets are again viewing LIN television stations for the first time since New Year’s Eve. ...
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McCain returns to CBS's "Late Show"

On 2/28/07, John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and said a run for the White House was in the works. ...
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Such a Deal!

NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution says it has sold the upcoming half-hour version of hit primetime game show "Deal or No Deal" in more than ...
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"Crystal Darkness" to be roadblocked in Sacramento

The methamphetamine crisis is gripping Sacramento and the whole region, So six TV stations in that market will roadblock the "Crystal Darkness" documentary at 6:30pm ...
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Nexstar inks a WOW! Deal

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What may be most important for television group owners is that announcements like this are becoming somewhat routine – unlike 2006 when Nexstar was pulling its stations off local cable systems in knock-down-drag-out battles....
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