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Tribune Reports Mixed Q1 Earnings By Robert Marich - 05/09/2008
A sagging newspaper business blew a hole in Tribune’s first-quarter earnings Thursday. More
ATSC Celebrates 25 Years By Glen Dickson - 05/09/2008
Top engineers and technology executives from the broadcast, consumer-electronics and cable industries gathered in Washington, D.C., Thursday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, the standards organization that created and implemented the U.S. digital-television standard.
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FCC Details Wilmington DTV Test By John Eggerton - 05/08/2008
Broadcasters and FCC commissioners outlined the planned Wilmington, N.C., digital-TV market test Thursday.
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Orlando Stations to Test Analog Switch-Off By Glen Dickson - 05/08/2008
A group of 11 stations in the Orlando, Fla., market will simulate the Feb. 17, 2009, analog turnoff at various points this summer.
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Appeals Court Delays Hearing Tribune’s Waiver Challenge By John Eggerton - 05/08/2008
An Appeals Court put off hearing Tribune's challenge of the FCC's decision to grant it waivers to complete the deal to sell the company to investor Sam Zell and Tribune employees.
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FATES & FORTUNES Kate Bacon, Contributor, Broadcastingcable.com May 9, 2008 Atlanta, NatGeo and WNET news
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting has news. They launched AID News in early April, focu... More
Station to Station Mike Malone, Deputy Editor, Broadcasting & Cable April 30, 2008 New Newscast for PBS Stations
Public broadcaster WLIW New York will produce an internationally-focused news for it ... More
As the broadcast industry prepares for the Feb. 2009 DTV transition, stations are also consumed with converting their analog microwave links to new digital equipment.
Jake Tapper's Caricatures ABC News' Jake Tapper has a not-so-hidden talent as a caricaturist whose work has been published in several national papers. The following are from Tapper's ABC News blog, Political Punch, at blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch
CNN's Democratic Debate - Kodak Theater CNN hosts the first head-to-head debate between Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at L.A.'s Kodak Theater, Jan. 31.
Cable: The Place to Be
We all know the upfronts are going to be very different this year. Gone—at least for now—are the halcyon days of network chiefs strutting with bravado on the big New York stages. But also gone are the days of cable network chiefs sitting in the audiences wishing it was them up there instead. » More
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