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NBC to Officially Tap Fallon for 12:30 a.m. By Ben Grossman - 05/09/2008
NBC scheduled a noon press conference Monday in New York at which it is expected to formalize the naming of Jimmy Fallon as its new 12:30 a.m. late-night host. More
Bad Weather Would Postpone Wilmington Test By John Eggerton - 05/09/2008
If a hurricane or serious storm threatens Wilmington, N.C., the FCC will postpone its planned Sept. 8 test to pull the plug on analog broadcasts.
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Low Powers Seek $450M in DTV Aid By John Eggerton - 05/09/2008
The low-power TV industry's lobby is asking Congress for $450 million to make the conversion to digital as soon as possible.
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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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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.
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Wilmington: NAB Seeks Answers By John Eggerton - 05/09/2008
The NAB took the opportunity of the FCC's Wilmington, N.C., test of the analog-TV cutoff to advise the FCC on what answers it should be looking for.
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SPJ: End Embedded Analyst Program By John Eggerton - 05/09/2008
An "outraged" Society of Professional Journalists called on the Pentagon to stop the practice of using military analysts to carry the White House's message.
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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
BC Beat Marisa Guthrie, Staff Writer, Broadcasting & Cable May 6, 2008 Clinton's Towering Advantage
Hillary Clinton’s appearance on Sunday’s This Week with George Stephano... 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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