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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Friday, February 29, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

Meredith Baker Leaving National Telecommunications and Information Administration
By John Eggerton
According to sources, Meredith Atwell Baker, acting head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and point person on the government's digital-TV-to-analog converter-box-coupon subsidy program, is exiting that post.

Deborah Platt Majoras Exiting Federal Trade Commission
By John Eggerton
Federal Trade Commission chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will step down next month, the agency said Thursday.

CEA’s Shapiro Supports Converter-Box-Coupon Extensions
By John Eggerton
CEA president Gary Shapiro said Thursday that he thought the government should give viewers more time to cash in their digital-TV-to-analog converter-box coupons.

NBCU’s Zucker Maintains Commitment to Streamlined Pilot System
By Marisa Guthrie
It may be business as usual in Hollywood in the wake of the 100-day writers’ strike. But NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker reiterated his commitment to turn the strike into an opportunity to streamline a costly pilot system that is rife with waste.

Feb. 18, 2009, Is Only a Year Away... The DTV Countdown Begins Now
Introducing The DTV Countdown, a new channel on broadcastingcable.com providing complete coverage of the 2009 digital-TV transition.

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Jeff Zucker to Print Reporters: Drop Dead
By Marisa Guthrie
The future of NBC News is not on the broadcast network, but at MSNBC and online, said Jeff Zucker, president of CEO of NBC Universal.

Liberty Media Posts Q4 Results, Wraps DirecTV Deal with News Corp.
By Anne Becker
Liberty Media reported fourth-quarter results for the companies represented in its tracking stocks -- Liberty Interactive Group and Liberty Capital Group -- and completed a long-expected $12 billion deal with News Corp. that gave it control over satellite-TV service DirecTV.

Cablevision Systems Posts Strong Q4 Amid Telco Competition
By Glen Dickson
Cablevision Systems shares were up $1 each, or 3.72%, Thursday after the cable operator reported strong fourth-quarter results, including a 10.8% increase in net revenues and, more important, a slight increase in basic-video subscribers despite intense competitive pressure from telco Verizon Communications and its FiOS TV service.

Viacom Posts Gains in Q4, Full-Year 2007
By B&C Staff
Viacom reported a 16% increase in fourth quarter net earnings to $559.5 million on a 19% spike in revenue, which rose to $4.25 billion, driven by sharp gains in both its media-networks and filmed-entertainment divisions.

NBC's quarterlife Bound for Bravo
By Marisa Guthrie
The next stop for itinerant Web-to-TV series quarterlife looks to be the NBC Universal-owned cable network.

Emeril Lagasse Planning Green Reality Series for Planet Green
By Alex Weprin
Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, fresh off his media properties getting acquired by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, detailed plans for a new reality series, Emeril Green.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

Baltimore Ravin'
By Michael Malone
While it's only 35 miles from Washington, Baltimore has forever felt worlds apart from the D.C. market. The nation's capital hammers out the decisions that govern our country. Baltimore grew as a factory town hammering goods going in and out of a busy harbor. But station managers in “Charm City” say the market has largely traded in its manufacturing past.
From the 02/25/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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