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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Wednesday, March 12, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

Hulu Anyone? CBS Eyes Web Growth
By Ben Grossman
CBS Interactive president Quincy Smith and his team may be focusing on how to monetize the social-networking craze, but he has hardly lost sight of Hulu. Speaking Tuesday, the day before the NBC Universal-News Corp. venture went live, Smith reiterated that he is talking to the two Hulu partners all the time but declined to comment directly on whether CBS may join the fray.

Hulu Going Live Wednesday, Adds Content Partners
By Alex Weprin
Hulu, the broadband-video site developed by NBC Universal and News Corp., will open to the general public Wednesday.

Ninth Circuit Court Gets Appeal of Cross-Ownership Rules
By John Eggerton
A panel of judges picked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to hear a consolidated appeal of the FCC's Dec. 18 decision to loosen newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules.

President Says He Would Veto Fairness-Doctrine Imposition
By John Eggerton
In a speech to the National Religious Broadcasters in Nashville, Tenn., President George W. Bush said he supported a Republican move to force an up or down vote on a bill that would prevent the reimposition of the so-called Fairness Doctrine, then vowed to veto any congressional attempt to reinstate it.

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House Judiciary Committee Logs On to Network-Neutrality Issue
By John Eggerton
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Tuesday on the anticompetitive implications of the network-neutrality issue.

Bewkes Looks to Shuffle Time Warner’s Businesses
By Brent Felgner
Two months into his tenure as Time Warner’s CEO, Jeff Bewkes has begun prodding at every corner of the media giant’s business -- particularly Time Warner Cable -- in search of better returns and higher growth.

Private Equity’s Role in Communications Debated on Capitol Hill
By John Eggerton
The role of private equity in the communications sector (was the subject of pointed inquiry on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but it was not cast as quite the "chop shop," "strip and flip" villain some have made it out to be.

Belo Eyes Retrans at Bear Stearns Conference
By Michael Malone
Belo is looking to improve substantially on the $23 million the company made on retransmission-consent fees in 2007. Speaking at the Bear Stearns Media Conference in Florida Tuesday morning, Belo president and CEO Dunia Shive said the company is aiming for $28 million-$29 million in retransmission money this year.

Google Closes DoubleClick Deal
By Alex Weprin
Google completed its acquisition of DoubleClick, an online-advertising-server and management company.

DirecTV Fights NAB Request at FCC
By John Eggerton
DirecTV told the FCC Monday that the National Association of Broadcasters was "attempting to use the digital transition as a vehicle to impose additional mandates on others."

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

New DTV Tower Boosts Four Stations
By Glen Dickson
Because of pressure by community groups and environmentalists, it has taken 10 years for a consortium of Denver stations to build a new $20 million master tower facility to support digital television (DTV) broadcasts. Finally, it's happening. The Lake Cedar Group—which represents CBS owned-and-operated KCNC, Gannett's NBC affiliate KUSA and MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD, and McGraw-Hill's AB...
From the 03/10/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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