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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

SAG, AMPTP to Open Talks April 15
By Ben Grossman
The Screen Actors Guild will be first to the negotiating table when it sits down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers April 15. The development came just days after the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said it would negotiate with the AMPTP separately from SAG. No timetable is set for the AFTRA talks.

Major Layoffs at CBS O&Os
By Michael Malone
Heavy layoffs are being reported at the CBS owned-and-operated stations, including 30 staffers at WBZ Boston, 17 at WBBM Chicago and 14 at KPIX San Francisco.

Writers Guild of America East Files Arbitration Case Against ABC
By Alex Weprin
The Writers Guild of America East filed arbitration suits against ABC and Corday Productions, claiming that the companies violated the strike-termination agreement by retaining replacement writers who filled in during the strike on All My Children and Days of Our Lives instead of bringing back the writers who had been on strike.

NCTA’s McSlarrow Sees Continuing Troubles with Martin
By John Eggerton
National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow said the key policy issue for his industry regardless of who becomes president -- he personally supports Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) -- will be broadband deployment.

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Endemol USA Acquires 51 Minds Entertainment
By Anne Becker
Endemol USA, the Los Angeles-based production arm of global TV-production giant Endemol, acquired 51 Minds Entertainment, the independent production company behind VH1's biggest hits.

Kimmel: Actors’ Strike Would Be ‘Insane’
By Ben Grossman
Just hours before Tuesday’s announcement that the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will begin bargaining April 15, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel reflected the strike fatigue felt by many in the television business.

President Advised to Veto FCC-Blocking Resolution
By John Eggerton
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez recommended that the president veto a resolution of disapproval overturning the FCC's loosening of the ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership if that resolution is passed by the Senate and House.

ANALYSIS: Diller Win Opens Door for Malone Divorce
By Robert Marich
After Barry Diller received a big court victory March 28, the media mogul is free to pursue the breakup of his InterActiveCorp and separately is expected to negotiate a divorce with shareholder John Malone. Any divorce would likely involve selling HSN to Malone’s Liberty Media as part of a transaction in which Liberty sells back its 30% equity stake in IAC.

Copps Aide: Leased-Access Ruling Was Reasonable Approach
By John Eggerton
A top aide to FCC commissioner Michael Copps said Tuesday that he does not think the commission's recent vote to cap leased-access rates and tighten the rules was an attempt by the FCC to ensure that smaller networks could buy their way onto cable lineups.

FCC Aides Unclear On Cable-Data Holdup
By John Eggerton
Aides to Democratic FCC commissioner Michael Copps and Republican Robert McDowell were in agreement on one thing: Neither knows what the holdup is in the FCC's promised cable-data-collection effort.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

NAB 2008: What Stations Want at NAB
By Paige Albiniak and Glen Dickson
Among the throngs at the National Association of Broadcasters convention April 11-17 in Las Vegas will be the top engineers for major broadcast groups. All come with slightly different agendas and some with radically different timetables. All of them, however, will have their minds on one date for certain: Feb. 
From the 03/31/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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