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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Wednesday, April 9, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Oz to Follow Dr. Phil from Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions
By Paige Albiniak & Ben Grossman
Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions is developing a talk show featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz for an expected fall-2009 launch, sources confirmed. Winfrey and her team met with potential distributors last month in Chicago, following the same thorough development process Harpo underwent when launching The Oprah Winfrey Show spinoff Dr. Phil in 2002.

UPFRONT & CENTER: An Inconvenient Truth Highlights Discovery Slate
By Alex Weprin
Discovery Channel unveiled its 2008-09 programming slate, announcing a number of new specials and series. Highlighting the lineup will be An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary hosted by Al Gore that helped to earn the former vice president the Nobel Prize -- an honor he shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

NTIA Relaxing Converter-Box Rules on P.O. Boxes, Nursing Homes
By John Eggerton
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is preparing to change the rules of its digital-TV-to-analog converter-box program to help rural and older viewers.

Martin, Baker Face Worried Senators at DTV-Transition Oversight Hearing
By John Eggerton
There were some crossed fingers and worried looks as senators queried FCC chairman Kevin Martin and National Telecommunications and Information Administration acting head Meredith Atwell Baker.

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Iger: ABC News Must Adapt to Digital World
By Marisa Guthrie
ABC News is “disadvantaged” in a digital landscape where cable news operations including CNN and MSNBC, are helping to drive billions of users to their online sites, said Bob Iger, president and CEO of Disney, parent company of ABC.

Martin Proposes Exempting Smaller Cable Ops from HD-Carriage Mandate
By John Eggerton
FCC chairman Kevin Martin was making a surprise visit to the American Cable Association convention in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to pitch a new proposal he circulated to help smaller cable operators with their capacity concerns.

MyNetworkTV to Air DTV-Education PSAs
By John Eggerton
MyNetworkTV is informing affiliates that it plans to air at least two primetime digital-TV-education public-service announcements per week, per quarter. That's according to a memo to affiliates obtained by B&C.

Martin On Board with ACA on Program-Tying Issue
By John Eggerton
FCC chairman Kevin Martin told small cable operators Tuesday that he stood with them on the issue of program tying, suggesting afterward that it might include untying programming bundled in retransmission-consent deals.

UPFRONT & CENTER: Disney Pitches Its Star-Making Powers
By Anne Becker
Disney Channel is pitching advertisers in New York this week on its ability to make kids into stars.

UPFRONT & CENTER: Food Network, Other Scripps Networks Pitch New Shows
By Anne Becker
New York -- Food Network is adding another cooking competition show to TV’s mix. Chopped will pit four contestants against each other to find the nation’s top sous chef.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

David Kenin: He Schedules Hallmark's Care Packages
By Allison Romano
Soon after he arrived at the Hallmark Channel in 2002 as head of programming, David Kenin made a bold move: He dusted off a Western series from the library and built a new themed hour. While that's hardly a racy idea, it didn't clearly fit Hallmark's image of families and tear-jerkers. But Kenin thought certain Westerns could have appeal to Hallmark viewers and—most important—provid...
From the 04/07/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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