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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Monday, May 5, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

Warner Bros. to Take Over Daytime Programming for The CW
By Ben Grossman
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution will supply programming for The CW’s 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekday block, according to a pending deal between the corporate cousins. Beginning this fall, The CW will air Telepictures Productions’ rookie court show Judge Jeanine Pirro (left) from 3 to 4, followed by a comedy block featuring The Wayans Bros. and The Jamie Foxx Show.

Ghost Whisperer to Haunt ION, Sci Fi and WE
By Paige Albiniak
Ghost Whisperer, which went for close to $700,000 an episode in a three-network deal last week, is the third series from CBS Television Distribution to snag an off-net cable deal.

LEFT COAST BIAS: Why The Cable President's Chair Is The New Place To Be
By Ben Grossman
It turns out that running a major cable network right now is a heckuva lot easier—and probably more fun—than trying to solve the broadcast network mess from the big chair. Just ask yourself: Would you rather be piloting the speedboats that are USA, Showtime or FX right now, or fighting to move the clunky battleship that is network television?

This Is Only a Test: Vegas Station Simulates Analog Shutoff
By P.J. Bednarski and Glen Dickson
KVBC Las Vegas conducted a simulation of what will happen at the stroke of midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, when full-power stations across the U.S. cease broadcasting in analog.

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Station to Station: Boston Viewers Test Interactive TV
By Michael Malone
Hearst-Argyle's WCVB completed installation of Backchannelmedia's interactive TV software last week, and will be the first station to test the program with special set-top boxes in a few hundred homes.

WWE’s Vince McMahon to Be Honored by Promax/BDA
By Alex Weprin
World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon is being given the Promax/BDA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer
By B&C Staff
In a letter to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant had been willing to raise its offer to $33 a share—a $2-a-share increase on its initial offer of $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, back in February.

WE tv Fills Out Lineup
By Paige Albiniak
Besides its off-network acquisition of CBS’ Ghost Whisperer, which will premiere in fall 2009, cable network WE tv is adding three new series to its more immediate lineup.

Bravo Goes Beyond TV to Expand Brand
By Anne Becker
Bravo Media is striking new partnerships to sell everything from cruises to cookbooks tied to its shows.

FCC: Telepictures Productions' TMZ Is a News Program
By John Eggerton
The FCC ruled that Telepictures Productions' syndicated magazine show, TMZ, can feature candidates for public office without automatically invoking the FCC rule that requires stations to offer up airtime to other candidates. But it warned that stations were still on the hook if an appearance was deemed to be for the purpose of advantaging one candidate over the other.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

McDowell: Kevin Martin's Loyal Opponent

Republican FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell concedes he has differed from FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on a number of issues lately, but his divergent points of view on some issues don't indicate a larger rift between the two. The independent-minded commissioner cautions against a heavy regulatory hand on the Internet, and takes issue with new broadcast localism proposals that have broadcasters w...
From the 05/05/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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