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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Tuesday, May 13, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

Upfront: Veteran Shows Dominate ABC’s Fall
By B&C Staff
ABC detailed its plans for next season and the network’s fall schedule contains only two new series.

Upfront: CBS Picking Up Six New Series
By Ben Grossman
CBS is picking up six new projects, according to sources with knowledge of the network’s plans.

Upfront: NBC Brings Out Top Brass for Fallon Announcement
By Ben Grossman
New York -- NBC Monday formalized the hiring of Jimmy Fallon to replace Conan O’Brien on the network’s 12:30 a.m. Late Night show in 2009.

Cablevision Enlarges News Push with Newsday Buy
By Robert Marich
Cablevision Systems doubled up its news footprint on Long Island by firming a $650 million definitive agreement Monday to buy a 97% stake in local daily newspaper Newsday.
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Upfront: NBC, General Motors Team Up
By Ben Grossman
NBC is touting its pre-upfront meetings as the genesis of a new marketing partnership with General Motors.

NDS Snags Software Deal from Cox
By Glen Dickson
Conditional-access and interactive-TV provider NDS Group won its first major deal with a U.S. cable operator for its set-top software.

13 Pappas Stations File Chapter 11
By John Eggerton
An unlucky 13 Pappas Telecasting TV stations filed for bankruptcy protection.

NAB to FCC: Reporting Requirement a Burden
By John Eggerton
The NAB told the FCC its new program-reporting requirement would increase the paperwork burden on stations by more than 1,000%.

Upfront: Telemundo Details Telenovelas
By P.J. Bednarski
New York -- Telemundo will team up with Brazilian network TV Globo for a new version of El Clon.

Upfront: NBC Asks: Are You a Momma’s Boy?
By Ben Grossman
NBC ordered Are You a Momma’s Boy? from producers Ryan Seacrest and Andrew Glassman.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

Hirschhorn: Retirement TV's Active Programmer

Retirement Living, a boomer-targeted cable network in 30 million homes on DirecTV, Comcast and Verizon, has, since its fall 2006 launch, aimed to be the first TV stop for the under-served over-55 set. Owned by Erickson Retirement Communities, RLTV is home to shows such as AARP: My Generation and The Florence Henderson Show, as well as commentaries from Walter Cronkite.
From the 05/12/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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