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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Friday, January 25, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

NTIA's Baker: Converter Boxes Should Be on Shelves Feb. 18
By John Eggerton
Acting National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief Meredith Atwell Baker said Thursday that she was still confident that digital-TV-to-analog converter-box manufacturers will have those boxes on the shelves by Feb. 18 (exactly one year before the DTV switch), when the NTIA has said it will start processing applications for coupons good toward the purchase of those boxes.

NAB's Rehr Asks Retailers to Ensure that Converter Boxes Are on Shelves
By John Eggerton
NAB president David Rehr wrote the CEO of Best Buy and the heads of seven other major retailers asking them to make sure that digital-TV-to-analog converter boxes are on the shelves by February, when the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has said that it plans to start processing applications for government-subsidized $40 coupons toward the purchase of those boxes.

Senate Commerce Committee Sets DTV-Readiness Hearing
By John Eggerton
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Feb. 14 on the state of readiness for the transition to DTV.

CBS News Employees Ratify WGA Deal
By Alex Weprin
CBS News employees represented by the Writers Guild of America ratified their new contract agreement with the network. The WGA and CBS reached a tentative agreement Jan. 9, pending approval by the members.


CEA: Super Bowl Boosts HD-Set Sales
By Glen Dickson
More than 2.4 million HDTV sets will be sold due to Super Bowl XLII, according to a research study conducted by trade group the Consumer Electronics Association and advocacy group Sports Video Group.

WGA STRIKE UPDATE: WGA Signs Interim Deal with Lionsgate
By Ben Grossman
The Writers Guild of America signed an interim agreement with independent film and television studio Lionsgate.

CBS Plans The Price Is Right Primetime Specials
By Alex Weprin
CBS will bring The Price Is Right back to primetime with a series of six specials.

BBC Worldwide, MySpace Form Global Content Partnership
By Alex Weprin
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corp., is forming a content partnership with News Corp.-owned MySpace.

TNT Adds Bones to Lineup
By Paige Albiniak
TNT picked up the off-network rights to Twentieth Television’s Bones, which will premiere on the cable network Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 10 p.m. and then air in that time slot weekly.

ESPN Picks Up Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reality Show
By Alex Weprin
Gearing up for the 2008 NASCAR season, ESPN picked up five episodes of Dale Jr.- Shifting Gears.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

Capitol Investments
By Michael Malone
More so than in most markets, ownership plays a huge part in station performance in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Media General invested substantially in WNCN since acquiring it from NBC in 2006, hiring some 50 new staffers in the past year. Longtime leader WRAL credits its success to owner Capitol Broadcasting, based right in Raleigh.
From the 01/21/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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