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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Thursday, March 27, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

EXCLUSIVE: John Nogawski to Take Reins at CBS Television Distribution
By Ben Grossman
John Nogawski is poised to take over as head of CBS Television Distribution, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. While CBS declined comment, an announcement is expected soon that Nogawski will step into a role left by the sudden passing of CEO Roger King Dec. 8.

WSJ: Comcast, BitTorrent in Talks on Internet Traffic
By Glen Dickson
Comcast and BitTorrent are now actively talking about ways that BitTorrent’s file-sharing application can be used by Comcast’s high-speed-data subscribers without clogging up Comcast’s cable pipes and impacting service for all customers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

UPFRONT & CENTER: USA Network Unveils ‘Character’ Lineup
By Anne Becker
USA Network is developing at least four new dramas tied to its “Characters Welcome” branding, and it finalized the rest of its 2008 schedule for its existing shows.

CBA Goes to Court to Block DTV Converter Boxes
By John Eggerton
The Community Broadcasters Association said Wednesday that it was filing a court action (a writ of mandamus) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the FCC to prevent the "the marketing of DTV converter boxes that block analog signals."

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Microtune Claims Problems with Some DTV Converter Boxes
By John Eggerton
The digital-TV-to-analog converter box came under more fire Wednesday from Microtune, a company that makes TV tuners for some of the coupon-eligible converter boxes, as well as tuners for TVs worldwide.

Motorola to Break Off Wireless Business
By Glen Dickson
Motorola will split into two independent, publicly traded companies, the company announced Wednesday morning, splitting its troubled mobile-handset division from its profitable cable-equipment and enterprise-telecommunications-device business.

William Kovacic to Head FTC
By John Eggerton
FTC commissioner William Kovacic was tapped by President Bush to succeed Deborah Platt Majoras as chairman.

Justin Timberlake Tapped to Host 2008 ESPY Awards
By Alex Weprin
Pop star and actor Justin Timberlake was tapped to host the 2008 ESPY Awards this summer.

Comedy Central Gives Green-Light to Chocolate News, Reality Bites
By Alex Weprin
Comedy Central picked up David Alan Grier’s magazine-news-show spoof, David Alan Grier’s Chocolate News (working title), as well as reality-show spoof series Reality Bites (working title). The shows join Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire in getting picked up by the network.

AAI to FTC: Watch Rembrandt IP Management Patent Fight
By John Eggerton
An antitrust think tank asked the Federal Trade Commission to step in to the patent fight between Rembrandt IP Management and the TV industry over a key element in the digital-TV transition.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

At Last, ePort
By David Goetzl
Scott Heath, the general sales manager of Tribune's KSWB San Diego, is eager to have advertisers run integrated campaigns with Web and mobile elements as well as traditional spots. But as innovative as those opportunities may be, the agencies often don't have time to listen to his pitches. They're simply overrun with combing through paperwork to resolve billing discrepancies, where a station a...
From the 03/24/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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