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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Tuesday, May 20, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

Cable Show ’08: Cablers Reject All-Free Content
By Robert Marich
New Orleans -- When a tech-industry speaker on Monday’s The Cable Show ’08 general session here said media will be forced to give away content because the Web is killing existing business models, other panelists responded, “Not so fast, my friend.”

Cable Show ’08: VOD Just Scratching the Surface
By Glen Dickson
New Orleans -- Comcast said it is now providing 500 on-demand programming choices in HD, including movies and TV shows from Starz and Showtime.

White House to NBC: Air Full Bush Interview
By John Eggerton
The White House asked NBC to air Richard Engel's interview with President Bush in its entirety, saying it was "deceptively edited."

Schieffer to Be at CBS Long-Term
By Marisa Guthrie
Bob Schieffer signed a new long-term contract with CBS News.


Satellite Leads in American Customer Satisfaction Index
By John Eggerton
Satellite customers are still happier with their service than cable, but the wired medium’s customer-service-satisfaction numbers are on the rise, driven by smaller operators.

Cable Show '08: Gutierrez Backs Network Management
By John Eggerton
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez had a message of solidarity for cable operators Monday on the issue of "network management."

Cable Show ’08: TVN Revamp Creates Rapid-Response VOD
By Robert Marich
New Orleans -- TVN Entertainment is overhauling its infrastructure to enable VOD content to be repriced, repositioned and relabeled on the fly.

Greenberg to Head New Movie Channel
By Marisa Guthrie
Mark Greenberg, a 17-year veteran of Showtime, was named top executive at the new pay cable movie channel that is a joint venture of Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate.

NBC Crowns Kings
By Ben Grossman
NBC is officially picking up two-hour movie/back-door pilot Kings to series.

QVC Taps SES Americom for HD Transport
By Glen Dickson
Satellite operator SES Americom is providing the satellite transport for QVCHD.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

VOD: Time-Shifting Primetime
By David F. Carr
Video-on-demand (VOD) services such as Time Warner Cable's Start Over and Look Back services and Cox Communications' MyPrimetime are proving that the legal logjam over the technology is breaking, as more networks and TV series producers agree to allow on-demand access to their content. Time Warner has agreements with more than 100 cable networks to capture their programming and serve it up on-d...
From the 05/19/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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