Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
TODAY'SNEWS
FCC Close to Approving XM-Sirius Merger
By John Eggerton
FCC commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate close to casting swing vote to approve satellite-radio merger.
Comic-Con 2008 Preview
By David Goetzl
When Comic-Con began 38 years ago in San Diego, it was just a small show for comic book collectors and science-fiction freaks. These days it's a major venue for TV programmers looking to jump-start buzz in the males 18-34 demo in hopes of launching the next Lost. Click here for a preview and a complete list of TV-related events.
NBCU, Fox Sue Redlasso Over Clips
By Robert Marich
NBC Universal, Fox News Channel, Fox Television Stations sue Web site Redlasso for copyright infringement for providing their programming to Web users.
DOJ Continues to Resist Shield Law
By John Eggerton
Attorney General Michael Mukasey: shield law solution in search of problem; Rep. Mike Pence: response to rising erosion of freedom of press.
Key LIN TV Execs Depart
By Michael Malone
Senior VP/CFO Bart Catalante leaves for Webloyalty.com; digital chief Gregory Schmidt to head Global Translation.
Conventions Offered as White-Spaces Test Sites
By John Eggerton
Broad Comm, Political Conventions Communications Committee offer to let FCC test unlicensed mobile devices at sites of Democratic, Republican National Conventions.
Al Jazeera English Stays On in Burlington, Vt.
By Marisa Guthrie
Municipal cable company Burlington Telecom reaches agreement to continue carrying network after controversy.
NARUC: FCC Must Step In on DTV Converters
By John Eggerton
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners calls on FCC to ask Congress to force NTIA to modify DTV-to-analog converter-box-coupon program.
Journal Closes on KWBA
By Michael Malone
Journal Communications completes purchase of The CW affiliate KWBA Tucson, Ariz., from Tucson Communications, Cascade Broadcasting Group.
Highway Outside Buffalo Named After Russert
By John Eggerton
Route 20A in Orchard Park, N.Y., renamed "Timothy J. Russert Highway."
FROMB&CMAGAZINE
From Ad Man to 'Mad Men'
By Marisa Guthrie
Since Charlie Collier took the reins at AMC in 2006, the network has become a contender, upping its cache considerably in a cable arena where original content is king. Collier and his development team knew a good thing when it walked through the door—in the form of erstwhile Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner, who for five years had been nursing a script about 1960s-era Madison Avenue ad exec...
From the 07/21/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable
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