Broadcasting & Cable News

• NABET: Multicast Short-Market Satellite Fix Is Crucial
  
  By John Eggerton, November 24, 2009
  CWA union says stations won't survive without exploiting full potential of DTV
  
• ‘WWII In HD' Delivers For History
  
  By Alex Weprin, November 24, 2009
  Miniseries with remastered footage averages 2.4 million over five nights
  
• ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter' Returns to A&E
  
  By David Tanklefsky, November 24, 2009
  Reality series set to return Dec. 2
  
• KYW, CBS Radio Partner on ‘Digital Newsstands'
  
  By Michael Malone, November 24, 2009
  CBS pushing TV-radio synergy at local level
  
• FCC Delays Release of Ownership Reporting Form
  
  By John Eggerton, November 24, 2009
  Broadcasters given until Jan. 11 to file
  
• FTC Approves $9B Merger of Panasonic and Sanyo
  
  By John Eggerton, November 24, 2009
  Companies agree to sell Sanyo's assets in first-responder radio batteries within 15 days
  
• FX Wins Cable Rights to 'Twilight'
  
  By Stuart Levine--Variety, November 24, 2009
  Cabler pacts with Summit for franchise
  
• TV Guide Network Buys Susan Boyle Doc
  
  By Alex Weprin, November 24, 2009
  ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ to profile ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ star Dec. 13
  
• Google Ties With TiVo For Better Ratings Data
  
  By Claire Atkinson, November 24, 2009
  First-time TiVo data used for currency
  
• Green: Broadband Plan Could Learn From Cable Labs Collaborative Model
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Wants government to find ways to incentivize research through government contracting
  
• Beat The Traffic Targets BlackBerries
  
  By Glen Dickson, November 23, 2009
  Launches flat-fee software application
  
• FTC Asked To Redefine Definition of Programming Targeted To Kids, Teens
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Consortium of kids activists, academics provided comment to the FTC at the Food Marketing To Children Workshop
  
• Organizations Ask FCC Not To Delay Date For Collecting Ownership Information
  
  By John Eggerton, November 24, 2009
  Say delaying process of collecting more detailed information from station owners would hurt other parties, the public
  
• Time Warner Cable Pledges $100 Million For "Connect a Million Minds" Initiative
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Administration hopes to spur student interest in science, tech, engineering and math
  
• Malone: Key to NBCU-Comcast Deal Is What Government, Affiliates Want
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Liberty Media chairman says broadcast network model is broken, needs to be "subsidized."
  
• ABC O&Os Relaunch Sites
  
  By Michael Malone, November 23, 2009
  ABC News gets good real estate on home page
  
• NCTA Weighs In On Retrans Complaint Against Sinclair
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Told FCC jointly negotiating retransmission consent fees can raise those fees and harm consumers
  
• CBS Taps Harrison As SVP, Strategic Development
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Was former NBCU cable programming exec
  
• PTC Upset Over Adam Lambert AMA Performance
  
  By John Eggerton, November 23, 2009
  Group urges members to issue FCC complaints over explicit simulation
  
• Fox Renews ‘Judge Jeanine Pirro'
  
  By Paige Albiniak, November 23, 2009
   

  Warner Bros.' Judge Jeanine Pirro has been renewed by the Fox Television Stations for the 2010-11 TV season. Fox joins Tribune and Sinclair, both of whom also have renewed the show.