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TODAY'SNEWS
NAB, NCTA Square Off Over Competition
By John Eggerton
Broadcasters have told the FCC in a filing that the retransmission consent regime is working very nicely, thank you, and does not disadvantage mulitchannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).
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Bravo's Top Chef Still Hot
By Anne Becker
Bravo picked up its cooking reality series Top Chef for a third season. Casting for season three is scheduled to begin this month in Dallas, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and San Francisco.
FCC's Martin Names New Chiefs
By John Eggerton
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has named chiefs of the wireless telecommunications and consumer and governmental affairs bureaus.
ABC's Nightline Gets Stevens Interview
By John Eggerton
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will appear on the show Tuesday night to talk about the late President Gerald Ford.
Nexstar Names New VP/GM of WBRE
By P.J. Bednarski
Nexstar Broadcasting has tapped Louis J. Abitabilo as the new VP and general manager of WBRE, the NBC affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Pa. Nexstar also operates CBS affiliate WYOU, for the closely associated Mission Broadcasting. He replaces John Dittmeier, who had resigned earlier.
WABC Quietly Launches HD News
By Glen Dickson
WABC, the ABC owned-and-operated station in New York, began broadcasting high-definition news last month with absolutely no fanfare.
ABC’s Ugly Upside-Down Resolution
By Jim Benson
ABC has launched a massive Ugly Betty promotional campaign dubbed “Be Ugly ’07,” which it is selling as a pro-social campaign that asks people “to be real, be smart, be passionate, be true to yourself and be ugly, just like Ugly Betty,” this year.
Fiesta Bowl Gives Fox Best Monday in 19 Weeks
By Ben Grossman
Fox’s coverage of a thrilling Fiesta Bowl that witnessed Boise State beat Oklahoma thanks to a battery of trick plays earned the network a 4.0 average rating during prime time, its best Monday ratings in nineteen weeks in the adult 18-49 demo.
Maury Goes Mobile
By John Eggerton
Syndicator NBC Universal is teaming with Mindmatics LLC to give viewers of the Maury show in Las Vegas and Columbus, Ohio a chance to win prizes in a real-time contest based on topics posed in the show.
NFL Network Adds Players to Post-Season Team
By Ben Grossman
The NFL Network has once again enlisted a group of current players as playoff correspondents, adding Chad Johnson, Clinton Portus, Darren Sharper and Marcellus Wiley to its post-season team.
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FROMB&CMAGAZINE
Top Story of 2006: Iraq
By Andrew Tyndall
Nightly news focus returns to war
From the 01/01/2007 issue of Broadcasting & Cable
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Washington Post - 1/2/07
Rules-Free Alternatives to YouTube, MySpace
NY Times - 1/2/07
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