Media Related News from Around the Web

• Mediacom Melbourne names new MD
  Source: www.bandt.com.au   Date: 9 hours 45 minutes 43 seconds ago.
  Mediacom has reshuffled the leadership of its Melbourne office, promoting Phil Phelan to become managing director, succeeding Mark Pejic. More
  
• Disney sells stake in U.K.'s GMTV
  Source: Variety   Date: 10 hours 12 minutes 45 seconds ago.
  Disney has sold its 25% stake in U.K. breakfast broadcaster GMTV..TV News, news from the entertainment source: Variety.Disney sells stake in U.K.'s GMTV. More
  
• Cablevision Says Hola To Tele El Salvador
  Source: Multichannel News   Date: 10 hours 37 minutes 10 seconds ago.
  Cablevision has added a network aimed at Salvadorians to its Spanish-language tier. More
  
• Local Businessman Who Took On Assumed Name Says It Was All A Simple Mistake
  Source: www.kiiitv.com   Date: 13 hours 57 minutes ago.
  For the past few days, a well-known local businessman Dan Caballero has been the subject of media reports concerning a decision he made more than 30 years ago to change his name. More
  
• Keep Track of the NFL’s Top Five Teams With DIRECTV
  Source: www.directstartv.com   Date: 16 hours 15 minutes 45 seconds ago.
  We’re a little more than halfway through the regular season and its shaping up to be an epic year for the NFL. With both new and old faces at the top of the standings, its been a long time since so much excitement has carried through to the end of November. Two undefeated teams have More
  
• CINEAK Introduces Nero Theater Chair
  Source: www.widescreenreview.com   Date: 16 hours 45 minutes 19 seconds ago.
  CINEAK Introduces Nero Theater Chair, WSR Blogs, Home Theater Industry News, Articles and Editor Viewpoints, Widescreen Review Webzine features new blu-ray reviews, home theater equipment reviews, and updated news daily More
  
• Enterprise 2.0 looking more like Enterprise 1.0.....
  Source: broadstuff.com   Date: 17 hours 5 minutes 32 seconds ago.
  And until they have clear answers to those questions, they’re going to do nothing, or they’re going to sit on the sidelines. I have a lot of sympathy for both approaches. I find myself agreeing more with the topdown crowd, though. More
  
• HDTV Listings for November 25, 2009
  Source: hd.engadget.com   Date: 18 hours 15 minutes 11 seconds ago.
  What we're watching tonight: CBS (1080i) has The New Adventures of Old Christine at 8 p.m., Gary Unmarried at 8:30 p.m., Criminal More
  
• F&S: Asia-Pac IPTV subs to soar 51 percent
  Source: www.fierceiptv.com   Date: 18 hours 22 minutes 43 seconds ago.
  Market research firm Frost Sullivan has new analysis forecasting that there will be about 9.4 million IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of this year, which would represent... Read more More
  
• Comcast's Online Video Site "Fancast" Growing Fast
  Source: www.beet.tv   Date: 21 hours 24 minutes 25 seconds ago.
  Comcast-owned video destination Fancast.com lured 11.3 million unique visitors in October, nearly double its 6.5 million count in September, according to comScore. I spoke with Comcast senior VP Karen Gilford about Fancast at the newTeeVee Live event in San Francisco... More
  
• Worse Than The NBC-Comcast Deal? No Deal (at Forbes.com)
  Source: www.forbes.com   Date: 11-25-2009 14:58:00 GMT
  If things don't pan out, it'll punish all three companies involved--and their investors. More
  
• Anchor Baron James being dropped by Fox4
  Source: www.unclebarky.com   Date: 23 hours 13 minutes 35 seconds ago.
  m. newscasts with Clarice Tinsley, is being let go after roughly a decade in the D-FW market. "Baron James' contract has not been renewed," a station spokesperson confirmed Wednesday morning. His last day at Fox4 will be on Jan. 17th, the spokesperson said. More
  
• Delisting On Google: What Would This Mean For News Corp.'s TV Content?
  Source: www.mediapost.com   Date: 23 hours 50 minutes 11 seconds ago.
  Delisting On Google: What Would This Mean For News Corp.'s TV Content? - 11/25/2009 More
  
• Minor Graphics Refresh For WPTV
  Source: www.sfltv.com   Date: 11-25-2009 10:49:00 GMT
  WPTV launched their new graphics recently as parent company Scripps centralized graphics production. The big giant caramel lower thirds made a big impression More
  
• [$$] Time Warner Cable Fights Program Costs (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
  Source: online.wsj.com   Date: 11-25-2009 03:06:46 GMT
  Time Warner Cable is planning to launch an advertising campaign Thursday to persuade consumers that TV-programming costs are getting too high, as the cable operator squares off with News Corp. and other TV-network owners. More
  
• Rock Band Songs Top 1,000 Mark
  Source: www.billboard.biz   Date: 11-25-2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Over 1,000 songs are now available for fans of the Rock Band franchise to buy and download to the game, according to MTV Games and Harmonix.More
  
• Hulu Nation Is Growing -- And Fast
  Source: www.businessinsider.com   Date: 11-24-2009 21:33:00 GMT
  Fueled by the fall TV season and the addition of ABC shows to its library, traffic to the video site backed by NBC, ABC and Fox spiked nearly 47% in October from the prior month, the biggest single-month percentage gain of the past year. More
  
• Italian group asks MTV to cancel 'Jersey Shore'
  Source: www.usatoday.com   Date: 11-24-2009 20:30:47 GMT
  A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs. More
  
• TiVo To License Viewing Data To Google; Could A Bigger Deal Follow? (at Barrons.com)
  Source: blogs.barrons.com   Date: 11-24-2009 19:40:10 GMT
  TiVo (TIVO) this morning unveiled a deal to license television viewing data to Google (GOOG) to be used in the Google TV Ads platform. Terms were not disclosed.The announcement said Google TV ads will be able to draw on anonymous second-by-second DVR viewing data from stand-alone subscribers More
  
• Adconion Buys Online Video Service Joost
  Source: www.clickz.com   Date: 11-24-2009 18:47:04 GMT
  Will use once-hyped platform to add content and scale to its video ad network. More