Media Related News from Around the Web

• Treasurys Gain Before 10-year-note Auction
  Source: www.foxbusiness.com   Date: 3 hours 45 minutes 17 seconds ago.
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• Comedy Central heads to Middle East
  Source: Variety   Date: 9 hours 50 minutes 59 seconds ago.
  The Arab world is about to get a little funnier..International Top Story, news from the entertainment source: Variety.Comedy Central heads to Middle East. More
  
• A decade worth remembering?
  Source: www.fierceiptv.com   Date: 13 hours 27 minutes 40 seconds ago.
  Today at FierceIPTV, you'll be able to review my FierceIPTV Watch List for 2009, a list that incorporated quite a but of input from our readers. Having wrapped up that report, I'd like to get all of... Read more More
  
• Pace Wins New Business with Sky for HD STB Rollout in Germany and Austria
  Source: www.tvover.net   Date: 07-27-2009 20:37:30 GMT
  IPTV news, business reports, forum, and Internet TV directory, by TVover.net. Core topics include IPTV software, hardware, service providers, set-top boxes, and events. More
  
• EchoStar posts quarterly profit (at bizjournals.com)
  Source: denver.bizjournals.com   Date: 18 hours 53 minutes 53 seconds ago.
  The Douglas County-based company on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $257.8 million, or $3.45 per share, on revenue of $482.9 million. EchoStar lost $261.8 million, or $3.43 per share, on revenue of $616.2 million in the third quarter of 2008. The company lost $3. More
  
• November’s Hottest Shows on DIRECTV
  Source: www.directstartv.com   Date: 19 hours 3 minutes 50 seconds ago.
  Theres no better way to spend chilly fall days than huddled around your HDTV, watching the best programming that satellite television has to offer. Here are some great shows for you to check out this November on DIRECTV.V: Based on a series from the 1980s, this remake premiered on ABC in More
  
• Glenn Beck Becomes Publishing Legend With Creepy Children's Book
  Source: www.businessinsider.com   Date: 19 hours 43 minutes 18 seconds ago.
  The wildly popular Fox News host holds the distinction of having five books –– and counting! –– become No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. More
  
• Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., Nov. 6-8) -- Cowboys run up ratings score, falling short only of home opener
  Source: www.unclebarky.com   Date: 11-09-2009 15:44:47 GMT
  By ED BARK NBC's second Sunday Night Football game with the Cowboys nearly measured up to the first. Dallas' 20-16 win over Philadelphia kept the Nielsen fires roaring with an average of 1,614,249 D-FW viewers in a game that ran from 7:30 to 10:50 p.m. More
  
• Report: GE, Comcast reach $30 billion valuation of NBC Universal (at bizjournals.com)
  Source: losangeles.bizjournals.com   Date: 11-09-2009 15:05:15 GMT
  The report also said that Vivendi, which currently holds a 20 percent minority stake in NBC Universal, has not agreed to sell off its stake, which is another necessity for any deal to rework the ownership structure of NBC Universal. More
  
• Street Starts Higher As Deals Make Headlines (at Forbes.com)
  Source: www.forbes.com   Date: 11-09-2009 15:00:00 GMT
  Kraft refuses to sweeten hostile bid for Cadbury; GE and Comcast inch closer to NBC Universal pact. More
  
• Report: Sprint, others to pump more money into Clearwire
  Source: www.fiercewireless.com   Date: 11-09-2009 14:15:47 GMT
  Sprint Nextel and several other companies plan to make additional investments in Clearwire. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint and other Clearwire investors will give Clearwire an additional... Read more More
  
• Irony: U2's 'Free' Concert At The Berlin Wall, Blocked By A Big Wall
  Source: techdirt.com   Date: 11-09-2009 14:02:00 GMT
  Dementia writes in to point out the rather ironic situation of a "free" concert put on by the band U2, at the remains of the Berlin Wall in order to celebrate the demise of the wall... but MTV decided to More
  
• Cable networks snap up Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Source: www.crainsnewyork.com   Date: 11-09-2009 13:52:00 GMT
  TV Guide Network will start airing reruns of the popular HBO show in February, and Viacom's TV Land is slated to air the series in 2013. More
  
• Online Media Daily: Cisco Invests Millions In Grassroots Ad Campaign For Flip Video
  Source: www.mediapost.com   Date: 11-09-2009 12:46:52 GMT
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• Dish Profits Fall, Subscribers Rise (at TheStreet.com)
  Source: www.thestreet.com   Date: 11-09-2009 11:39:10 GMT
  Dish Network reported third-quarter earnings of $81 million from $92 million a year earlier as revenue fell 1.5% to $2.89 billion.. Check out TheStreet for the latest stock market news and financial investment headlines. More
  
• More on WFORs Medicare Collaboration With 60 Minutes
  Source: www.sfltv.com   Date: 11-09-2009 10:29:04 GMT
  Some of you had a problem with my post about WFOR teaming up with '60 Minutes' for the Medicare investigation saying that it wasn't a big deal because all WFOR More
  
• 'Mad Men' season three finale (SPOILER alert!)
  Source: community.post-gazette.com   Date: 11-09-2009 05:01:00 GMT
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette TV editor Rob Owen covers TV from a national and local perspective. With an ominous title like "Shut the Door, Have a Seat," AMC's "Mad Men" was bound to end its third season with some dramatic plot twists, particularly with regards to the dissolving marriage of Don (Jon More
  
• Latens Shows Conditional Access for IPTV
  Source: www.cable360.net   Date: 11-09-2009 05:00:00 GMT
  At TelcoTV 2009, Latens, a developer of middleware and software-based security for IPTV services, will be showing how... More
  
• The Latest On Comcast-NBC: Waiting For Vivendi (at paidContent.org)
  Source: paidcontent.org   Date: 11-09-2009 04:50:33 GMT
  When Scripps Networks Interactive execs finally met with analysts Friday, CEO Ken Lowe called the acquisition of a majority stake the Travel Channel the worst-kept secret in M&A. More
  
• Seen that? - Scientific Atlanta Grows From DVR Sales
  Source: www.digitaltv-weblog.com   Date: 11-09-2009 02:18:47 GMT
  Scientific Atlanta Grows From DVR Sales at The Digital TV Weblog Much of the news in advertising and digital More