Media Related News from Around the Web

• Super Bowl Ad Scene: Online Becoming as Important as TV
  Source: seekingalpha.com   Date: 02-05-2010 06:43:30 GMT
  Diane Mermigas submits:No matter who wins on the football field, the XLIV Super Bowl will be remembered for reflecting the changing advertising scene and the growing importance of More
  
• A Reshuffled MTV Networks Takes New Digital Approach
  Source: www.clickz.com   Date: 02-05-2010 06:01:43 GMT
  After consolidating digital music sales teams, MTV has begun to focus in earnest on brand marketers. More
  
• Chris Brown, Chrisette Michelle, Pharrell, Nas Join BET's Haiti Telethon
  Source: www.billboard.biz   Date: 02-05-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  "SOS Saving Ourselves: Help for Haiti" takes place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Friday (Feb. 5).More
  
• Comcast, NBC Universal executives defend deal in Washington (at bizjournals.com)
  Source: philadelphia.bizjournals.com   Date: 02-04-2010 22:05:18 GMT
  Comcast, NBC Universal executives defend deal in Washington More
  
• Air Force vet helps disabled to access outdoors: Helping our veterans to hunt By Larry Myhre
  Source: www.outdoorsmenadventures.com   Date: 01-09-2010 03:46:47 GMT
  Outdoorsmen Adventures is an award winning outdoor television series that has been on the air for over 14 years; fishing, hunting, and traveling to numberous places doing various outdoor activities. Taking its viewers to some of the hottest hunting and fishing locations in the U.S. and Canada. More
  
• Is It Time to Buy Comcast? (at Motley Fool)
  Source: www.fool.com   Date: 02-04-2010 20:23:36 GMT
  The Motley Fool - The Q4 earnings report is in, and it looks good. More
  
• Verizon FiOS TV Fans Host Biggest Series of House Parties on Football's Biggest Day of the Year
  Source: newscenter.verizon.com   Date: 02-04-2010 19:18:00 GMT
  NEW YORK –– In what is set to be the biggest Game Day-watching event of the year, 1,400 Verizon FiOS TV subscribers across the country will take part in the Verizon FiOS Game Day Viewing Parties this Sunday (Feb. 7). The parties recruit passionate FiOS fans to host simultaneous in-home More
  
• Comcast Rebrands Services as Xfinity
  Source: www.digitaltrends.com   Date: 02-04-2010 19:16:25 GMT
  Comcast plans to rebrand its Internet, cable TV, and phone services under a new brand: Xfinity. More
  
• HP must pay $315 million to BSkyB (at bizjournals.com)
  Source: sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com   Date: 02-04-2010 19:05:20 GMT
  Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. was ordered to pay 200 million pounds, or $315.5 million, to BSkyB in a case involving its EDS subsidiary. Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ) must pay the money within a fortnight. Britain’s high court called it an “interim payment. More
  
• Is WFOR BossLady Considered To Rule KTVT?
  Source: www.sfltv.com   Date: 02-04-2010 18:29:47 GMT
  BossLady has turned the ship around and CBS is noticing. Dallas-based TV critic Ed Bark reports on his site that WFOR news director Adrienne Roark a.k.a. the More
  
• Comcast, NBC to Sell Deal to Lawmakers (at TheStreet.com)
  Source: www.thestreet.com   Date: 02-04-2010 16:16:14 GMT
  Comcast and NBC Universal executives are scheduled to testify in front of lawmakers Thursday, where they will make a case for their deal. check out thestreet for the latest stock market news and financial investment headlines. More
  
• Arkansas State Soccer Adds Five To 2010 Recruiting Class
  Source: www.astateredwolves.com   Date: 02-04-2010 16:12:00 GMT
  The Arkansas State women's soccer program announced the signing of five student-athletes that will join the team in the fall of 2010, Thursday. More
  
• TellyLinks site fails on first night
  Source: informitv.com   Date: 02-04-2010 13:00:00 GMT
  TellyLinks aims to provide relevant web links synchronised to television programmes. It is the idea of a former executive at commercial broadcaster ITV. Unfortunately, the service was withdrawn shortly after launch, apparently due to an "unexpected high volume of traffic," so it is too early to More
  
• From Here To Xfinity: Comcast Rebranding Starts Next Week (at paidContent.org)
  Source: paidcontent.org   Date: 02-04-2010 10:30:10 GMT
  Next week, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) starts the tricky task of splitting in two: keeping its corporate brand intact while creating an entirely new brand for its current and upcoming consumer cable products. More
  
• FCC proposes budget that includes broadband plan and spectrum auction authority
  Source: www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com   Date: 02-04-2010 05:31:46 GMT
  The FCC's proposed $325.5 million budget for fiscal year 2011 includes amounts to assist the agency in putting in place a National Broadband Plan along with a proposal to indefinitely extend the... Read more More
  
• Cable Show Goes Green
  Source: www.cable360.net   Date: 02-04-2010 05:00:00 GMT
  The Cable Show 2010 will continue its push for environmental awareness and a reduced carbon footprint through a new partnership with Carbonfund.org, a nonprofit carbon reduction and climate solutions organization. The voluntary program... More
  
• FCC Frequently Asked Questions
  Source: svconline.com   Date: 02-03-2010 21:37:00 GMT
  Wireless microphones prohibited from operating in the 700MHz band More
  
• Comcast Says Profits Rise, Stays Quiet On NBC (at Forbes.com)
  Source: www.forbes.com   Date: 02-03-2010 20:40:00 GMT
  Shares under pressure after cable operator's report gives little mention of NBC deal. More
  
• US media (at FT.com)
  Source: www.ft.com   Date: 02-03-2010 19:15:27 GMT
  Wednesday’s fourth-quarter results from Comcast certainly gave a foretaste of what may lie ahead if it is allowed to take control of General Electric’s media division. More
  
• Just An Online Minute: Just An Online Minute... Yeah! Addicted Apes And Fist Pumpin' Like A Champ At MTV's Upfront
  Source: www.mediapost.com   Date: 02-03-2010 18:48:32 GMT
  Just An Online Minute... Yeah! Addicted Apes And Fist Pumpin' Like A Champ At MTV's Upfront - 02/03/2010 More