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Capitol Alert -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Cooking reality competition's first season finale Sept....

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Washington meeting also addressed telecom and Internet markets,...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Monday's 25th season premiere to feature celebrity guest appearances, surprise musical...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Many managers at ABC-affiliated stations, which of course rely on the network for Good Morning...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Units will operate as standalone entities under Thomson...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Network also expected to announce new primetime hour hosted by Piers...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Segment will air Thurday on 'Good Morning...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The FCC is making it easier for John Q. Public to massage and manipulate its data on broadband...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Network holds exclusive on-air, on-demand rights from...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Cable expected to grow while broadcast stays...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

AT&T's Dorothy Attwood replaced by current senior VPs Quinn and...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Playboy Enterprises said Tuesday that the special committee of its board of directors has...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

CBS leads with comedy repeats, 'Dating in the Dark' slides...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

CableLabs has certified six additional customer premises devices for DOCSIS 3.0 -- the cable...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The U.S. advertising market is on the road to recovery according to research firm SNL Kagan, led...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Execto oversee set-top data research services for audiences' North American...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Veteran broadcaster joins Papa,...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

NESN, the regional sports network owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins, is going...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Joins Paul McCartney, others to be honored during Dec. 28...

B&C - Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

AMC evidently made Paramount Worldwide Television Distribution an offer it couldn't...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Oprah victory tour--she launches her syndicated show's last season this month--has added one...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Kantar Media's Audiences business unit, which provides TV, Internet and radio audience...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Teammates on the field, Terrell Owens and Chad OchoCinco will now collaborate on a weekly series...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Shalom TV, for the first time, is presenting Jewish high holiday...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Colin Crowell, former senior counselor to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, has opened his own...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Your weekly gateway to the articles, blogs and multimedia you won't find in the pages of...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Monday, September 6, 2010

ARRIS's Touchstone Telephony Gateway TG852G has been awarded DOCSIS 3.0 certification in CableLabs Wave #76. The TG852G hardware is the newest generation ARRIS DOCSIS 3.0-certified wireless gateway with support for up to 8 bonded downstream channels and up to 4 bonded upstream channels - which can deliver in...

Not everyone is getting blazing fast broadband, according to the FCC?s latest Internet access study. Of the 113mln business and residential connections reported at the study?s mid-year ?09 date, only about 30% (34mln) were a minimum advertised speed of 3Mbps downstream and 768kbps upstream....

Calix has announced the introduction of a new Ethernet Service Access Node (ESAN) family to its Unified Access portfolio - the E3 family of sealed ESANs  - and the debut of its first family member ? the new E3-12C sealed ESAN. An entirely new extension to the widely deployed Calix E-Series...

Infinera has announced its partnership in the recently funded ?United States Unified Community Anchor Network,? also known as U.S. UCAN. In early July, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the...

Ad forecasts are sunny for Internet and cable TV; however print and direct mail will continue to face challenges. The U.S. advertising market is on the road to recovery, according to a new study from SNL Kagan. The total market is projected to rebound 2.8 percent to $210.5 billion in 2010, following two...

Pace has been selected as the high definition (HD) PVR delivery partner for Nova, the sole satellite pay TV platform in Greece and part of the Forthnet Group, Greece?s privately owned telco operator...

David Westin is stepping down as president of ABC News. Westin, who has been at the helm of ABC...

B&C - Breaking News -- Monday, September 6, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Monday, September 6, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Monday, September 6, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Meredith syndicated show features all barter and more live...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Jacobs joins Spencer as newsmagrefocuses on news, cuts...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Nancy Grace show launch coincides with new print...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Allbritton Communications continuesto press its case at the Federal CommunicationsCommission...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

I often preface my takes on TV shows by saying, ?I am not a TV...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

After three and a half years on the market, Apple?s initialiTunes Store-connected...

Multichannel News: Internet Video -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Sponsors return, more advertisersadded for new primetime...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Peter Block, executive producerof the Saw theatrical horror moviefranchise, will look...

Multichannel News: Internet Video -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

The kudos and the statuetteskeep coming for...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Some cableoperators are worried they mighthave to pay hundreds of millionsof dollars in...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Fight shows contentiousness of content...

B&C - Washington News -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Highlighted by thelaunch of broadband serviceESPN3.com and other advancedmedia...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

What Katrina coverage and the more recentman-made disaster in the Gulf have broughtinto...

B&C - Breaking News -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

With 2010 awards over, talk turns to new TV dealand new...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

B&C?s annual report offers a slewof new HD programming?andnovel ways for viewers to see...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

CW marketing chief Rick Haskins openshis playbook for the upcoming...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

European show welcomes back Sony and Avid,adds exhibit...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Split decisions would set stage for major review of...

B&C - Washington News -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

For a handful of mediamutual funds, the second quartercould be summed up in four...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Federal Communications Commissionhas put off any action on expanding and codifyingits...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Execs may issue denials about possible deals such as ABC/Bloomberg orCBS/CNN, but the...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Cable?s years-long goodbyeto MPEG-2 is far from over, butthe shift toward MPEG-4 ?...

Multichannel News: Technology -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Katrina hurricane disaster that devastated New Orleans,and made us all feel a little less...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Business booming, local shows launching in San...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Local TV rides rebound to launchbevy of programs in offbeat...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Expands 3D offering heading into IBC...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards notched a slight Nielsen uptick for NBC, but the...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Disney Channel started Labor Day weekend off on a high Nielsen note, notching its top telecast...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Sunday, September 5, 2010

Check out the agenda for B&C/Multichannel's eighth annual Hispanic Summit Sept. 29 in...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Saturday, September 4, 2010

CBS College Sports Network kicks off its eighth season of Division I college football coverage...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Announcement confirms widespread...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Viacom's MTV Networks is shutting down Urge, its suite of 50 music channels carried by Verizon's...

Multichannel News: Internet Video -- Friday, September 3, 2010

MTV Networks' Urge suite of music channels will no longer be available on Verizon's FiOS TV,...

Multichannel News: Internet Video -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Now, Snooki, Jwoww, Pauly D and The Situation and crew are keeping Nielsen company with Ozzie,...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Produces mosaic for U.S. Open...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Hoda Kotb from Today and Dateline NBC will be the keynote speaker at the Executive Women's...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

As part of its latest home giveaway, HGTV will award a Manhattan residence to the...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

With results of the 2010 Census expected to show a significant increase in the Hispanic...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Arris launched software designed to let cable customer-support reps and technicians get a...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Friday, September 3, 2010

A Hallmark Channels spokeswoman said negotiations had not resumed with AT&T over carriage of its...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Joins station as special projects...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Card-carrying talent to promote unions via Twitter over...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

WIPP, NBCSL among groups weighing...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks subscribers will be able to watch live sports from...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Friday, September 3, 2010

B&C - BC/DC: Eggerton On Washington -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Will work on any set-top or connected...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

SeaChange International posted solid results for its quarter ended July 31 -- swinging to a...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Increase far outpaces overall TV household...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Network neutrality stakeholders are split over whether the FCC's Title II reclassification...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Friday, September 3, 2010

ESPN will kick off ESPN Goal Line, a new college football highlights service, to subscribers to...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Digital channel's programs move up to big stage during quiet...

B&C - Breaking News -- Friday, September 3, 2010

Network neutrality fan John Kerry renewed his call for an Open Internet, but also called on...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Friday, September 3, 2010

The FCC has certified Dish Network to deliver distant network-affilated out-of-market TV station...

Multichannel News: Satellite TV -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Cable and broadcast trade associations had very different reactions to the news that Disney and...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Finds network now meets STELA...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

NAB, ACA voice disparate...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

No news was not good news for Hallmark Channels or its viewers who get AT&T...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

The FCC says less than half of fixed connections have advertised speeds that approximate the...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

The FCC has released its tentative agenda for the Sept. 23 public meeting and Title II...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Disney/ABC Television Group and its Walt Disney Co. sibling ESPN finalized their...

Multichannel News: Cable Operators -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

3Ality Digital Systems and graphics vendor Chyron are both supplying key production technology...

Multichannel News: Telco TV -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

ActiveVideo Networks has developed a 3DTV user interface that the company claims can be...

Multichannel News: Technology -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Giants/Pats contest will broadcast by...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

New report follows up July...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Succeeds Cardenas in...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

One day after a gunman terrorized employees at Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Staffersare greeted by company execs; security procedures at the building are being...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

WIWB, WBDT move for $11.5...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Action not expected until later in the...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

More silence marks channel's second day of going...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Latest NBC O&O to offer greatest-clips...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

B&C - BC/DC: Eggerton On Washington -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

'Big Brother' beats struggling...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

NBC Universal and Hulu are donating airtime to the Power to the Parent campaign urging safe...

Multichannel News: Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

The contract deadline between Disney and Time Warner Cable expired Wednesday night, but a...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

KNTV VP of sales moves down the California...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

B&C - BC/DC: Eggerton On Washington -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

AT&T's U-Verse has added 19 new Spanish-language channels to its multichannel video...

Multichannel News: Telco TV -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Donate airtime to "Power to the Parent" ad...

B&C - Breaking News -- Thursday, September 2, 2010

Executives at Time Warner Cable and The Walt Disney Co. continued to negotiate early Tuesday...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Effort to reclassify broadbandelement hits major...

B&C - Washington News -- Sunday, May 30, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Friday, May 28, 2010

Capitol Alert -- Friday, May 28, 2010

The National Telecommunications & Information Administration will give states and other state...

B&C - This Week in Broadcasting & Cable -- Friday, May 28, 2010

The Title II hits just keep on coming as 171 House Republicans have now asked FCC chairman...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Friday, May 28, 2010

Add John Dingell (D-Mich.) to the list of legislators cautioning the FCC about reclassifying...

Multichannel News: Policy -- Friday, May 28, 2010