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Deal Done: Weather Channel Sold To NBCU and Bain/Blackstone Combo - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 06 Jul 2008 12:53 PM PST

The Weather Channel deal is finally done, and announced on a lazy, bright and clear July 4th weekend Sunday: Landmark Communications has agreed to sell The Weather Channel to a…

DISH And AT&T Done; Agreement Terminates At End Of The Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 01 Jul 2008 02:38 PM PST

As anticipated, AT&T (NYSE: T) will not renew its resale agreement with DISH at the end of the year, according to a regulatory filing made by the satellite operator this…

Industry Moves: NBC Universal Promotes Zigler President, Digital Entertainment - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 30 Jun 2008 09:41 AM PST

Vivi Zigler is being promoted to president, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Digital Entertainment. The change is meant to reflect the added responsibilities she’s accrued under her previous title, EVP, NBC…

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UK’s ‘Hulu’ Kangaroo Delayed By Anti-Trust Inquiry - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 30 Jun 2008 04:53 AM PST

In the UK, the launch of the “Kangaroo” VOD JV between BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 faces significant delay after the government’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT)…

FCC Regs Opening Pay TV Service To Telcos Upheld By Appeals Court - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 27 Jun 2008 05:53 PM PST

Telcos scored a victory in federal court Friday upholding an earlier Federal Communications Commission ruling that will ease the path for companies like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T)…

Several Days In May: PBS Claims Its Web Traffic Tops Broadcast; Depends Who You Ask - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 26 Jun 2008 12:00 PM PST

PBS is crediting improved video offerings and search engine optimization efforts for helping propel its traffic upward 25 percent over last year, a leap that helped it beat the broadcast…

Updated: NBCU Will Provide Advertisers With Streaming Metrics For Specific NBC.com Shows - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 25 Jun 2008 10:40 AM PST

Trying to carve out another space where it differs from the competition, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is claiming first-in status when it comes to providing metrics on streaming media to…

Charter Has Second Thoughts On Targeted Ads Directed At Broadband Subscribers - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 24 Jun 2008 02:46 PM PST

Score one for privacy advocates: Charter Communications (NSDQ: CHTR) is abandoning plans to place behavioral ads on web pages that are accessed by its broadband service subscribers, PC World reports.…

IMG In Talks To Buy Mark Burnett Prods. - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jun 2008 02:42 PM PST

IMG, the big sports and talent agency which was in news recently about a trial-balloon-attempt to buy the company, is in advanced talks to buy reality TV titan Mark Burnett’s…

NBC Plays Spoilsport For Trials Multimedia; Will Force Pre-Beijing Takedown - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 23 Jun 2008 08:12 AM PST

Someone at NBC Sports needs to find that fine balance between managing the network’s expensive Beijing Olympics rights and and making the vise so tight that it turns people off—and…

ABC-Disney Opens Slightly More: Syndicating Full Shows To Veoh, To Buy More Traffic - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 22 Jun 2008 08:15 PM PST

ABC, among the most conservative of online players when it comes to syndicating its own TV shows (but among the most progressive in putting shows within its own branded environment,…

Malone Predicts NBC’s Broadband Olympic Strategy Will Flop - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 20 Jun 2008 04:34 PM PST

The man who once predicted a television universe with 500 channels isn’t too thrilled with the internet version. Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) Chairman John Malone, also now the chairman of…

Wazoo Sports Raises $2 Million For High School Sports Broadcasting - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 18 Jun 2008 06:12 PM PST

Wazoo Sports, a site that broadcasts high school sporting events online, has raised $2 million from Meritus Ventures. The Kentucky-based company says it will use the funding to expand its…

US IPTV Subscriptions Quadrupled In 2007; Not Taking Away From Satellite (Yet): iSuppli - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 18 Jun 2008 01:32 PM PST

Halfway through 2008, iSuppli is out with its assessment of the IPTV market for 2007. IPTV sometimes gets used for all kinds of things, though in this case they’re talking…

Microsoft Buys TV Ad Placement Firm Navic Network - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 17 Jun 2008 09:09 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) continues on its M&A streak, though a much smaller one: it has bought out Waltham, MA-based Navic Systems, an eight-year-old company that helps advertisers place ads on…

AT&T Demands Payment On $500 Million DISH Note; So Does This Mean No Deal? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 17 Jun 2008 07:26 PM PST

Given the old rumors that AT&T (NYSE: T) might eventually acquire DISH, this filing after the bell should’ve jumped out a little more… In it, DISH says AT&T is requiring…

When TV Ratings Miss Their Mark, ABC Offers ‘Make-Good’ Ad Space Online - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 16 Jun 2008 07:53 AM PST

The 100-day writers strike that ended in February has taken its toll on the TV networks’ ratings. Since TV advertisers negotiate prices based on guaranteed ratings targets, a wave of…

Macrovision Acquires Assets From ThoughtWorthy Media For TV Search And Metadata - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 13 Jun 2008 05:30 AM PST

A small deal for Macrovision… the company says it has acquired technology and the website of ThoughtWorthy Media, a vertical, TV-related search engine. The agreement was entered back into January…

Discovery Communications: Executive Pay, $31 Million In Digital Media Revs; Anti-Takeover Measures - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:20 AM PST

As Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) gets set to trade as a standalone company, it has filed a detailed, preliminary proxy filing, explaining what the business consists of, its financial picture,…

WBTVG Inks Syndication Deals With Joost, TiVo, Veoh, Others - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:00 AM PST

Now that its online programming is ready to go, Warner Brothers Television Group has lined up a roster of distribution partners: Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and Veoh…

eBay Pulls The Plug On Cable TV, Radio Ad Exchange - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Jun 2008 03:03 PM PST

After struggling for more than a year to attract advertisers, cable TV networks and radio stations to its Online Media Exchange, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has decided to close it down,…

ABC Considers Major Online Newscast Overhaul; CBS Looks To CNET, Celebs For Boost - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Jun 2008 09:27 PM PST

When it comes to all the tropes the broadcast networks continue to cling to, the national evening news shows are arguably the most in need of drastic change. As the…

Ad Industry Roundup: IPG; NYTCo.; IAB; IPG; Facebook; Coke; Meebo - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Jun 2008 12:15 PM PST

-- IPG’s investment strategy: Forget Interpublic Group’s ad strategy; their investment activity is much more interesting… At the Deutsche Bank conference this week, IPG CEO Michael Roth reviewed the company’s…

‘Canoe Ventures’ Unveiled; Aegis’ Verklin To Head New Cable Ad Targeting Unit - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 09 Jun 2008 07:48 PM PST

As widely expected, outgoing Aegis Media Americas CEO David Verklin will head the new Comcast-backed cable ad targeting company Canoe Ventures—previously known as “Project Canoe,” WSJ reports. Introduced back in…

Broadband Content Bits: ESPN360.com; Network Sites’ Visits; UK, Canada iTunes; MySpace; Hulu - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 09 Jun 2008 09:55 AM PST

-- ESPN (NYSE: DIS) reports audience growth across online and TV viewership: ESPN’s NBA coverage has grown across the company’s online and TV platforms. Its broadband network ESPN360.com provided live…