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- December 31
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- ABC To Erect A VOD Paywall On Jan. 6
- ABC To Erect A VOD Paywall On January 6
- Jim Ocon to Join KDFW
- FCC: Internet Access Is Speeding Up
- Primetime Ratings: ‘Mike & Molly’ Leads Pack of Reruns
- Comcast, Microsoft Ironing Out Xbox One Software Glitch
- Reed Hastings: The New $6 Million Man
- Federal Court Won't Review Dual-Carriage/Viewability Rule Sunset
- Netflix Tries Out $6.99 Single-Stream Tier
- December 30
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- Cablevision Secretary, Deputy General Counsel Retires
- Tim Tebow Joins SEC Network
- Golf Channel Tees Off on Radio via SiriusXM Pact
- OWN Lands Rights to 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'
- Rdio Shutters Vdio
- Raff, Gus Get On FS1's Big East Bus on Dec. 31
- Comcast’s ‘Streampix’ Multiscreen Video Service Adds Download Option
- Ralph Oakley Joins NAB TV Board
- Cox, Bright House Complete WiFi Connection
- December 29
- December 27
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- A&E Reinstates 'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson
- Phil Robertson to Return to 'Duck Dynasty'
- John Miller Leaves CBS for NYPD
- Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Bang’ Lifts CBS on Rerun-Heavy Night
- Alabama Coach Nick Saban to Join BCS Championship Pregame Coverage
- Starz Fortifies Finance Group with Senior Promotions
- December 26
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- Time Warner Cable, Morgan Murphy, Renew Retrans Pact
- TorrentFreak: 'Game of Thrones' Was 2013’s Most Pirated Show
- CTIA Launches App Data Use Site
- MBPT Spotlight: EY Explores the Future Of Television And Its Impact On Viewers And Marketers
- ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' Up 7% From 2012
- SeaChange To Tout Multiscreen Mix At CES
- Showtime Launches Production Blog Chronicling Rise of ‘Penny Dreadful’
- TCM Remembers Joan Fontaine, Peter O'Toole on Dec. 29
- Bryant Gumbel, Jane Pauley Return to 'Today'
- December 24
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- Time Warner Cable, Viacom Sign Carriage Agreement
- Jacksonville Rides ‘Fully Local’
- Taking ‘On Your Side’ To Heart
- Boston’s Finest Is Also The Nation’s Finest
- Editorial: Credit Due
- Editorial: Try, Try Again
- Local TV Leaders Weigh In on Way Out
- Wheeler’s Carrot-And-Stick Approach
- ‘Most Wonderful Time of The Year’ for NFL: January
- December 23
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- Showtime Will Tease 'House of Lies' With Improv Special
- Twitter Chairman Joins Disney Board of Directors
- GCI Buys Alaska Stations
- TNT Gets Rights To 'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug'
- 'House Of Lies' Stars Perform In Improv Show
- NAB Acquires CCW, SATCON
- Tribune Acquires Gracenote From Sony For $170 Million
- IFC, Alamo Drafthouse Create 'Slightly Off Cinema Sundays'
- Pay-TV Firms, CEA, Energy Agree On Set-Top Standards
- Gannett Sells 3 TV Stations To Meredith
- NAB Acquires CCW and SATCON
- Gannett Sells KMOV, KTVK, KASW to Meredith for $407.5 Million
- Market Eye: Updatin’ in Dayton
- B&C’s General Manager, News Director and Multiplatform Broadcaster of the Year
- App-etite for Innovation Fuels Disney Sea Change
- Wheeler Looks to Make Ownership His Own
- Weather Channel Forecast Is for Early Upfront Event
- Finding New Ways To Weather the Storms
- Veteran Sitcoms Struggle In November Sweeps
- A&E’s ‘Dynasty’ Dilemma
- Cable Stocks: Up, Up and Away
- Uniting and Conquering on the Georgia Border
- A ‘Versatile Mind’ Broadens AMC
- Comcast Expands Its Silicon Valley Presence
- Winning Means Doing Right by New Orleans
- Tribune, Time Warner Cable Reach Retransmission Deal
- December 22
- December 20
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- Eagle Acquires USA Communications Systems
- Comcast To Launch ‘Movie Night’ App For X1 In 2014
- Time Warner Cable Won't Drop NECN
- TWC Won't Drop New England Cable Network
- Longtime HBO Exec Barbara Jaffe Retires
- FCC Approves Gannett/Belo and Tribune/Local TV
- 2014 Predictions: More, Better, Faster Ahead
- FCC Clears Way For Dish To Bid In H Block Auction
- GCI Sets 1-Gig Plan
- Rockefeller Expresses Concern about Lifting In-flight Cell Phone Ban
- Rockefeller Concerned About Lifting In-flight Cell Phone Ban
- IFC Original Programming Head Debbie DeMontreux Resigns
- Internet Society Names Kathryn Brown CEO
- Audiovox’s Dyle-Compatible Receiver Adds Kindle Fire To Device Mix
- Discovery, Redford Firm Producing New Series ‘The West’
- Kathryn Brown Named Internet Society CEO
- Pai: Beware Voluntary Commitments
- Time Warner Cable Wraps Up 2013 WiFi Rollouts
- December 19
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- 'Katie' to End After This Season
- NBCU Will Present 539 Linear TV Hours from 2014 Olympics
- TWC Settles Complaint With FTC
- KXAS, Dallas Morning News Partner
- CARU: Marvelkids.com No Longer In Privacy Self-Reg Program
- Fox Orders Up More 'MasterChef Junior'
- Epix App Now Available on Windows 8.1 Platform
- TWC Tucks Set-Top UI Into The Cloud
- Primetime Ratings: Barbara Walters Special Leads ABC to Wednesday Win
- Sean Combs' Revolt and Clear Channel to Partner on 2014 Programming
- Animal Planet to Document Levison Wood's Nile Walk
- Nexstar, Mission to Acquire Six Stations for $37.5 Million
- BIA Kelsey: Retrans, Ad Revenue Boost TV Station Investor Confidence
- Revolt To Simulcast 'The Breakfast Club' Morning Radio Show
- BIA/Kelsey's Local Media Index Shows Television Stocks Exceeding S&P 500 in 2013
- A&E Suspends Phil Robertson from 'Duck Dynasty' over Anti-Gay Comments
- Phil Robertson Suspended From ‘Duck Dynasty’
- BIA/Kelsey: Station Group Stocks Up 185% Through Q3
- December 18
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- NEP to Acquire Global Television
- Alticast Set-Top ‘Stick’ Will Run The RDK
- Gray Picks Up KEVN Rapid City For $7.75 Million
- TruTV Launches Live-Streaming via Mobile App, Website,
- Yeah! AMC Movie Streaming Service Launches iPad App
- WME Bulks Up With IMG Buy
- Five Stations Grab duPont-Columbia Awards For Journalism
- Veto Upped to Executive VP at SJL Broadcasting
- FCC Votes To Eliminate Sports Blackout Rule
- NBCU's 'Meredith Vieira' Cleared in 85% of U.S.
- Netflix's Hastings: Personalization Is Double-Edged Sword
- Nielsen Stat: VOD Viewers Watch Longer
- Senate Data Broker Report: Huge Data Collection Under 'Veil of Secrecy'
- TW Cable Unifies Its TV Everywhere Apps, Adds Kindle Fire To Mix
- 'The Walking Dead' Creator Sues AMC
- Me-TV Finds New Dallas Home
- CBS Sports Network Begins 'Boomer & Carton' Simulcast on Jan. 6
- Army's Starting Strong Media Buy Makes Coburn 'Wastebook'
- A&E, Lifetime Apps Added To Xbox 360
- Ensequence Signs First Set Of Interactive Ad Partners
- CDD Filing TC Complaints Against Disney, Sanrio
- December 17
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- ESPN Returns to Arena Football League
- CDD Filing FTC Complaints Against Disney, Sanrio
- Showtime's Broner-Maidana Fight Draws 1.3 Million Viewers
- Fox Stations Add SRP's Two-Hour STEM Block
- Marshall Joins NBCU Advertising Sales Group
- MBPT Spotlight: ‘One Solution’ Quietly Integrating Major Brands Into TV One, Radio One and Interactive One
- ESPN Extends Pact With Canada’s TSN, RDS
- Pivot Picks Up 'Buffy,' 'Veronica Mars'
- Pivot Acquires 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer,' 'Veronica Mars' Rights
- Syndication Ratings: 'Dr. Oz' Up in Down Week
- Winners Set For 2014 Multicultural TV Leadership Awards
- Verizon FiOS TV App Hits The Xbox One
- Verizon FiOS TV App Hits The Xbox One
- Fox Deportes Turns Its Shoulder Toward Brazil, World Cup
- UniMás Scores With MLS Cup Telecast
- Target, Telemundo Team on Holiday Special
- America TeVé: A Distinct Draw Along the East Coast
- TWC Funds Broadband Adoption, Literacy Study
- Sprint, Dish To Trial Fixed Wireless Broadband
- Wheeler Names New Acting Head Of Legislative Affairs
- Wheeler Paves Way for Combined Media Ownership Review
- Comcast Business Adds Swiftpage To Upware Lineup
- Facebook Launches New Video Advertising Format
- iControl Opens Up Device Ecosystem
- Frontier To Buy AT&T’s Connecticut Wireline Business For $2B
- Netflix Hires Comedy Exec Jane Wiseman
- December 16
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- TWC TV Everywhere App Gets More Localized
- Comcast Spotlight Adds Ad Partner
- Marco Bresaz to Head Unscripted Programming for AMC
- Sources: Rockefeller Looking to Fast Track Violence Bill
- 'Homeland' Concludes Third Season with Record 2.4M Viewers
- FORUM 14 Heads to Atlanta
- Ion To Acquire Roberts Broadcasting Trio
- Comcast, Khan Academy Make Education and Technology Connection
- TNF: NFL Network Sets Franchise Mark, Averaging 8M Viewers
- Comcast Taps Retail To Pitch Pair of Prepaid Products In Michigan
- Suddenlink Calls On Neustar
- Marc Buhaj To Head Disney XD
- Justice: Sander Can't Keep KMOV
- Armstrong Named Comcast SVP Investor Relations
- David E. Kelley and Jay Leno Among Inductees to Television Academy's Hall of Fame
- Fuse Adds Georgie Okell To 'Fuse News' On-Air Team
- NBC Olympics to Present 1,000 Live-Stream Hours from Sochi
- Low Power Lobby Names Executive Director
- Cognitive, DG Team On Interactive TV Ads
- WNBC’s Manney Named WXYZ News Director
- Netflix Acquires Streaming Rights for 'Better Call Saul'
- Channel Master DVR+ Caters To Cord-Cutters, Over-The-Air TV Homes
- Playing By the New Midseason Rules
- Groups’ Leverage Gains Set New Industry Tone
- Anchors Eagerly Waiting To Sample New Burgundy
- Editorial: Getting It Right
- Editorial: It’s Baack?!
- …And the Technical Emmys Go to…
- TV Everywhere’s Success Hinges On Simplicity: Panel
- Market Eye: When It Comes to Storms, Joplin Says ‘Show Me’
- FCC Scrutinizing Super Groups
- CBS Finds New Broadcast Model ‘Under the Dome’
- FCC’s Bid for Posterity
- S3 Group Touts Revenue Growth
- NCTA Videos Warn Against Landing In ‘Sheet Hole’
- Arguments Against Retrans Muscle Gain Momentum
- G.fast Advances DSL Toward 1-Gigabit
- TV Everywhere’s Success Hinges on Simplicity: Panel
- 2013 Golden Globe TV-Category Nominees
- NimbleTV Takes Manhattan
- December 15
- December 14
- December 13
- December 12
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- Mediaocean Launches Connect
- Scalise Reintroduces Video Reform Bill
- Eshoo Introduces Retrans Bill
- Verizon Tunes Up More On-The-Go TV
- Verizon Tunes Up More On-The-Go TV
- Disney Channel Taps Kids Of Iconic Fairy Tale Villains In New Original Movie
- Cable Bahamas Buys Florida Properties
- NuvoTV Acquires Cable Syndication Rights To ‘Dexter’
- Cablevision Blasts Broadcasters For Tying RS-DVR To Aereo Litigation
- MBPT Spotlight: It’s A Small(er) Global World, After All
- CSN Houston Bankruptcy: Rockets Now Lead Affiliate Negotiator
- Providence Equity Partners Vet Joins Comcast
- FCC Proposes Fining Maryland Noncoms for EEO Violation
- Advanced Advertising Summit: Dec. 10, 2013
- HGTV to Ring in 2014 With Array of Specials, New Series, Fresh Episodes
- Genband CTO Joins FCC Tech Council
- NAB on Retrans: There's 'Snow' Problem
- G.fast Shoots For 1-Gig Speeds
- Viaplay Rides thePlatform
- FX Orders Gordon and Raff's 'Tyrant' to Series
- December 11
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- FX Orders Gordon and Raff's 'Tyrant' to Series
- CBS Sports Ups Sabatelle to SVP of Communications
- ABC Family Names Ascheim President
- Ascheim Tapped as New ABC Family President
- Dingell Warns FCC Against Limiting Spectrum Auction Bidders
- Comcast Sees More Media Partners Joining 'SEEiT'
- A+E Rebranding BIO Channel Into Lifestyles-Based Network
- A+E To Rebrand Bio As FYI Lifestyle Net
- Pivot Names Morris and Blake Senior VPs
- CBS Sports Ups Sabatelle to Senior VP, Communications
- Advanced Ad: Initiative's Leece Says Category Lacks Scale, But Is Taking Off
- Democrats Tee Up Host Of Issues For FCC Oversight Hearing
- Primetime Ratings: 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' Tops Tuesday
- BeIN Sport Retains IMS To Sell National Advertising
- Wheeler on In-Flight Call Vote: We Aren't Federal Courtesy Commission
- Democrats Tee Up Host Of Issues for FCC Oversight Hearing
- Bonten Stations Dark on Dish
- AT&T Lights Up Austin Fiber Network
- HBO, 'Breaking Bad' Lead SAG Award Nominations
- Comcast Expands Silicon Valley Presence
- Samsung Joins The RDK Club
- December 10
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- Advanced Advertising: Addressable Ready To Grow Beyond 'Crawl' Phase
- Moonves: Time Warner Cable Deal Set Mark
- Comedy Central Greenlights Three Additional Seasons Of 'Tosh.0'
- Moonves: Time Warner Cable Deal Set Mark
- Fisher Named SVP Marketing, Brand Strategy, for Two NBCUniversal Divisions
- CableOne’s McKenna Announces Retirement
- Carey: A La Carte’s A ‘Farce’
- Tumulty Named CBS Affiliate Relations President
- Showtime Snags Big Ratings For ‘Homeland,’ ‘Masters Of Sex’
- Twentieth's 'Divorce Court' Renewed Through 2015
- Bill Introduced To Protect PEG Channels
- Baldwin, Markey Introduce Bill To Protect PEG Channels
- NBC Orders 'Rosemary's Baby' Miniseries
- VH1 Acquires `Happy Endings’ Series
- CSN Chicago President Jim Corno Dies, 66
- MBPT Spotlight: If The Brand Don’t Fit, The Celebrity Won’t Wear It
- Elemental Muscles Up For 4K
- NBCUniversal Foundation Grants $1.2 Million To Local Non-Profits
- NimbleTV Goes Live In NYC
- December 9
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- NAB Inducts Steve Harvey Into Broadcasting Hall of Fame
- 'The Real' Sold in More Than 70% of U.S.
- Legendary Acquires Asylum Entertainment
- NCTA Asks FCC To Rethink Special Access Data Collection
- First Half of 'Bonnie & Clyde' Simulcast Averages 9.8M Viewers
- Viacom's Dauman Sees Virtual MVPD
- John O'Hara Named Executive VP Warner Bros. Brand Networks
- Zaslav Says TV Everywhere Revenues Hard to Pin Down
- Zaslav Says 'TV Everywhere' Revenues Are Hard to Pin Down
- Vubiquity Names Darcy Antonellis CEO
- Scripps Swims Upstream In Search of New Revenue
- Sarah Palin To Host Original Series on Sportsman Channel
- Syndie Time Slots Suddenly Tighten Up
- Victor Takes Key Role At Comcast Business
- Verizon To Acquire EdgeCast
- Verizon To Acquire EdgeCast
- Verizon To Acquire EdgeCast
- FCC’s Wheeler Delivers In Debut as Toastmaster
- Transactional VOD Struggles for Growth: Study
- ‘Tornado’ Offers Controversial Spin On Cable TV Competition
- Matthew Zelesko: Injecting a Startup Mentality
- Sports Executive of the Year: Skipper Keeps ESPN Ship Steady As She Grows
- Comcast Is Gearing Up For IP Video-Ad Insertion
- Editorial: Time for Action
- Holiday Movies Give Hallmark a Ratings Lift
- Market Eye: Return of the Kings
- Holiday Sales Encourage App-etizing Strategies
- We Interrupt This Program…
- El Plan for El Rey: Hook Next-Gen Viewers
- Bonnie & Clyde
- Deals Caught Between Rock(efeller) and Hard Place
- Chuck Pagano: ESPN’s Calculated Risk-Taker
- 'Redskins' Critics Urged To File FCC Indecency Complaints
- December 7
- December 6
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- Kennedy to Host 'The Independents' on Fox Business Network
- Legendary TV Inks Deal With Ben Stiller
- AMC Cancels 'Low Winter Sun'
- Review: 'Bonnie & Clyde'
- SEC Network Unveils Brand Campaign
- Fox Nets Champions League Renewal: Sources
- Daniel Holloway Joins B&C As Programming and Digital Media Editor
- Doug Ellin Signs Three-Year Deal With CBS
- Christina Wayne Signs Endemol Studios' First Pod Deal
- FCC's Wheeler: Incentive Auction Will Be Mid-2015
- CTAM Ends Mark Awards After 30 Years
- Time Warner Cable Names Lee SVP Mergers & Acquisitions
- ITU Hails Mandela for Commitment to Bridging Communications Divide
- December 5
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- Networks Present Special Nelson Mandela Coverage
- Fox Sports Shuffles Executive Lineup
- Networks Went Into Special Reports With Nelson Mandela Coverage
- BEA Puts Half-Trillion Price Tag on Culture, Arts
- WFSB Hartford To Stay Out of Newtown Dec. 14
- TNT Draws 2.3 Million for 'Mob City' Premiere
- Verizon FiOS TV Expands Out-Of-Home Streaming Roster
- Verizon FiOS TV Expands Out-Of-Home Streaming Roster
- Netflix, AMC, Comedy Central Top Writers Guild Awards Nominations
- World Cup 2014: Kicking Around ESPN's Coverage Plans with Jed Drake
- Comcast’s Electronic Video Store Outsells iTunes For ‘Despicable Me 2’
- House Approves Innovation Act
- Ex-Yahoo Exec Heads Up Comcast AdDelivery Service
- Ex-Cisco Sales Exec Joins Adara
- House To Vote On Patent Troll Bill
- WWE Restructures Executive Ranks With Eye Toward Building Brand
- December 4
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- Networks Diverge On Treatment Of Newtown Tapes
- Hearst Television Will Deploy Bitcentral's Oasis
- Reports: Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC
- Hubbard Picks CoxReps For National Sales
- Hubbard Television Selects Internet Broadcasting
- TV Land Renews ‘The Soul Man’
- MBPT Spotlight: Several Lower-Rated Broadcast Series Have Higher-Income Viewers
- Walden Will Seek Abbreviated STELA Renewal
- Merritt Helms Biz Services For Comcast’s Mountain Region
- BET Draws 4.1 Million For `Soul Train Awards’
- Sather Named KCCI Des Moines General Manager
- Review: TV Land's 'Kirstie'
- Primetime Ratings: Despite Repeats, CBS Leads Tuesday in Total Viewers
- LIN Partners With Rep Firm Katz
- Fox Sells Out Super Bowl With Spots Going for $4.5M
- SK Broadband Taps Arris For Planned 1-Gig Service
- Barrington Vet Cornelius On Board at Morgan Murphy
- Tennis Appeals Comcast Decision to Supremes
- Viacom Creates Convergent Ad Sales Structure
- TV One Signs ESPN.com Editor Shannon Cross As 'News One Now' Anchor
- DirecTV Splashes Cash On LiveClips and i.TV
- Viacom Merges Ad Staff To Sell Across Platforms
- Sony PlayStation Bus Heading for Madison Ave
- December 3
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- NBC Renews 'The Blacklist' for Second Season
- MPAA: Court Says Hotfile Must Protect Copyrighted Content or Shut Down
- 'Ron Burgundy' to Anchor 'SportsCenter' on Dec. 5
- Starz Plays On The Xbox 360
- ESPN Taps Quintet As First World Cup Analysts
- ESPN Taps Quintet As First World Cup Analysts
- Huawei CEO Threatens To Exit U.S. Market: Report
- Time Warner Cable Offers Starter TV with HBO Package
- Debmar-Mercury's 'Celebrity Name Game' Cleared in More Than 80% of U.S.
- Fantasy Sports Network Looks To Become a Reality In March
- Optimum TV Expands Music Choice Video Library
- Time Warner Cable Offers Starter TV with HBO Package
- Lifestyle Media Expands Edible Communities
- AT&T Breaks Out New On-Screen Weather App
- NTIA To Tackle Facial Recognition Software
- SCTE Lights Up Energy Standards Initiatives
- Delivery Agent Hires CFO
- December 2
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- The Chernin Group Grabs Majority Stake in Crunchyroll
- ATSC Unveils Candidate Standard for Interactive TV
- Broadcast Exec Lew Dickey Sr. Dies
- Supremes Won't Hear Appeal of N.Y. Online Tax Law
- Aldridge Named WACH Columbia GM
- U-Verse Scratches TVG Horse Racing Network
- U-Verse Scratches TVG Horse Racing Network
- Callanan Named KGAN GM
- TNT Takes 'Mob City' Screenplay Into Twittersphere
- Studios Slam Aereo As Bringing Chaos to Content
- Comcast Sees Gold in Putting C3 Spots in Older VOD Shows
- Market Eye: Maine Attractions
- New Wrinkle in TV Arena Is Print’s Image Makeover
- 'GMA's Champion to Host The Weather Channel's New Morning Show
- Editorial: Speak Up
- Sam Champion Leaving ABC News for Weather Channel
- Editorial: Great Minds
- Trinity Broadcasting Founder Paul Crouch Dies, 79
- Editorial: Moving Time
- Ultra HD Needs Standards To Go With Practices
- C-DOCSIS Gains Some Steam
- CBS Sports Network's Addition of 'Boomer & Carton' Simulcast Excites Berson
- Established Comedies Prove Oldies But Goodies
- Poynter Teaching Reporters To Shoot Straight
- Stations Take Conan Barbs to Heart
- TNT Adopts New ‘Mob’ Mentality
- Guild Pans UHF Discount
- FCC Eyes Big Pockets
- Full-Season On-Demand Builds Audience
- Rosenworcel Names Policy Director
- Akamai Pays $370M For Cloud Security Firm
- Burgundy Goes to Bismarck: ‘We’re Not Sure Why He Chose Us’
- Trinity Founder Paul Crouch Dies
- Comcast Trials Aim To Unlock VOD Ad Dollars, Measure TV Binge Viewing
- Comcast Takes on iTunes With ‘Xfinity TV Store’
- CableLabs Spec Aims to Simplify Multiscreen VOD
- Cable Fine Indicates FCC Wants Punishment to Sting
- MyTVChoice Takes a New Angle on Ad-Skipping
- Comcast, Twitter Go Social With ‘SEEiT’
- For Kids, Second Screen Comes First
- Houston RSN Mess Worsens
- TiVo Considering A Play With RDK
- Merger Outlook: Mobility Deals Are on the Horizon
- Will AMC Money Drive Malone’s Deals?
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