Cable TV Conventions

NCTA Seeks Nominees for 2013 Vanguard Awards

By: MCN Staff | Feb 19 2013 - 5:33pm

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has issued its annual call for nominations for the Vanguard Awards, the cable industry’s highest honor.

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Cox's Woisard, ESPN's LaPlaca To Co-Chair Forum 2013

By: MCN Staff | Feb 19 2013 - 4:42pm

Leigh Woisard, vice president of public affairs at Cox Communications, and Chris LaPlaca, senior vice president of corporate communications at ESPN Inc., will serve as

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Blunt to Speak at ACA

By: John Eggerton | Feb 17 2013 - 11:59pm

Sen. Roy Blunt is the latest addition to the American Cable Association's Washington Summit, which will mark the group's 20th anniversary.

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HRTS: Iger: TV's 'Golden Age' Great for Consumers, Not for Programmers

By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 23 2013 - 8:16pm

Robert Iger, chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Co., maintains that the influx of new competitors in today's television marketplace has created a new Golden Age

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TCA: 'Dexter' to Return Early in June to Launch 'Ray Donovan'

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 12 2013 - 7:24pm

  Pasadena, Calif. -- Showtime's highest-rated series, Dexter, will return early for its eighth season on June 30, Showtime president of entertainment

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TCA: Showtime Orders ‘Penny Dreadful' Horror Series

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 12 2013 - 7:19pm

Pasadena, Calif. -- Showtime has given a series commitment to psychosexual horror series Penny Dreadful created, written and executive-produced by John Logan, the

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CES: Genachowski Cites Need for Additional Spectrum

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 10 2013 - 12:24am

  CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro dubbed Julius Genachowski the "spectrum chairman" in a wide ranging interview over commission policies that

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TCA Winter 2013 : Landgraf on Violence Debate: Blame High-Capacity Guns, Not TV Content

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 9 2013 - 2:47pm

 

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CES: Second-Screen Apps Central to Multiplatform Efforts

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 9 2013 - 2:44pm

Executives from a number of major programmers and studios stressed the growing importance of second-screen applications and experiences for their multiplatform

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CES: Aereo CEO Details Expansion Plans

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 9 2013 - 2:40pm

With the completion of a $38 million round of Series B funding, announced Tuesday, Aereo has raised more than enough funding to complete the rollout of the service

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