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Brent Barry Joins NBA TV RosterMCN Staff, November 2, 2009Following in his father and brother's broadcasting footsteps, Brent Barry has joined NBA TV's studio squad. More
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NCTA, NBCU: FCC BitTorrent Order 'Shackles' ISPsJohn Eggerton, November 2, 2009The FCC's BitTorrent order "shackles" Internet service providers in their attemps to thwart online piracy, leaves network operators guessing about what reasonable network management is, undercuts the agnecy's own network neutrality proposal and should be vacated by the courts. More
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WebMD Founder Arnold, Dr. Oz Team On New Web Health Care Platform MCN Staff, November 2, 2009A number of high-profile partners care enough to want to share health care information on a new Web platform in 2010, scheduled to bow in 2010. More
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Burke Warns: TV Shift Is Comingby Mike Farrell and R. Thomas Umstead, October 31, 2009Comcast chief operating officer Steve Burke warned at a CTAM Summit '09 panel here Sunday that content providers and cable operators that don’t take heed to the shifting habits of video viewers to online and other alternative forms of viewing content, may wake up without a business in the not too distant future. More
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Quincy Smith To Form Consultancyby Alex Weprin (Broadcasting & Cable), October 31, 2009CBS Interactive CEO Quincy Smith will leave the company at the end of the year to form his own consulting business, but will continue to work for the company as a paid adviser. More
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Pro-Net Neutrality Senators Rally Around Genachowski's ProposalJohn Eggerton, October 30, 2009Network neutrality supporter Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and some leading senators are the latest in a list of legislators rallying around FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's network neutrality proposal. More
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'TV Everywhere' Services May Alienate Online-Only Consumers: SurveyBy Todd Spangler, October 30, 2009
Consumers who actively watch TV shows on the Internet -- but don't subscribe to cable or satellite services -- have lower incomes than pay-TV subscribers, according to a recent survey by research firm Interpret LLC.
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WGAE: Internet As Primary News Source Threatens Quality, JobsJohn Eggerton, October 30, 2009The Writers Guild of America East tell the Federal Trade Commission that it is increasingly difficult to create "reliable, informative material in the fact of unrelenting budget cuts," and that the government may need to better fund public media or otherwise protect newsgathering while the country figures out how much it is willing to pay for quality programming. More
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Cable-Tec Expo 2009: CableLabs Seeks Common Approach For 'TV Everywhere'By Todd Spangler, October 29, 2009CableLabs has issued a request for information to define elements for a common technical approach -- with the goal of using existing standards and specifications -- that would enable consumers to have secure online access to subscription video services delivered by any provider, a concept referred to in the industry as "TV Everywhere." More
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NAMIC 2009: Industry Needs To Find Consensus On Multiplatform Delivery Quickly: Panelistsby R. Thomas Umstead, October 28, 2009While an industry consensus on the "TV Everywhere" model has yet to be reached, panelists speaking on the subject at the NAMIC Conference general session here Wednesday say the industry has to find a solution quickly as consumer demand to access content on multiple platforms continues to grow. More
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Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Aurora Cranks QAM Transmitter To 80-Plus ChannelsTodd Spangler, October 28, 2009Aurora Networks is taking the wraps off a QAM transmitter designed to support more than 80 quadrature amplitude modulation channels, with an eye toward delivering more broadband, VOD and other narrowcast services More
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CTAM Summit 2009: Kilar: Hulu Not "Giving It Away" for FreeClaire Atkinson (Broadcasting & Cable), October 27, 2009Hulu CEO Jason Kilar responded to TV industry critics who complain that Hulu is undermining current models saying they haven't seen his business plan. More
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NAMIC 2009: Facebook's Hughes: Media Companies Must Use Social Platforms To Stay RelevantThomas Umstead, October 27, 2009The burgeoning social media platform is just beginning to revolutionize the communication and information arena, so media companies need to find ways to utilize the platform to stay relevant in a fast moving information world, according to Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes. More
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CTAM Summit 2009: VOD, Mobile Apps Dominate Cable's Future Plansby Mike Farrell, October 27, 2009A panel of cable programmers, operators and MSO technical gurus at the CTAM Summit here Tuesday mapped out their consumer product strategies for the future and the consensus appears to be that offerings that enhance the video- on-demand experience and provide customers with more mobility will rule the day. More
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NBA Double Dribbles With League Pass Broadband OfferingThomas Umstead, October 27, 2009As the National Basketball Association prepares to tip off its 2009-10 regular season tonight, the NBA and Turner Sports's NBA Digital will launch a new and improved NBA League Pass Broadband package which will let consumers choose between accessing online every NBA game live or just those of select teams. More
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CTAM Summit 2009: Nat Geo, Fox Back ‘Great Migrations' With Educational InitiativeKent Gibbons, October 27, 2009Following the announcement of Great Migrations - the most ambitious global programming project in National Geographic history - National Geographic Channel and Fox Cable Networks are also offering cable affiliates a chance to participate in an accompanying educational initiative. More
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ACA: FCC Needs To Restrict Closed Internet ModelsJohn Eggerton, October 26, 2009The American Cable Association says that if the FCC wants to ensure "unfettered" access to Internet content, it will need to restrict what ACA calls closed Internet models.
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CTAM Summit 2009: WE TV, Wedding Central Join Martha Stewart's Wedding ExpoMCN Staff, October 26, 2009Beginning Nov. 14 and running through February 2010, WE TV and Wedding Central will be a featured vendor during Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's first-ever virtual Luxury Wedding Expo at Luxuryweddingexpo.com. More
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CTAM Summit 2009: Clearleap Adds Content Partners For Web-To-VOD PlatformTodd Spangler, October 26, 2009Clearleap, which sells a system for ingesting Internet-based content to video-on-demand, has added programming from eight partners and is letting pay-TV operators add content grouped by genre through the newly introduced Content Marketplace service. More
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Netflix Queues Up Sony's PlayStation 3By Todd Spangler, October 26, 2009Netflix's exclusive distribution deal with Microsoft Xbox 360 for game consoles is ending, as the movie-rental provider next month will let U.S. subscribers access its Internet-to-TV video-on-demand service through Sony PlayStation 3 gaming consoles. More
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