• Dingell Praises Comcast For PEG Flexibility
• Diller Bites Back
• Copps Mulling Wholesale A La Carte Mandates
• The FCC, Robert McDowell And The Rules of 2008
• NBCU’s Zucker Hints At End Of Upfronts
• NATPE Panel Talks About What Works In Daytime
• NATPE Panelists Still Figuring Out Video On Demand

• Comcast Tests Foreign Interest In Reality Shows
• Next.TV Launches Private Beta With 100 Channels
• Rentrak Adds Eight Operators To VOD Roster
• MTVU Expands Distribution Via Charter, FiOS Pacts
• Advertising Targeting African Americans Tops $2.3 Billion, Nielsen Reports
• Gorder Has Designs On New HGTV Series

• TLC Reels In Cable Record Audience For Miss America Pageant

Dingell Praises Comcast For PEG Flexibility
House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) Tuesday afternoon saluted Comcast Corp. for its willingness to reach a compromise with local governments in Michigan on the carriage of public, educational, governmental channels. Comcast, for its part, affirmed it was not discriminating against PEG channels. click to read more...
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Diller Bites Back
IAC/InterActiveCorp officially shot back at Liberty Media’s attempt to remove chairman Barry Diller from its board of directors, calling the Denver media giant’s most recent move “preposterous.” click to read more...
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Copps Mulling Wholesale A La Carte Mandates
Federal Communications Commission Democrat Michael Copps said Tuesday he was still debating whether to force cable programmers to wholesale channels on an individual basis to cable and satellite TV operators. click to read more...
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The FCC, Robert McDowell And The Rules of 2008
Trying to figure out what the playing field will be like in the multichannel industry this year? Wondering how the rules will change? Participate in the MCN webinar today at 2 p.m.(ET). click to read more...
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NBCU’s Zucker Hints At End Of Upfronts
NBC Universal is contemplating big changes in the ways it develops programming and sells it to advertisers, including the possible cancellation of traditional upfronts by the media company in favor of in-person presentations at agencies, CEO Jeff Zucker said at the NATPE conference Tuesday. click to read more...
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NATPE Panel Talks About What Works In Daytime
It's still possible to come up with a hit idea for a daytime television show, but programmers can't just rely on a prominent host or star to launch a durable show, said syndication executives at a National Association of Television Programming Executives panel on the basics of the television business. click to read more...
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NATPE Panelists Still Figuring Out Video On Demand
Though purveyors of video-on-demand believe the product is past the novelty phase as a technology, executives are still learning a lot about consumer expectations for the platform. click to read more...
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Comcast Tests Foreign Interest In Reality Shows
Comcast International Media Group is testing the foreign market interest in reality fare such as Keeping Up With the Kardashians and Snoop Dogg's Father Hood. click to read more...
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Next.TV Launches Private Beta With 100 Channels
Next.TV launched a private beta test of its Web video service, with more than 100 video-on-demand channels provided by partners that include CBS, HSN, TV Guide and Showtime Networks. click to read more...
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Rentrak Adds Eight Operators To VOD Roster
Rentrak announced deals with eight operators for its video-on-demand measurement system, bringing the company’s roster of customers to more than 80. click to read more...
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MTVU Expands Distribution Via Charter, FiOS Pacts
In a first, MTV Networks’ college-targeted service next month will gain some 2.6 million subscribers -- outside its network of 750 campuses that reach some 7.5 million students. click to read more...
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Advertising Targeting African Americans Tops $2.3 Billion, Nielsen Reports
In its first 12-month analysis of ads targeting African Americans, Nielsen Tuesday reported that such spending totaled $2.3 billion, and national cable TV reported the biggest growth of any medium. click to read more...
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Gorder Has Designs On New HGTV Series
* In her new HGTV show, Genevieve Gorder, formerly with TLC’s Trading Spaces and Town Haul, will tackle homeowners’ design dilemmas, with problems posed via HGTV.com. click to read more...
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