• WGA Denies Deal With Studios
• WGA Strike's End Could Heat Up Cable's Summer
• New Leased Access Rules Released By FCC
• House Hearing Set For Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
• Touchdown! KAYU-TV, Time Warner Cable Reach Retrans Deal
• CSTV, CBS Sports Interact With Fans
• Iger, Staggs Ink New Employment Deals

• Cable Can Sue Now Over Dual Must-Carry
• CNN Calif. Democratic Debate Draws Landslide Viewership

• Caliendo Dishes For Dish
• Litton Lines Up Stations For ‘Storm Stories’

WGA Denies Deal With Studios
In response to published reports this weekend, the striking Writers Guild of America told its members Sunday that the union hasn’t struck a deal yet with Hollywood studios. click to read more...
Back to top

WGA Strike's End Could Heat Up Cable's Summer
A resolution to the Writers Guild of America strike within the next week could result in the resumption of production schedules that would return many of cable's original hit series to the airwaves this summer. click to read more...
Back to top

New Leased Access Rules Released By FCC
The Federal Communications Communications Commission released on Friday new cable leased access rules adopted last November that cap rates at 10 cents per month, per subscriber, an estimated 75% reduction from the current maximum. click to read more...
Back to top

House Hearing Set For Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
A special House panel is planning to hold a hearing Friday on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Internet portal Yahoo for $44.6 billion. click to read more...
Back to top

Touchdown! KAYU-TV, Time Warner Cable Reach Retrans Deal
They missed Paul Allen’s favorite football team, the Seattle Seahawks, this season, but gridiron fans in sections of Idaho, Montana and Washington will be able to see and hear Joe Buck and Troy Aikman call Super Bowl XLII after all. click to read more...
Back to top

CSTV, CBS Sports Interact With Fans
CSTV and CBS Sports have launched Fans Only, an interactive Web site that allows fans to fully create and customize their own online sports destination. click to read more...
Back to top

Iger, Staggs Ink New Employment Deals
Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger received a new five-year employment deal, one that raises his annual performance-based bonus to $10 million from $7.25 million and gives him options for 3 million shares. click to read more...
Back to top

Cable Can Sue Now Over Dual Must-Carry
Cable operators and programmers can go ahead and fight the Federal Communications Commission in court over the agency’s new rules that force double distribution of some TV stations by their local cable system. The ability to sue was triggered procedurally Friday when the FCC’s rules, adopted last September, were printed in the Federal Register. The time from FCC adoption to publication in the Federal Register spanned 143 days. click to read more...
Back to top

CNN Calif. Democratic Debate Draws Landslide Viewership
Thursday’s CNN Democratic California primary debate was a record-breaker, turning out to be the highest-rated primary debate in cable-news history. click to read more...
Back to top