• Cable Networks Sue FCC Over Dual Carriage
• Murdoch: We Don't Want Yahoo
• Chernin: Fox Keeping The Upfront
• FCC Reform, DTV Top House Panel’s 2008
• Super Bowl XLII Tackles Record 97.5 Million Viewers
• Barfing Baby Was Most TiVo'd Super Bowl Ad
• ESPN Looks To Grow Broadband Portal's Base

• Serafina Holdings Finalizes $5 Billion Intelsat Buy
• Comcast Adds On-Demand Debuts
• Survey: More Internet Users Watch Web TV Than Cable VOD

• CNN to Offer 40-Hour Marathon of Super Tuesday Primary Coverage
• Disney’s ‘Suite Life’ Takes To The Seas

Cable Networks Sue FCC Over Dual Carriage
Major cable TV programmers, including C-SPAN, Discovery Communications and The Weather Channel, are suing to block the Federal Communications Commission from forcing cable systems to carry some local TV stations in analog and digital format for three years, beginning in early 2009. click to read more...
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Murdoch: We Don't Want Yahoo
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, fresh off one of the best quarters his company has ever had financially, told analysts and reporters Monday that he has no intention of entering the fray for Internet giant Yahoo Inc., after Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited $44.6 billion bid last week. click to read more...
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Chernin: Fox Keeping The Upfront
Breaking with NBC Universal chairman Jeff Zucker’s assertion at the National Association of Television Programming Executives conference last month that the upfronts are dead, News Corp. chief operating officer Peter Chernin told analysts and reporters Monday that his company believes the annual dog and pony show for advertisers still holds merit. click to read more...
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FCC Reform, DTV Top House Panel’s 2008
Possibly reforming the Federal Communications Commission and redesigning the digital TV transition sit atop the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s media and telecommunications agenda for the next 11 months, according to a draft agenda prepared by the panel’s staff. click to read more...
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Super Bowl XLII Tackles Record 97.5 Million Viewers
The New York Giants’ victory in Super Bowl XLII was certainly one for the books. Not only did the G-men’s upset crush the New England Patriots’ drive for NFL perfection, but their 17-14 triumph was the most-watched Super Bowl telecast ever and the second biggest in the history of American television.

Barfing Baby Was Most TiVo'd Super Bowl Ad
Of the 53 commercials aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl XLII on Fox, the one replayed most frequently by TiVo users was the talking-and-regurgitating computer-generated baby pitching E-Trade, according to the digital video recorder provider. click to read more...
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ESPN Looks To Grow Broadband Portal's Base
ESPN is making its live sports Web site, ESPN360.com, available free of charge to an estimated 18 million college students and military personnel based in the United States, angling to build a bigger audience and hoping that those constituencies will later seek out an Internet provider that carries the service. click to read more...
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Serafina Holdings Finalizes $5 Billion Intelsat Buy
Serafina Holdings, a venture formed by BC Partners, has completed its $5 billion acquisition of Intelsat Holdings, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services. click to read more...
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Comcast Adds On-Demand Debuts
On the heels of its “Project Infinity” announcement last month, Comcast unveiled some additions to its on-demand service Monday, including a slate of Hollywood hits that will be available the same day as their DVD releases and several TV-series premieres that will bow at least a week before they debut on their linear channels. click to read more...
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Survey: More Internet Users Watch Web TV Than Cable VOD
Internet users are more likely to watch TV shows on the Web than access cable video-on-demand services, according to a survey by research firm Solutions Research Group. click to read more...
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