• NCTA Keeping Three-Year Dual Carriage Vow
• Striking WGA Sets Weekend Member Meetings
• COO Brooks Leaves Broadstripe
• Lucas Makes Marketing Discovery
• Costantini Joins Scripps As Affiliate Sales Chief
• Logo Lifts Sherman To EVP, GM
• Iger Hints Upfront May Disappear

• Verizon Runs Short on HD Boxes
• Massillon Cable Launches ION’s Digital Suite
• MTV, Verizon Do On-Demand Dance
• Bravo, Oxygen Research Execs Promoted

• 'Puppy Bowl IV' Draws 8 Million Dogged Fans
• History Channel Puts Citizenship To Test Online

NCTA Keeping Three-Year Dual Carriage Vow
Major cable operators will comply for three years with federal rules that require duplicative carriage of some local TV stations even if cable programmers succeed in overturning the rules in court, National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow said Tuesday. click to read more...
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Striking WGA Sets Weekend Member Meetings
The Writers Guild of America and studios are reportedly nailing down details of a deal that could end a three-month-long strike, with the union set to meet with its members this weekend to discuss the proposed terms. click to read more...
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COO Brooks Leaves Broadstripe
John Brooks, one of the St. Louis-based executives who founded cable operator Millennium Digital Media in 1997, has resigned as chief operating officer at the company now called Broadstripe. click to read more...
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Lucas Makes Marketing Discovery
Discovery Communications has hired The Weather Channel Cos. executive Wonya Lucas as its chief marketing officer. click to read more...
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Costantini Joins Scripps As Affiliate Sales Chief
Scripps Networks has hired Time Warner Cable veteran Lynne Costantini as its new executive vice president of affiliate sales and marketing. click to read more...
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Logo Lifts Sherman To EVP, GM
Logo has elevated Lisa Sherman to executive vice president, general manager of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-targeted network. click to read more...
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Iger Hints Upfront May Disappear
Just one day after News Corp. chief operating officer Peter Chernin vowed he would maintain the upfront for his networks, Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger hinted that the annual showcase for advertisers may be on the outs. click to read more...
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Verizon Runs Short on HD Boxes
Verizon Communications, which recently signed up its 1 millionth FiOS TV subscriber, has been forced to tell some new customers to sit tight for a few weeks before they can get high-definition service because it has a limited number of HD set-tops and digital video recorders in stock. click to read more...
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Massillon Cable Launches ION’s Digital Suite
Massillon Cable TV has struck a deal to carry ION Media Networks’ qubo, a children’s channel, and ION Life, a network for mature adults focusing on healthy lifestyle options, personal growth and wellness. click to read more...
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MTV, Verizon Do On-Demand Dance
MTV Networks plans to step onto the television screens of Verizon Communications customers with exclusive next-day episode replays of a new dance competition. click to read more...
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Bravo, Oxygen Research Execs Promoted
Bravo Media executive Tony Cardinale was promoted to senior vice president of research and strategic insights for Bravo Media and Oxygen Media. Additionally, two Oxygen research executives, Christina Pisano and Sarah Barasch, will expand their responsibilities under the group, which will oversee both Bravo and Oxygen’s program, ad sales, new media and primary research – including program testing, consumer surveys, consumer segmentation, ad performance research and focus groups. click to read more...
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