• Charter Cuts VP Fogler, VP Jay in Reorg
• McSlarrow: Google Needs Managed Networks
• DirecTV’s Carey Saw $13.4 Million Comp Last Year
• Appeals Court Vacates $100 Million Award Against DirecTV
• Report: Ad Man David Verklin To Pilot Canoe
• Voom HD Keeps ‘Keep It Green’
• NBA Playoffs Break Big for ESPN

• CNN International Mum on Arrested Reporter
• SoapNet Redesigns, Expands Web Site
• Sundance Channel Acquires Canadian Films
• CNN To Launch Programming Initiative for New Voters
• AT&T Expands U-Verse Service in Michigan

• Gol TV Snags Italian National Team Rights

Charter Cuts VP Fogler, VP Jay in Reorg
Charter Communications said Monday some executives, including vice president and video services general manager Cathy Fogler and Jeff Jay, vice president of Web services, are leaving the cable company in a realignment that also condenses some field offices’ operations. click to read more...
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McSlarrow: Google Needs Managed Networks
Cable companies need to manage their broadband networks to ensure that capacity-hogging peer-to-peer applications don’t undermine popular services offered by Google, Yahoo!, and VoIP providers like Vonage, National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow plans to say in Senate testimony Tuesday. click to read more...
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DirecTV’s Carey Saw $13.4 Million Comp Last Year
DirecTV Group CEO Chase Carey last year received $13.9 million in compensation, a boost of 12% more than his $12.5 million package the prior year, the company said in a securities filing Monday. click to read more...
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Appeals Court Vacates $100 Million Award Against DirecTV
DirecTV won a major legal victory, worth more than $100 million, last Friday when a federal appeals court sent a patent-infringement case back to a lower court. click to read more...
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Report: Ad Man David Verklin To Pilot Canoe
AdAge.com reported that Aegis Media Americas CEO David Verklin, who stepped down Monday, is expected to lead Project Canoe, the consortium aimed at establishing technical standards for placing interactive and addressable TV ads across multiple cable operators. click to read more...
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Voom HD Keeps ‘Keep It Green’
Voom HD Networks has ordered a second season of original series Keep it Green for its Equator HD service. click to read more...
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NBA Playoffs Break Big for ESPN
ESPN and ABC, which enjoyed significant growth during the regular-season with their NBA telecasts, netted major double-digit gains in four out of five games over the pro hoop league's opening post-season weekend. click to read more...
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CNN International Mum on Arrested Reporter
CNN International Monday was still declining to comment on the status of one its reporters, who was arrested in Manhattan’s Central Park last week. click to read more...
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SoapNet Redesigns, Expands Web Site
SoapNet's Web site has been redesigned and its content expended to include coverage of entertainment, stars, pop culture and fashion news. click to read more...
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Sundance Channel Acquires Canadian Films
Sundance Channel acquired 11 films from the National Film Board of Canada, including three feature documentaries and eight short films, officials said Monday. click to read more...
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CNN To Launch Programming Initiative for New Voters
CNN Monday announced it will launch something it’s calling the “League of First Time Voters,” a multiplatform programming initiative designed to “inform, involve and empower” individuals passionate about this election cycle. click to read more...
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AT&T Expands U-Verse Service in Michigan
Forty communities in West Michigan are the latest to access AT&T U-verse services. The company said it will launch its triple-play bundle of TV, high speed Internet and voice services in the region, hitting communities including Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Holland and Kalamazoo, all delivered via the Internet. click to read more...
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