• Dish Ups HD Ante With Promise of 150 Channels
• Cable Nets Offset Film Losses at Disney
• ESPN Builds Action Sport Brand
• Ops, ESPN Debate Value of ESPN 360
• Cox Scores 2010, 2012 Olympics Carriage Pact
• Barton Issues FCC Reform Draft Bill
• FiOS TV Rolls Out WAPA America

• NAMIC Sets Diversity Town Hall
• Lucas To Star in Showtime Pharma Pilot

• WWE’s New Prinze

Dish Ups HD Ante With Promise of 150 Channels
The high-definition arms race continues to escalate, with Dish Network set to announce Thursday that it plans to offer up to 150 national HD channels by the end of 2008. click to read more...
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Cable Nets Offset Film Losses at Disney
Big gains at its cable networks like ESPN and the Disney Channel rescued The Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal third quarter from the doldrums, with the media giant reporting revenue and operating income increases of 2% for the period ended June 30. click to read more...
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ESPN Builds Action Sport Brand
Looking to push past the X Games franchises and EXPN.com, ESPN is establishing a network of action sports sites. click to read more...
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Ops, ESPN Debate Value of ESPN 360
The new chairmen of two small-operator trade groups Wednesday were critical of the pricing for ESPN 360, which an executive for the sports network defended as necessary to support a broadband product with robust and unique content. click to read more...
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Cox Scores 2010, 2012 Olympics Carriage Pact
A little more than a week before the start of NBC Universal’s 2008 Olympic coverage, Cox Communications has confirmed that it has reached a distribution deal with the programmer for the 2010 Winter and 2012 Summer Games. click to read more...
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Barton Issues FCC Reform Draft Bill
A top House Republican is circulating draft legislation aimed at forcing the Federal Communications Commission to act more openly under predictable deadlines. click to read more...
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FiOS TV Rolls Out WAPA America
Verizon has added WAPA America today its FiOS TV lineup. click to read more...
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NAMIC Sets Diversity Town Hall
The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications has assembled a roster of senior cable and diversity executives to appear at a Diversity Town Meeting event as part of the organization’s annual Conference in September. click to read more...
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Lucas To Star in Showtime Pharma Pilot
Josh Lucas has been cast in the lead role for a new one-hour drama pilot about the pharmaceutical business from Showtime. click to read more...
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