Cable TV Conventions

TCA: Showtime Orders ‘Penny Dreadful' Horror Series

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 12 2013 - 7:19pm

Pasadena, Calif. -- Showtime has given a series commitment to psychosexual horror series Penny Dreadful created, written and executive-produced by John Logan, the

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CES: Genachowski Cites Need for Additional Spectrum

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 10 2013 - 12:24am

  CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro dubbed Julius Genachowski the "spectrum chairman" in a wide ranging interview over commission policies that

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CES: Second-Screen Apps Central to Multiplatform Efforts

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 9 2013 - 2:44pm

Executives from a number of major programmers and studios stressed the growing importance of second-screen applications and experiences for their multiplatform

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CES: Aereo CEO Details Expansion Plans

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 9 2013 - 2:40pm

With the completion of a $38 million round of Series B funding, announced Tuesday, Aereo has raised more than enough funding to complete the rollout of the service

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CES: CEA's Shapiro Touts UltraViolet

By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 8 2013 - 2:44pm

  During a State of the CE Industry keynote shortly before the opening of the 2013 International CES exhibition, Consumer Electronics Association president

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TCA Winter 2013: CNBC Greenlights Two More Reality Series

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 7 2013 - 7:04pm

Pasadena, Calif. – CNBC has greenlit two more primetime reality series, The Family Business Project and The Big Fix, the network said at the Television

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TCA Winter 2013: USA Orders Third Season of 'Necessary Roughness'

By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) | Jan 7 2013 - 12:54pm

  USA Network has renewed Necessary Roughness for a third season of ten episodes to air this summer.   Necessary Roughness, paired with Royal Pains,

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