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October 21, 2008

In this Issue
Updated: TBS Sets MLB Cable Record With ALCS Game 7 Massillon Cable TV Makes Early DTV Transition Grupo Televisa, Telemundo Ink Licensing Agreement Dow Jumps 400 Points On Credit Market Optimism Philips Spins Off Content ID Unit	Time Warner Cable Promo Puts You In The Biopic Current, RooftopComedy Ink Syndication Pact ION To Go HD in 2009 AT&T Houston Signs Up 100,000 U-verse TV Subs Mexican Network Video Rola Inks MobiTV Renewal
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NEWS

• Updated: TBS Sets MLB Cable Record With ALCS Game 7
  The Tampa Bay Rays took out the Boston Red Sox in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series Sunday night. TBS’s coverage of the upstarts’ triumph also took Mark McGwire and ESPN out of the record book as cable’s most-watched baseball telecast ever in becoming the medium's second most-watched telecast of the year more » » » 
• Massillon Cable TV Makes Early DTV Transition
  When Massillon Cable TV president Bob Gessner determined he needed more high-definition channels to stave off competition from direct-broadcast satellite companies, he decided the solution was a total conversion to digital delivery, eliminating analog pass-through to his cable customers. more » » » 

• Grupo Televisa, Telemundo Ink Licensing Agreement
  A subsidiary of Grupo Televisa and Telemundo Communications Group have struck a licensing deal to distribute the latter’s original content through digital and wireless platforms in Mexico. more » » » 
• Dow Jumps 400 Points On Credit Market Optimism
  After dropping Friday, Wall Street turned up Monday and cable industry sector stocks went along for the ride, posting solid gains. more » » » 
• Philips Spins Off Content ID Unit
  Philips Electronics has spun off its video fingerprinting and watermarking business unit into a new company, operating under the brand name Civolution. more » » » 

Blogs

• The Satellite Dish
  Scott Greczkowski, ,
  Interactive Election on DirecTV
  The folks at DirecTV are thinking outside the box again and for the upcoming election will offer its customers interactive election night coverage. The special “Election Mix” channel will...
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• TV Crush
  Mary McNamara, ,
  Mad Men's Matt Weiner/Stars Have No Contracts
  From Fox News: (shout out to Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan for her Twitter tweet heads up...) There may not be any more "Mad Men" if deals aren't cut soon. The popular cult serie...
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• Reynolds' Rap
  Mike Reynolds, ,
  Tampa Twonite
  The sports world turns to Tampa tonight. At The Trop, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to stop the Boston Red Sox from reprising their rise from a 3-1 American League Championship Series deficit like the...
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• TV Crush
  Mary McNamara, ,
  McCain's Glass House: Gordon Liddy, Top Google Search Term
  John McCain may rue the day he agreed to kiss-and-make-up with David Letterman. Cornering McCain on the campaign's Bill Ayers guilt-by-association tactic, Letterman turned the tables. He...
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NEWS

• Time Warner Cable Promo Puts You In The Biopic
  Time Warner Cable is letting Internet users star in a celebrity tabloid TV segment of their own devising, in a viral-video campaign to promote the operator’s triple play. more » » » 
• Current, RooftopComedy Ink Syndication Pact
  Current, the integrated online and broadcast media company, and RooftopComedy Monday announced they have signed a syndication deal that will deliver stand-up and sketch comedy programming to viewers across the Current TV network and Web site. more » » » 
• ION To Go HD in 2009
  ION Media Networks Monday announced its suite of networks will begin broadcasting in high definition next year, starting with ION Television in the first quarter of 2009. more » » » 
• AT&T Houston Signs Up 100,000 U-verse TV Subs
  AT&T announced that it has more than 100,000 U-verse TV customers in the greater Houston area, where the telco competes with Comcast. more » » » 
• Mexican Network Video Rola Inks MobiTV Renewal
  Mexican programmer Video Rola has renewed its carriage pact with MobiTV. more » » » 

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