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November 3, 2008

In this Issue
Cover Story: Breaking Free Mixed Signals Extends Video-Monitoring Suite Fox Sports Launches Regional Nets In Tennessee, Carolinas Scripps Homes In On Ad Revenue Growth Louisiana's Opt-Out Franchising Provision In Judge’s Hands	Kauffman Bros. Analyst Says Telcos Need Equipment Gospel Puts Faith In Reality LIN, Time Warner Finally Settle Up Weinstein Asks Federal Court to Lift Injunction Barring ‘Runway’ Move to Lifetime Cox To Go Airborne Again
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NEWS

• Cover Story: Breaking Free
  Call them “cable-cutters”: tech-savvy individuals who once subscribed to cable TV but have severed the line because they’re now satisfied with the news and entertainment options available online (or over the airwaves). They also like the ability to buy their TV shows a la carte and being able access everything on-demand.
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• Mixed Signals Extends Video-Monitoring Suite
  Mixed Signals has added two products to its line of video-monitoring solutions that promise to give cable operators a holistic view of video and audio problems wherever they may be occurring in the network.  more » » » 

• Fox Sports Launches Regional Nets In Tennessee, Carolinas
  Continuing its push to provide more localized coverage, Fox Sports Networks has carved out a pair of regional sports networks from its Fox Sports South service.  more » » » 
• Scripps Homes In On Ad Revenue Growth
  Scripps Networks Interactive is still bucking downward trends in advertising, reporting strong growth in domestic ad sales despite the dismal economic climate. more » » » 
• Louisiana's Opt-Out Franchising Provision In Judge’s Hands
  Local governments and video providers should find out by Nov. 3 if a Louisiana state court judge will accept language in the state’s new franchising law that allows incumbent operators to opt out of current local contracts. more » » » 

Blogs

• TV Crush
  Mary McNamara, ,
  "What If We All Cared Enough To Vote." (Free Starbucks on Nov. 4, If You Vote)
  Starbucks bought air time on SNL last night. This is their classy, beautiful ad with a striking piano score. "What if we all cared enough to vote?" asks Starbucks. If you...
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• TV Crush
  Mary McNamara, ,
  BBC America's Primeval: Your One-Hour Escape from Election Jitters
  I've been on the lookout for escapist television - anything that will distract from the insanity, an antidote to the onslaught of negativity and the near daily elevation of lipstick-on-a-pig trivia to...
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• The Satellite Dish
  Scott Greczkowski, ,
  No NBA League Pass on Dish Network?
  I am receiving word from a number of readers that it appears that Dish Network will not be offering the NBA League Pass. All mentions of the NBA League Pass have been removed from the Dish Netwo...
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• BIT RATE
  Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News
  Pocket Watching: Test Drive of AT&T's Mobile TV
  If you can’t stand to be away from television for even a few minutes, AT&T’s Mobile TV might be just the thing to soothe your media itch. The service provides 12 or more liv...
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NEWS

• Kauffman Bros. Analyst Says Telcos Need Equipment
  Major information-technology projects initiated by telcos and cable operators before the September stock-market meltdown are still going as planned, but overall spending is coming under greater scrutiny and some discretionary projects are being cut or deferred to next year.
   
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• Gospel Puts Faith In Reality
  Gospel Music Channel will be singing the praises of the reality genre as it looks to increase viewership and ratings over the next year more » » » 
• LIN, Time Warner Finally Settle Up
  After a messy month-long battle that included station blackouts, Time Warner Cable and LIN TV last week finally reached a retransmission-consent deal, with the broadcaster claiming it had been able to extract cash as part of the pact. more » » » 
• Weinstein Asks Federal Court to Lift Injunction Barring ‘Runway’ Move to Lifetime
  The Weinstein Co. Friday asked a federal court to vacate a state judge’s preliminary injunction barring Project Runway’s move from Bravo to Lifetime Television, claiming the switch’s delay will permit Bravo to get its own new fashion-reality show ready. more » » » 
• Cox To Go Airborne Again
  Cox Communications, which scrapped the Pivot mobile-phone service developed by a consortium of cable operators this year, plans to debut its own refashioned wireless services in 2009. more » » » 

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