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December 1, 2008

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NEWS

• Cover Story: ‘Hammer’ Time
  Duane Lammers won a reputation as a tough and shrewd negotiator during his tenure as chief operating officer for Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Now, Lammers is using those skills as a station consultant, conducting retransmission-consent talks with dozens of cable operators on behalf of several station groups. more » » » 
• Vendors Team To Target Interactive Ads
  Visible World and Ensequence are set to announce a solution that provides the ability to deliver interactive TV ad content to targeted viewing audience. more » » » 

• MediaFLO Gearing Up For DTV Push
  Minutes after hundreds of analog TV broadcasts across the U.S. flicker off the air in February, Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA will be ready to start pumping mobile-television feeds over the vacated spectrum as it hopes to add more than 40 cities to its footprint after the DTV switchover. more » » » 
• Massachusetts Passes Security Law
  Telecommunications providers in Massachusetts will be grappling with a new data security law that legal experts indicate is among the most forward-looking in the nation. more » » » 
• Sundance Spotlights Fest
  In recognition of the Sundance Film Festival's 25th anniversary, Sundance Channel will offer extensive, exclusive multiplatform coverage of the mid-January independent film extravaganza. The Rainbow Media Services-owned Sundance Channel will offer viewers as part of its “31 Days of Sundance” programming stunt daily festival coverage, former festival movies, original online content v... more » » » 

Blogs

• TV Crush
  Mary McNamara, ,
  In Case You Missed The Macy's Parade RickRoll....
  on Cartoon Network's Foster's Home for Imaginary Kids float -
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• Reynolds' Rap
  Mike Reynolds, ,
  Thanksgiving Turkeys
  It may not have been as distasteful as what wound up on Sarah Palin's palate the other day, but pro and college football's Thanksgiving menu served up nothing but turkeys. Al...
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• TV Crush
  Mary McNamara, ,
  Mumbai Tragedy: Live Streaming from India, plus Twitter.
  Click here to watch live streaming news direct from Mumbai on CNN/IBN. Click here to access #mumbai on Twitter for a stream of tweets. Some users may be twittering from inside the Taj Ho...
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• The Satellite Dish
  Scott Greczkowski, ,
  Holiday Shopping Tips / Giving Thanks
  A lot of folks are looking forward to eating the annual turkey dinner tomorrow, but for others they are looking forward to waking up at 4am to do some shopping on Friday. The Friday after Thanksgiving...
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NEWS

• A Look Ahead At Hispanic Media
  Multichannel News contributor Laura Martínez runs down 10 key issues and developments that are likely to impact Hispanic-targeted media in 2009. more » » » 
• Cable System Sales On Hold
  The credit crunch has understandably put a damper on the systems deal market, with several operators who had expected to clean up some of their cable chaff by the end of the year now likely to hold onto those properties a little while longer. more » » » 
• Viacom’s A Bargain: Greenfield
  Pali Research media analyst Rich Greenfield opined last week that Viacom stock, down 70% this year on advertising fears and the whims of its mercurial chairman Sumner Redstone, should be trading higher, even in the middle of one of the worst recessions in recent memory. more » » » 
• Is TV A Bummer?
  Are cable TV's best customers severely depressed individuals, literally addicted to the tube? more » » » 
• SAG May Seek Strike Authorization Vote In December
  The Screen Actors Guild said it would send out its strike authorization vote in December, which could pave the way for actors to strike in January more » » » 

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