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| 06.30.2008 |
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Hallmark’s No Bull Push
The July 4th weekend generally finds Americans spending time away from their TVs. To counter that trend Hallmark Channel will be trying to rope in viewers (literally) from 5 major cities beginning today. Fortunately this aggressive tactic ties (or hog ties)...
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| 06.17.2008 |
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The CableFAX List: Summering With Cable
Summer is upon us, and with the change of seasons comes new TV shows. CableFAX read up on cable’s new summer offerings, looking for shows that might keep us indoors near the TV and the AC. We ranked the five cable shows premiering this summer that we...
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| 06.16.2008 |
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Another Distribution Model
News Briefing for Monday, June 16, 2008 You can find the 18-hole U.S. Open playoff at noon ET on ESPN or online at espn360.com. As Tim Russert used to say, “this is a great country.” Good day. Yet another way to distribute content online, perhaps...
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| 06.09.2008 |
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Cable's Golden Age
News Briefing for Monday, June 9, 2008 It’s expected to reach 97 degrees outside the Cable 360 newsroom today. While it’s one thing to weekend in oppressive heat, it’s quite another to work in it. Good day. Well, hallelujah, The NY Times has...
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| 05.30.2008 |
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A Show or an Ad?
News Briefing For Friday, May 30, 2008 The Cable 360 newsroom will be vacated shortly after lunch today as staffers rush to the 1pm showing of Sex and the City. Good gravy and happy Friday. Say it ain’t so. On Monday TBS begins inserting a 2-minute show...
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| 05.23.2008 |
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Two Want Weather
News Briefing for Friday, May 23, 2008 Members of the Cable 360 staff have petitioned management to permit barbeques in the newsroom. Good day. Even the weather business could fall prey to consolidation. Apparently the two main contenders to purchase...
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| 05.16.2008 |
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Icahn Pesters Yahoo Board
News Briefing for Friday, May 16, 2008 The Rays, Diamondbacks, Astros, Marlins and Cubs have the best records in baseball on May 16. Who’d a thunk it? Good day. Billionaire investor and corporate pest Carl Icahn filed papers to unseat Yahoo’s...
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| 05.12.2008 |
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Dolans Get Newsday
News Briefing for Monday, May 12, 2008 Topic of the morning in the Cable360 newsroom: should Baseball’s Mother’s Day celebration include more than pink bats and wristbands? Good day. Happy broadcast upfronts week! Not really. Owing to the writers...
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| 05.09.2008 |
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Microsoft Charts Next Move
News Briefing for Friday, May 9, 2008 Consecutive late nights have the Cable360 newsroom patently ignoring the company’s no slouching rule. Good day. Based on recent movements with potential proxy board members, Microsoft isn’t about to make a...
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| 04.25.2008 |
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Fullbacking: NFL Supports Network
NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 With Tricia Helfer joining the cast of USA Network's Burn Notice, you have to think it's going to be a very hot summer. Good day. The NFL has no interest in leaving the cable space despite a year of difficulties...
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| 04.11.2008 |
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Microsoft Minus Murdoch
NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008 A museum dedicated to news. Who'd a thunk it? Good day. All seems right with the world. The Microsoft-Yahoo deal looks like it’s a go, sans Rupert Murdoch, says The Wall St Journal, which is owned by Rupert...
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| 04.04.2008 |
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U-Verse Threatens CT Net
NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 Global warming? It snowed in DC yesterday. Good morning. Public affairs channel The Connecticut Television Network fears “with good reason” that AT&T’s U-verse will relegate it to the cesspool of...
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| 03.28.2008 |
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British Invasion of The Web
NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 Members of the 360 newsroom are gleefully hording peanuts and Cracker Jack. Good morning. The British are coming! The British are coming! At least the BBC is, The Wall St Journal says as it reports on feisty chief exec...
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| 03.24.2008 |
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FiOS Heads Uptown
NEWS BRIEFING FOR MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008 The Cable 360 staff is reveling in how wonderful a time we live in—the White House Easter Egg hunt was streamed live today. Good day. TODAY'S MUST READ Verizon FiOS said today that it will be connecting the...
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| 03.22.2008 |
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Weekend Update: HBO To Look Outside The Box
An isolationist for many of its 36 years, HBO indeed may be looking beyond its borders to replace Carolyn Strauss, the ousted President of Entertainment whose departure from her position—but not from the company—became public last Monday. The Wall...
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| 03.21.2008 |
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Diller-Malone Showdown Near End?
NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008 Question of the day in the Cable 360 newsroom: Who or what is Belmont? Good day. Barry Diller’s and Dr John Malone’s variation on March Madness could be finished early next week or it could move to...
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| 03.20.2008 |
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Verizon's Local Show
NEWS BRIEFING FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008 It’s the first day of spring and the Cable 360 news staff is preparing for wind gusts of 50 miles per hour today. Good day. Showing that two can play the local game, Verizon FiOS is making a foray into local...
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| 03.19.2008 |
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FiOS Fakery
NEWS BRIEFING FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008 Members of the Cable360 newsroom are debating: is God a Republican or a Democrat? Good day. Sneaky or downright duplicitous? Credit card companies often restrict consumers from viewing agreements until after...
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| 03.14.2008 |
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Divorce Court: Diller and Malone
NEWS BRIEFING FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008 On June 13, the Macon Music, a minor league baseball team, will host Eliot Spitzer night, The Macon Telegraph reports. Spitzer has been invited to throw out the first pitch. The team will give away a trip to NY...
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| 03.11.2008 |
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Disney Parks' VOD Gets Catty
NEWS BRIEFING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 It would be easy to gloat about how the mighty have fallen, but we won't. Good day. The Mouse doing business with a Cat? It seems so as Disney Parks/Resorts soon will receive promotional help from Chef Cat Cora, who...
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