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Headlines Archive - Week of Aug 22, 2009

  • Time Warner, Partners to Test Web TV
    TVNewsCheck | Aug 27, 2009
    Following a similar effort by Comcast Corp. in July, Time Warner has signed at least seven major media companies to test putting TV shows on the Internet so that people may watch them for a fee, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. - Read the whole story
  • DVR Viewing a Bonanza for Advertisers
    MediaPost Publications | Aug 27, 2009
    DVR usage is a lesser activity among multitasking consumer chores than other media. That's according to veteran TV researcher Steve Sternberg, who notes DVR use is the highest "sole medium used with no other life activity." -
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  • FCC Will Reassess V-Chip, Ratings System
    The Wrap | Aug 25, 2009
    The Federal Communications Commission is about to open a second front in its reassessment of the V-chip and of family-friendly programming -- including whether it is possible to have a single-content ratings system that can apply to movies, videogames, TV and cellphones. - Read the whole story
  • 'Cash for Clunkers' Boosts Baltimore TV Stations
    Baltimore Sun | Aug 24, 2009
    The paperwork might be a mess and the White House might have seemed as if it was making things up as it went along, buy the "cash for clunkers" program that ends Monday has been good news for Baltimore's top-rated TV stations, according to general managers at WJZ and WBAL. - Read the whole story

Originally Posted: 8/28/2009 3:49:06 PM
Last Updated: 8/28/2009 3:51:52 PM