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CBS Gets Clicker and a New Digital Chief
Los Angeles Times | March 04, 2011
Unlike some other search engines, Clicker provides a structured guide to legitimate (as opposed to pirated) broadcast programming that is available on the Web by indexing hundreds of thousands of TV shows, movies and videos that are available online.
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Hulu Ad, Subscription Revenue to Reach Half a Billion in '11
Broadcasting & Cable | March 04, 2011
Hulu is expected to pull in more than half a billion dollars in ad and subscription revenue this year, the company's CEO Jason Kilar said, according to a Mediaweek article. That boon would be close to a 100% increase after the company reported $263 million last year.
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WPP Finds Cautious Firms Favour Ad Spending
Reuters | March 04, 2011
Western companies flush with cash but reluctant to commit to longer-term investments spent heavily on advertising in 2010 and especially on TV, boosting the world's biggest ad group WPP.
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CBS, NFL Tackle Rights Fees
MediaPost TV Blog | March 04, 2011
A judge's ruling this week details how unyielding the NFL can be in pursuing massive rights fees. Then again, sports TV can be a seed for greed - on both sides of a table.
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Cable Has Banner Year: $27B In '10 Ad Spend
MediaPost Daily News | March 04, 2011
Local cable, which accounts for 24% of the total, was up 20%, while spending on national cable networks was up about 10%. The industry garnered $24.2 billion in 2009.
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Comcast Brings Xfinity TV Everywhere App to Android
Rapid TV News | March 04, 2011
Subscribers could previously only access their Xfinity functionality on the iPad and iPhone, but now users can search OnDemand and TV listings, and can program a DVR remotely to record the show for watching later. Users can also access a programming guide on phone or tablet, and use the device as a remote control to switch channels.
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Crown Ad Revenues Rise 13% In Fourth Quarter
Broadcasting & Cable | March 03, 2011
Crown Media Holding, which runs the Hallmark Channel, reported a solid profit in the fourth quarter after barely breaking even a year ago.
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Al Jazeera English Makes Case to Comcast
The Wall Street Journal Market Watch | March 03, 2011
Al Jazeera English is getting rave reviews for its coverage of the crises in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, but that buzz may not be enough to secure it a spot in Comcast's lineup of channels - at least not right away.
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Cable Ad Sales Reach Record $27.1 Billion In 2010: CAB
Multichannel News | March 03, 2011
Together, national and local cable advertising sales reached $27.1 billion in 2010, up 12% and $2.9 billion more than the $24.2 billion the industry garnered in 2009, according to CAB.
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Discovery's App Is 'Watching' TV, Social Media
MediaPost Daily News | March 03, 2011
As networks look for more ways to enable conversations between their viewers, Discovery Channel is launching an iPad app with an "I'm Watching" button, which can be punched to alert Facebook and Twitter followers about a person's current tune-in.
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Cable Outpaces Telcos On Broadband
MediaPost Daily News | March 03, 2011
Cable system operators continue to beat telephone companies when it comes to signing on new broadband/internet subscribers.
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Soaring Ad Sales Drive ITV to Triple Profits
Rapid TV News | March 03, 2011
An ads sale performance that outdid that of the market in general has propelled profits for a reinvigorated ITV who believes that its Transformation Plan is rapidly gaining pace.
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Carriage Fees, Advertising Top Drivers for Time Warner
Broadcasting & Cable | March 03, 2011
Time Warner Inc. chief financial officer John Martin told an investor conference Wednesday that affiliate fees, advertising opportunities, and international cable networks will be the top drivers of cash flow for the foreseeable future.
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"Don't Make Meaningless Comparison Against TV Just For the Sake of It"
MediaTel.co.uk | March 03, 2011
"Why does Ipsos believe it is relevant and appropriate to compare and contrast cinema and TV... and why make such unfounded and inevitably skewed comparisons in order to make a point?"
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Clearleap Takes Internet VOD to the Set-Top
NewTeeVee | March 02, 2011
By integrating Clearleap's technology platform with Pace's set-top boxes, cable operators will be able to deliver IP-based, video-on-demand (VOD) services alongside their linear cable feeds, potentially increasing the amount of content available to consumers and the number of platforms that video can be served on.
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Rogers Will Battle Fees Charge for TV Signal
Toronto Star | March 02, 2011
Private broadcasters complain their signals are picked up by satellite and cable companies without charge, warning that without a payment scheme they could be forced to close more local stations and cut Canadian productions.
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The Small Screen Goes Social: How Twitter is Changing Television
MyMediaInfo | March 02, 2011
As a nation of multi-taskers, our social networking time and our television time have become intertwined. In fact, Twitter is fast becoming as important as our snacks and our remote control when it comes to watching TV.
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Play It Again, Sam
MediaPost Research Brief | March 02, 2011
Contrary to fears that DVRs would wipe out the value of commercials because of viewers fast-forwarding through ads, DVRs actually contribute significantly to commercial viewing.
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PC-to-TV Online Video Usage Higher Than Expected
Rapid TV News | March 02, 2011
Video Viewers were also more likely to be heavier TV viewers, as well as spend more each month for their pay-TV services. Significantly PC2TV video viewers appear no more likely than average broadband users to cut the cord and cancel their pay-TV services.
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NAB Slams Dish, Time Warner For Broadcast Spectrum Hoarding
Rapid TV News | March 02, 2011
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is asking Congress to investigate Dish Network and Time Warner Cable as alleged broadcast spectrum hoarders. Furthermore, Nab is calling for a US Gvernment Accountability Office (GAO)-led inventory of spectrum across the United States, unsed and unused.
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Adspend Rises in Australia
WARC | March 02, 2011
The Australian advertising industry is set to continue its impressive growth trajectory, having displayed a stronger performance than "even the greatest optimists expected" in 2010.
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Gray Revenue Shoots Up 48% in Q4
Broadcasting & Cable | March 01, 2011
Gray Television reported a total revenue of $114.6 million for the fourth quarter, a whopping 48% boost over the same quarter in the previous year.
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Sen. Udall: Broadcasting Still Matters, Big Time
Broadcasting & Cable | March 01, 2011
"We should remember that in this time of delicate economic recovery. Advertisers and especially local businesses value their local broadcast stations as an efficient way to meet their community and customers."
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Judge Orders Ivi TV To Cease Streaming Shows
MediaPost Daily News | March 01, 2011
Ivi TV, a provocative experiment in online TV, was slapped with a preliminary injunction by a federal district judge in New York and forced to cease streaming most of its TV station lineup less than a year after it launched.
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Tax Returns to Buy TVs, Furniture and a Vacation
MediaPost Research Brief | March 01, 2011
According to the National Retail Federation's 2011 Tax Returns Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, many Americans are now keen to use their tax refunds to treat themselves or their families to a major purchase. 13.2% of Americans will spend their refund on a big ticket item, such as a new television.
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Cable Becomes 'Attractive' to Wall Street
Rapid TV News | March 01, 2011
Goldman Sachs has raised its rating on the sector to 'attractive' from 'neutral,' with an expectation that growth rate in the sector will be higher than that of the broader market.
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Virgin Predicts a Billion TV On Demand Views in 2011
Rapid TV News | March 01, 2011
Unveiling its first entertainment trends report, Virgin Media is predicting that with demand and awareness both increasing, on demand views will exceed one billion in 2011.
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Canadian Operators Select WinCable Billing System
Broadcasting & Cable | February 28, 2011
Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS), a provider of PC-based subscriber management and billing systems for the cable television industry, has announced that four Canadian operators have adopted to its WinCable subscriber management and billing system.
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FCC Drilling Down On Content Ratings
Multichannel News | February 28, 2011
Industry sources confirm the Federal Communications Commission has been approaching media trade associations with inquiries about the TV rating/V-Chip system, with an eye toward possible changes.
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PVRs Will Not Eliminate TV Advertising's 30-Second Spot, Experts Say
The Wire Report | February 28, 2011
"If I am skipping the ads, I am holding down the little button. I have to pay attention to the screen so I know when the commercials are over. At some level, you are paying more attention than you might be if you were just walking away during a normal commercial break."
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Cablers Ready For Interactive Advertising
MediaPost Daily News | February 28, 2011
The country's two leading cable operators are deploying the EBIF technology that propels interactive advertising at a rapid clip.
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CBS Plans Future: Netflix Streams Library, New Shows Readied
MediaPost Daily News | February 28, 2011
"We want a network populated with the best shows, period. This builds the strongest platform to maximize advertising revenue and creates the best environment for nurturing our own shows to syndication."
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Mobile TV to Grow 47% Over Next Two Years
Rapid TV News | February 28, 2011
The mobile TV market offers great potential across the world over the next two years according to new research by RNCOS.
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ABC Claims Online Video Broadcast Leadership
Rapid TV News | February 28, 2011
Quoting data from the Nielsen VideoCensus for January 2011, ABC.com is claiming to be the number one online video broadcast site for January 2011.
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