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Broadcasting&Cable
Markey: Wait on Online-Ad-Service Technology
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:48pmLast updated: June 25, 2008 - 7:34am
House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) has told cable operators and other broadband providers to hold off implementing ad-service technology similar to what Charter Communications was planning to use from online-ad network NebuAd.
NAB Seeks Removal of Cross-Ownership Provision
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:46pmThe National Association of Broadcasters is trying to get a provision removed from a House Federal Communications Commission appropriations bill that would prevent it from implementing its relaxation of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban.
Sinclair to Buy Raycom Station for $85M
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:45pmSinclair Broadcast Group announced Tuesday that it will buy the assets of WTVR, the CBS affiliate in the Richmond-Petersburg (VA) market, from Raycom Media for $85 million. If the sale is approved, Sinclair will own 59 TV stations around the country.
Study: 91% of Hispanics Aware of DTV Transition
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:43pmThe vast majority of broadcast-only Hispanic TV households are aware of the digital-TV transition, up from less than one-third of those households that were aware of the transition last fall.
Study: TV Not Hurt by Increased Online Time
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:43pmAccording to a new study by GroupM, people are spending more time online, from a mean average of 27 minutes in 2005 to 46 minutes next year. However, that time spent surfing the Web did not appear to come at the expense of traditional forms of media, such as television.
July 18 Deadline for Cross-Ownership Move Requests
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 6:36pmThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gave broadcasters and media activists until July 18 to file their requests for moving the appeal of the Federal Communications Commission's decision to loosen the ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership.
Iowa Broadcasters to Martin: This Is Localism
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 6:35pmIowa Broadcasters Association Executive Director Sue Toma has written Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to let him know that some broadcasters there have been going 24/7 with commercial-free coverage of the devastating flooding while they help to marshal volunteer efforts and battle flood waters themselves.
Kohl to FCC: Tighten Program-Access Rules
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 6:34pmSen Herb Kohl (D-WI) has written Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to let him know the chairman of the Senate Antitrust Committee wants the FCC to toughen up its program-access rules to make sure that independent programmers don't get squeezed out of the marketplace.
Martin Unhappy with FCC’s Verizon Decision
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 6:29pmLast updated: June 24, 2008 - 7:35am
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has written a statement to let everyone know he is not happy with the announcement Saturday that a bipartisan majority of the commission overturned his staff's decision rejecting a cable challenge to Verizon Communications’ marketing practices.
Investigative Journalism Under Fire
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 8:09amInvestigations of the rich and powerful, the multinational corporations and monopoly industries, have all but dried up, say a coterie of journalists still trying to ply their trade. To be sure, enterprise reporting on the network level is far from dead.
