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Reality TV is dangerous work! 'Texas Chainsaw' massacres 'Hobbit.'
After the coffee. Before getting over the Redskins' loss to Seattle. The Skinny: Nice to have new episodes of "The Good Wife" back on CBS. It helped me salvage a depressing Sunday of football. Monday's headlines include a look at the dangers of...
Tags: Promised Land (movie), Hulu, The Wall Street Journal, Jason Kilar, The New York Times
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Time Warner Cable to drop arts channel Ovation
Time Warner Cable plans to drop the small Santa Monica-based channel Ovation from its programming lineup at year's end -- a blow to the independent network that has attempted to elevate TV coverage of the arts and contemporary culture. The nation's...
Tags: Television Industry, The Walt Disney Co., ESPN (tv network), Time Warner Cable Inc., DirecTV Group Inc.
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DirecTV's sports tax! 'Hobbit' knockoff knocked out. Strahan scores.
After the coffee. Before pumping myself full of medicine. The Skinny: On Monday I said I wanted to stop my cold in its tracks. With that in mind I'm working from home today. One benefit is I won't have "Zero Dark Thirty" spoiled for me by all my co-...
Tags: Clear Channel Communications Inc., Zero Dark Thirty (movie), NBCUniversal, Piers Morgan, Radio
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DirecTV adds local sports surcharge for some new subscribers
This post has been updated -- see below for details. Satellite broadcaster DirecTV has quietly added a surcharge to some customers for sports channels separately on several of its most popular programming packages. New DirecTV subscribers who live...
Tags: News Corp., Television Industry, Time Warner Cable Inc., Fox Sports (tv network), DirecTV Group Inc.
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New CNN chief Jeff Zucker wants more passion, vitality from network
New CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker said his priority is to make the cable news channel "relevant, vibrant and exciting." In a conference call with reporters Thursday, Zucker stressed that he did not want to copy Fox News and MSNBC, which have found...Tags: Television Industry, News Media, Today (tv program), NBCUniversal, Television
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Jeff Zucker tapped as new head of CNN Worldwide
CNN has tapped Jeff Zucker as its new leader. Zucker, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal, will succeed Jim Walton as president of CNN Worldwide. Walton announced in July he would leave at the end of this year and Zucker will take over starting...Tags: NBC (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network), Television Industry, Today (tv program), NBCUniversal
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Jeff Zucker Tapped as New Head of CNN Worldwide
CNNNEW YORK -- Veteran news producer and former NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker will become the president of CNN Worldwide in January, the network announced Thursday. "Jeff's experience as a news executive is unmatched for its breadth and success," said...Tags: Bravo (tv network), CNN International (tv network), Conan O'Brien, TBS (tv network), Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Jeff Zucker in advanced talks for top job at CNN
Former NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker is in advanced negotiations to become head of the cable news channel CNN, people familiar with the matter said. Zucker would succeed Jim Walton, who said in July that he was stepping down as president...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Television Industry, Elections, ESPN (tv network), Today (tv program)
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NBCUniversal and DirecTV near new distribution deal
Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal is wrapping up a new distribution deal with satellite broadcaster DirecTV, people close to the talks said. For NBCUniversal, parent of broadcast networks NBC and Telemundo as well as cable channels CNBC, Bravo, USA and...
Tags: Bravo (tv network), Television Industry, Cablevision Systems Corp., Satellite and Cable Service, NBCUniversal
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Sports fees too high! Bribery charges coming in hacking scandal
After the coffee. Before trying to figure out how to return those Twinkies we ordered on Ebay. The Skinny: Two prominent former News International executives are expected to be charged in the long-running phone hacking probe in London. John Malone...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Corporate Crime, Music, Wireless Technology, Movies
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The battle for the 'smart home' heats up
What if the cable guy was also your home security guy?
Maryland consumers are about to find out. Comcast Corp. has launched a marketing blitz this month to sign up customers for its new "Xfinity Home" package, which features a residential alarm system,...Tags: Wireless Technology, Television Industry, Homes, Telecommunication Service, Satellite and Cable Service
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Steady cash flow helps Comcast warm up to its theme parks
Comcast Corp., the cable-television giant that inherited the Universal Studios theme-park chain, is pouring several hundred millions of dollars into refreshing Universal Orlando's original theme park.
With a slate of new attractions and retail venues...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Movies, Tourism and Leisure, Fiction
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