Multichannel News articles from December 2011

Multichannel News archives from December 2011

Cablevision stock dips on Rutledge departure: industry guesses at cable vet's next move--could it be Charter CEO?(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Tom Rutledge of Cablevision Systems Corp.)
December 19, 2011... CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CHIEF OPERATING officer Tom Rutledge's decision to step down after nearly 10 years sent shock waves throughout the industry last week, as analysts and industry insiders alike wondered what could be in the cards for both the...

MCN sneak peek.(ONLINE VIDEO)
December 19, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pay an early visit to Showtime's House of Lies. Watch a preview of the upcoming series starring Don Cheadle (c.) at multichannel.com/Dec19.

Cisco's TV software future: Andersen jumps aboard industry shift to 'N-screen' delivery.(Jesper Andersen)(Interview)
December 19, 2011... Meet Jesper Andersen, the new guy running Cisco Systems' $4 billion cable business. The Denmark native, who's lived in the U.S. for the last 17 years, took over as senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Video...

Verizon backs off of Cablevision attacks.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Verizon Communications Inc.)
December 19, 2011... VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS SAID IT WILL modify ads attacking Cablevision Systems' broadband performance--but the telco still plans to claim the MSO isn't delivering on its promises. Cablevision filed suit Dec. 6 in the U.S. District Court for the...

Nat Geo goes wild for debate, takes Colbert up on his offer.(THROUGH The Wire)
December 19, 2011... NAT GEO WILD DIDN'T hesitate when Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert suggested his proposed "serious, classy debate" of Republican presidential candidates in South Carolina be held either on Animal Planet or National Geographic Channel. It's a...

'Good Luck Charlie' Baby Name contest draws crowd online.(THROUGH The Wire)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... When Disney Channel asked Good Luck Charlie viewers to vote on the name of the baby scheduled to join the cast, a lot of kids responded. The hit show--about the Duncan family, where the parents have busy jobs and three teenage siblings help...

Capitolwords tallies how often pols say words like 'Comcast'.(THROUGH The Wire)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... The Sunlight Foundation has updated its Capitolwords site, tallying the occurrences of words and phrases in the Congressional Record and analyzing them according to political affiliation. The website lets journalists "track turns of phrase by...

Cable TV: folks, some of it comes from outer space!(THROUGH The Wire)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Time Warner Cable keeps flashing open its kimono to show subscribers how a cable operator works--to help them appreciate the infrastructure that's necessary to deliver their services 24/7. (And, you know, not feel ripped off by their cable...

Smart TVs and video devices: vendors place their bets: next month's Vegas confab to spotlight net video services, Google TV and Wi-Fi.(2012 CES PREVIEW)
December 19, 2011... EXPECT VIDEO TO KEEP BLOOMING ON MORE screens in the Las Vegas desert. Once again, new video services and devices will be prominently on display at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, set to run Jan. 10 to 13. The Consumer...

NFL gets richer with new TV pacts: nine-year broadcast deal could lead to retrans hikes.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(National Football League)
December 19, 2011... HEADLINES SURROUNDING THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL League's record nine-year rights deal signed with broadcasters last week point to the power of the preeminent sports league and its games that continue to deliver most of the strongest Nielsens in the...

Will fans pay up for shortened NBA season?(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(National Basketball Association)
December 19, 2011... DISTRIBUTORS OF THE "NBA LEAGUE PASS" out-of-market package of live games say they're confident consumers will embrace the league despite the shortened season. Operators and satellite distributors have begun getting the word out to consumers...

Cable nets pop a cork after record 2011: basic nets on pace to generate an all-time high in household share.(YEAR IN REVIEW)(Statistical data)
December 19, 2011... CABLE PROGRAMMERS HAVE PLENTY TO CELEBRATE this holiday season. Basic-cable networks are on pace to establish an all-time yearly household share high, generating a whopping 67% share of primetime audiences, while handling the "Big Four"...

Top 10 new shows of 2011: a veteran TV critic weighs in on the year's best in original cable fare.
December 19, 2011... WHAT A SURPRISE THIS END-OF-YEAR TOP 10 LIST turned out to be. I set out, somewhat skeptically, to compile a list identifying the 10 best new series on cable and satellite TV in 2011--unless there weren't enough worthy newcomers to qualify, in...

30 years of 'sudden' success: Suddenlink CEO Jerry Kent's second act grows into major player on cable stage.(EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR)
December 19, 2011... JERRY KENT COULD JUST HAVE EASILY ABANDONED the cable industry a decade ago when, in a bit of a surprise move, he resigned as CEO of Charter Communications, then the fourth-largest MSO in the country, to take a step back from the pressures of...

NBCUniversal EVP and CMO, integrated media John Shea and chairman, NBCU Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media Lauren Zalaznick with Nielsen vice chairman Susan Whiting at Women at NBCU's Advisory Board Breakfast.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... NBCUniversal EVP and CMO, integrated media John Shea (l.) and chairman, NBCU Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media Lauren Zalaznick with Nielsen vice chairman Susan Whiting at Women at NBCU's Advisory Board Breakfast on...

On the set of Current TV's The Young Turks.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... On the set of Current TV's The Young Turks l. to r.): host Cenk Uygur, executive producer Steve Lange and Current TV co-founder/former vice president Al Gore.

Turner Broadcasting System CEO Phil Kent, Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes and Turner Entertainment Networks president Steve Koonin at the Washington, D.C.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... Turner Broadcasting System CEO Phil Kent (l.), Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes and Turner Enter tainment Networks president Steve Koonin at the Washington, D.C., taping of TNT's Christmas in Washington.

Cablevision CEO James Dolan was joined on stage by Andrew Lustgarten, son of the late Marc Lustgarten, at the Lustgarten Foundation and Cablevision's 11th Annual Holiday Rock & Roll Bash to benefit The Lustgarten Foundation's work.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... Cablevision CEO James Dolan (l.) was joined on stage by Andrew Lustgarten, son of the late Marc Lustgarten, at the Lustgarten Foundation and Cablevision's 11th Annual Holiday Rock & Roll Bash to benefit The Lustgarten Foundation's work to...

At Syfy's "Countdown to Christmas Week" event in New York.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... At Syfy's "Countdown to Christmas Week" event in New York l. to r.): Lucas Bryant, Haven; Colin Ferguson, Eureka; Emily Rose and Eric Balfour, Haven; Dave Howe, Syfy president; Saul Rubinek, Warehouse 13; and Erica Cerra, Eureka.

At the CMT Artists of the Year taping in Nashville.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... At the CMT Artists of the Year taping in Nashville (top, l. to r.): Jason Aldean; Brian Philips, CMT; Rob Lowe; Charles Kelley; Brad Paisley; Dave Haywood; and John Hamlin, CMT. Bottom (l. to r.): Rac Clark, executive producer; Taylor Swift;...

Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt and Style Network president Salaam Coleman Smith at the third annual Give & Get Fete.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (l.) and Style Network president Salaam Coleman Smith at the third annual Give & Get Fete at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif.

New NBA on TNT analyst Shaquille O'Neal behind the scenes at a promo shoot.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... New NBA on TNT analyst Shaquille O'Neal behind the scenes at a promo shoot for the upcoming basketball season.

At OWN's premiere of Miss Representation at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... At OWN's premiere of Miss Representation at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): co-producer Julie Costanzo; California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom; filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom; executive producer Regina Kulik Scully;...

At the N.B.T. finale contest at The America at Brand in Glendale, Calif.(FREEZE FRAME)
December 19, 2011... At the N.B.T. finale contest at The America at Brand in Glendale, Calif. (l. to r.): Sean Cocchia, Disney Channels Worldwide; Kelly Edwards and Phil Guerini, Radio Disney; Shealeigh; Cody Simpson; Jake Whetter; and Ray De La Garza, Radio Disney.

Dear Santa: Close Title II: FCC nominees differ on how tightly to shut that door, though.(RULES)
December 19, 2011... WASHINGTON -- "If Santa could bring me just one gift this year, it would be to close the proceeding that seeks to classify broadband Internet-access services under Title II for the first time," Republican Federal Communications Commission member...

TWC opens up a D.C. news bureau.(RULES)(Time Warner Cable )
December 19, 2011... WASHINGTON -- Time Warner Cable has quietly opened a news bureau here to serve its local and regional news networks, the company confirms. But not so quietly that it did not get a shout-out in Congress. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According...

AMC Networks.(PEOPLE)(Alicia Broughel and John Derderian appointed)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Alicia Broughel has joined AMC Networks as senior counsel and compliance officer. She comes from Paul Hastings LLP, where she was a senior associate in the finance and restructuring department. Also, John Derderian was named senior counsel...

CNN.(PEOPLE)(Michelle Jaconi appointed)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... CNN has named Michelle Jaconi as executive producer of its Washington, D.C bureau.'s newly created CrossPlatform Programming unit. She had been executive producer of John King USA and State of the Union. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Discovery.(PEOPLE)(Discovery Communications Inc.)(appointments of Elizabeth Newell, Savalle Sims)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Elizabeth Newell has joined Discovery Communications as senior vice president, global corporate legal. She comes from General Electric, where she was lead transactional lawyer for NBC Universal and GE Healthcare. Also, Savalle Sims has joined...

Grass Valley.(PEOPLE)(Thomson Grass Valley)(appointment of Gale England)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Gale England has been named senior vice president, global operations and quality at Grass Valley. He was VP, product operations at Sonus Networks. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Gravity.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Alex Posteinicu)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... New York-based branding agency Gravity has added Alex Posteinicu as a creative director.

IFC.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Andrew Siegal at Independent Film Channel)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Andrew Siegal has been named vice president, production, at IFC. He is a veteral producer of long- and short-form programming for major cable networks and entertainment brands.

Andrew Siegal's production credits include Comedy Central's Jon Benjamin Has a Van.(DID YOU KNOW?)
December 19, 2011... Andrew Siegal's production credits include Comedy Central's Jon Benjamin Has a Van, HBO's Funny or Die: Presents and MTV's World of Jenks.

Kenshoo.(appointment of Sarit Firon)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Digital marketing software provider Kenshoo has named Sarit Firon as chief financial officer. She comes from digital advertising solutions provider MediaMind.

Nat Geo.(PEOPLE)(National Geographic Channel)(appointments)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Howard T. Owens has been named president, National Geographic Channels U.S. He comes from Reveille LLC, where he was lead managing director. Also, Courteney Monroe was named chief marketing officer of the U.S. Channels, a new post. She was...

NBCUniversal.(PEOPLE)(appointment of John Shea)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... John Shea has joined NBCUniversal's Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media division as executive vice president, chief marketing officer of integrated media. He comes from the DreamWorks/Universal location-based entertainment...

Reelzchannel.(PEOPLE)(appointment of David Zaccaria)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Reelzchannel has added David Zaccaria as vice president, marketing and on-air promotion. He comes from Lifetime, where he was creative director, integrated marketing and on-air promotion.

While at Warner Bros.-Telepictures, David Zaccaria won a pair of Emmy Awards.(DID YOU KNOW?)(Telepictures Productions)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... While at Warner Bros.-Telepictures, David Zaccaria won a pair of Emmy Awards for on-air marketing of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Sesame Workshop.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Lynn Chwatsky)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Lynn Chwatsky was elevated to vice president, outreach initiatives and partnerships, at Sesame Workshop. She had been assistant VP, educational outreach.

Time Warner Cable.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Craig L. Collins)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Craig L. Collins advanced to president, business services, for Time Warner Cable's West Region. He had been senior vice president, business services sales and marketing. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Turner.(PEOPLE)(appointment of Susan Shipsky)(Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Susan Shipsky was named vice president, production for Turner Broadcasting System's Young Adults and Kids Media's (AYAKM) Creative Group, based in Atlanta. She comes from creative digital studio MaxMedia, where she was VP, business development....

Calendar.(PEOPLE)
December 19, 2011... Jan. 10-13 Consumer Electronics Association, 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas. Vist: www.cesweb.org. Jan. 21-23 National Association of Television Programming Executives, 2012 NATPE Conference, Fountainbleau Hotel,...

2011: in like lion, out like lamb: general economic woes stopped an early-year surge for sector.(YEAR IN REVIEW)
December 19, 2011... LOOKING BACK ON 2011, THE BIGGEST (and saddest) question of the year was what might have been. Cable stocks were on track for double-digit percentage growth in the first half of the year, but a dismal second half, marred by competitive...

Multichannel News index.(FINANCE)(Statistical data)
December 19, 2011... Multichannel News INDEX Price Price 12/14/11 12/07/11 % Change MSOs Cablevision Systems (L) 14.00 14.95 -6.35% Charter Communications 52.54...

Analyst: Zynga IPO worth ride.(TIP SHEET)(Zynga Game Network Inc.)(Initial public offerings)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield recommended participation in parent company Zynga's upcoming IPO, adding that the social gaming giant could expand its reach to TV. Greenfield noted that Zynga is "light years" ahead of leveraging social...

ESPN could win big in renewals.(TIP SHEET)(Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Morgan Stanley media analyst Ben Swinburne reiterated his "overweight" rating on The Walt Disney Co., adding that fears that affiliate-fee growth for its ESPN sports networks could decline are unwarranted. Swinburne noted that given the 12%...

Cable Revs broadband engine: ultra-fast internet, tablet TV among top 2011 tech stories.(YEAR IN REVIEW)
December 19, 2011... IN 2011, CABLE OPERATORS STEPPED ON THE GAS--asserting their broadband superiority over telco rivals and sprinting ahead to make watching TV across a multitude of screens a reality. DOCSIS flexes its muscles: Does cable need fiber to the...

Big (cable) tech trends for 2012.(TRANSLATION PLEASE)(Editorial)
December 19, 2011... AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN AT THE LAST ISSUE of the year. This week, we'll go more "things in motion stay in motion" than "history is a great teacher," with a forecast of five big tech trends for '12. Here goes: 1. HTML5. This one skips into the...

Year-end blitz on retrans: 900-plus deals set to come due by Dec. 31.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 19, 2011... CABLE OPERATORS ARE BRACING FOR WHAT could be another contentious round of retransmission-consent negotiations as more than 900 separate deals could come up for renewal at year-end. While several deals have already been done this year--most...

ESPN ready to be bowled over.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 19, 2011... FOR ESPN, 'TIS THE SEASON FOR COLLEGE BOWL game watching. ESPN's networks will air 33 of the 35 football bowls (CBS has the Sun Bowl, Fox the Cotton), capped off by the five Bowl Championship Series contests. This year is the second of ESPN's...

Method to madness.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 19, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AT A DEC. 7 PRIVATE SCREENING AT PARAMOUNT STUDIOS in Los Angeles for the Encore original documentary Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht (at l., with Lewis) had to try to settle a room filled...

MCN buzz meter.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Statistical data)
December 19, 2011... by Trendrr The social-TV charts below rank shows by volume of activity (mentions, tags, links, likes, etc.) across all public profiles on Twitter, Facebook, GetGlue and Miso. Sentiment is a reflection of a positive score based on positive,...

Change is coming.(ACCESS)
December 19, 2011... The following is an edited excerpt from a Dec. 14 speech by National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Michael Powell at The Media Institute in Washington. IN COMMUNICATIONS, WE TOO OFTEN make things so mind-numbingly...

Newhouse establishes Higgins Award.(S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has established the John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting as part of the annual Mirror Awards for excellence in media-industry...

What are bandwidth caps for? Dec. 11.(VOICES: BIT RATE)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, Cox and Charter claim they instituted monthly bandwidth-usage limits as a way to ensure good service to 99% of their customers--by capping the 1% or so of elite broadband users who use a disproportionate amount of...

MCN's most read.(COMMUNITY)(Multichannel News)
December 19, 2011... TOP ARTICLES ON MULTICHANNEL.COM, FOR 2011 1. Fans Can Select Duncan Baby's Name on Disney's 'Good Luck Charlie' 2. Industry to Convene for Video Everywhere Event on March 30 3. 5 Technology Innovations Changing Cable TV 4. Dish Wins...

201.4 B.(Numbers)(Brief article)
December 19, 2011... Number of videos viewed online globally by some 1.2 | billion people aged 15 and over during October. Two of every five videos viewed worldwide were on YouTube.com. SOURCE: ComScore report, Dec. 14

B&C's TV Station GM, news director and multiplatform broadcaster of 2011.(THIS WEEK ON B&C: broadcastingcable.com)
December 19, 2011... Local television executives overcame stiff challenges in their markets to emerge as best of the broadcast bunch in 2011.

NATPE 2012 on sold-out track.(THIS WEEK ON B&C: broadcastingcable.com)
December 19, 2011... Strong advance sales reflect bump in series launches; Charlie Sheen is teed up.

Analog's end should be a DOCSIS 2.0 speed fix.(TALKBACK)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2011... (RE: "Powell: Cable, Broadcast Regs Need Rethinking," Dec. 14): "The cable-system operators could not get the designed upload speeds for DOCSIS 2.0 to work. They are going to be relieved from the [Federal Communications Comission] analog...

No right to interfere for LightSquared.(TALKBACK)(Letter to the editor)
December 19, 2011... (RE: "LightSquared Analysis Finds No Cell Phone Interference," via broadcastingcable.com, Dec. 14): "Yes, LightSquared has had the legal right to use its spectrum as it was intended: for satellite-to-Earth communication. They did not have, and...

Tuned in.(COMMUNITY)(Cartoon)
December 19, 2011... SEXY, FUNNY, THRILLING AND CLEVER... WHY CAN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE THE TOP SHOWS OF 2011, RALPH? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Verizon schemes stream dreams: CEO McAdam: over-the-top 'will be part of our strategy'.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Verizon Communications Inc.)
December 12, 2011... VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS NEXT YEAR MAY LAUNCH an Internet-streaming service with a bundle of TV shows and movies--a la Netflix--outside its FiOS TV footprint. The telco has been looking at developing some kind of over-the-top offering, Verizon...

Cablevision: Verizon's ads are false ... now.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Verizon Communications Inc.)(advertising)(Cablevision Systems Corp.)
December 12, 2011... THE HIGH-SPEED DATA WARS HEATED UP LAST week, after Cablevision Systems filed suit against Verizon Communications, claiming a telco ad blitz depicting the cable company's Internet speeds as much less than advertised are false and misleading. ...

Senate OKs FCC nominees, but ... Grassley: Block will stand until agency forks over LightSquared documents.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Federal Communications Commission)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- The Senate Commerce Committee last week approved the nominations of Republican Ajit Pai and Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to the Federal Communications Commission. The pair passed without incident, but at press time, it was not...

GOP's Xmas package: incentive auctions.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- Spectrum-incentive auctions are included in a Republican year-end extender package, according to a copy of the House GOP Payroll Tax plan released last week. According to the package proposals and offsets, one of the offsets is...

Facebook declines congress' invite to teen privacy briefing.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Brief article)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- Facebook has declined a congressional invitation to a Dec. 14 Capitol Hill briefing on teen and kids' privacy. The invitation came from Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-chairs of the Congressional Privacy...

Pop quiz: name a new TV trend? right answer: comedy quiz show.(THROUGH The Wire)
December 12, 2011... IN THE TRADITION OF "THREE MAKES A TREND," The Wire has spotted a new one in cable programming: comedy quiz shows. BBC America has doubled down on a variation of the genre--the comedy panel show--with Would You Rather...? With Graham Norton...

Chuck Wepner fans enjoy face time at HBO fight party.(THROUGH The Wire)(HBO Sports)(Brief article)
December 12, 2011... HBO Sports packed plenty of celebrity punch at Madison Square Garden for the Dec. 3 pre-party leading up to the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito pay-per-view boxing event. Actors Jon Seda (The Pacific), Eddie Kaye Thomas (How to Make It in...

Cox's men of Movember.(THROUGH The Wire)
December 12, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Twenty-six staffers in Cox Communications' corporate finance department in Atlanta proudly wore moustaches for "Movember," the campaign to raise men's health awareness, especially with regard to prostate health. They...

Senators try again for Supreme Court cameras: push coincides with C-SPAN request to televise health-reform hearing.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has teamed with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to introduce the Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011, the latest effort to get cameras inside the U.S. Supreme Court. It follows by only a few weeks a...

AT&T sues FCC over USF reform: says circuit-switched traffic should be treated differently than VoIP.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Federal Communications Commission)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- AT&T is taking the Federal Communications Commission to court over its effort to put cable voice-over-Internet-protocol subsidies on par with what phone companies receive. At press time, AT&T and the National...

I want my multiscreen TV: survey.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Brief article)
December 12, 2011... ABOUT 62% OF U.S. CONSUMERS SAID THEY would likely watch live TV on laptops, tablets and smartphones, if their cable or satellite TV provider offered the service for no extra charge, according to a new survey. Of the remaining respondents,...

Nielsen to Rate FiOS TV on Xbox: Viacom among those providing nets via gaming console.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 12, 2011... AS THE OLD VISA COMMERCIALS SAID, CABLE programmers want to be everywhere their viewers want to be. But they don't want to leave ad dollars on the table. On the Xbox 360, at least, Nielsen said it's prepared to give viewing credit for the 26...

Cox launches iPad app for highest-speed subs.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Cox Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
December 12, 2011... COX COMMUNICATIONS HAS LAUNCHED AN iPad app letting customers watch about 35 live TV channels over a home Wi-Fi connection--but the service isn't available to subscribers who have entry-level broadband tiers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The TV...

In demand: sports will drive buys international, niche events take programmer's success outside the ring.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
December 12, 2011... IN DEMAND IN 2012 WILL LOOK TO BUILD ON THE success it generated this year in offering non-ring-sports pay-per-view events to targeted sports fans. While events from boxing, pro wrestling and UFC events continued to dominate the PPV event...

NBC sports net kicks off name-change campaign.(NEWS & ANALYSIS )
December 12, 2011... COME JAN. 2, NATIONAL CABLE SPORTS SERVICE Versus will become NBC Sports Network. The plan calls for Bob Costas to sign off from NBC's coverage of the 2012 National Hockey League Winter Classic between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York...

Window shopping gives VOD a boost: CEO Bob Benya explains in demand's 2011 growth spurt.(Q&A)(Interview)
December 12, 2011... Pay-per-view and video-on-demand content distributor In Demand enjoyed a record-setting performance in 2011, generating $1.3 billion in gross retail revenue and generating some 175 million on-demand movie buys. CEO Bob Benya spoke to...

Mobile mashup: cable operators can't be true wireless carriers. Will a patchwork of partnerships and Wi-Fi cover their bases?(Cover story)
December 12, 2011... THE CABLE GUYS HAVE RUN THE WIRELESS NUMBERS, AND IT'S A business they simply can't afford to be in. Instead of owning and operating 3G and 4G networks (or, when it happens, 5G) themselves, the biggest cable operators instead plan to deliver...

Boffo results for holiday films: movie watchers stay home, choose made-for-cable flicks.(CONTENT)
December 12, 2011... TELEVISION VIEWERS PROPPED UP THEIR FEET and watched original cable movies at home in big numbers during a post-Thanksgiving week in which movie-theater box offices didn't fare so well. Holiday films from Disney Channel and Hallmark Channel...

HGTV finds family touch.(CONTENTS)
December 12, 2011... CALL IT HGTV'S VERSION OF ALL IN THE FAMILY. The Scripps Networks Interactive service is finding Nielsen success with series centering on family members working together on home construction or design businesses. Consider: Property...

Steve Niles' Remains.
December 12, 2011... STEVE NILES' REMAINS (Chiller, Friday, Dec. 16, 10 p.m.) ** 1/2 Zombies--enlivened by the runaway success of AMC's The Walking Dead -- have become a hot genre property. So it was probably a no-brainer for Chiller to mine the same territory...

CALM compliance details emerge: MSOs won't be responsible for volume of broadcast-TV spots.(RULES)(Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- Cable operators won't be responsible for making sure commercials from broadcast TV that they retransmit are not too loud. But they will be responsible for the volume on national ads passed along by programming networks, for ads...

Food network stars aid 'no Kid Hungry' cause.(RULES)(Television Food Network G.P.)(Brief article)
December 12, 2011... WASHINGTON -- Food Network will send a truck around the capital this holiday season, collecting the following for a food bank: 15,600 diapers, 11,500 cans of beans, 8,600 cans of veggies, 2,900 tins of tuna, 2,200 cans of soup, 1,800 bags of...