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Exclusive: In Wake of Fox-Sinclair Pact, Fox Stations Fear Affiliation Switches - Broadcasting & Cable
said one group exec who asked not to be named. "Everyone is wondering about a new paradigm that no one really thought of." The Fox network would not make an exec available to speak on the matter. "We have begun speaking to our affiliates regarding this ...
Daytime Emmys Looking to HLN, AOL for June Show - Broadcasting & Cable
NATAS' board of directors also is working to secure AOL as its social media partner for the awards, said sources who asked not to be identified prior to the announcement. Neither NATAS, HLN nor AOL would comment on the negotiations.
Broadcasters Aereo Their Grievances - Broadcasting & Cable
But, speaking on background, a broadcast executive from one of the many companies suing Aereo had plenty to say. “The notion of 100000 dime-sized antennas in a warehouse in Brooklyn is baloney,” the exec said. “What they are trying to do is conceal and ...
FCC Will Turn Over More LightSquared Documents - Broadcasting & Cable
Until then, said the aide speaking on background, "There's nothing new here. Sen. Grassley still wants to receive internal documents before lifting his hold on the nominees." Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel are the Republican and Democratic nominees, ...
Critics Slam Verizon Spectrum Plans - Broadcasting & Cable
A Verizon official, speaking on background, called the charges baseless. "Verizon Wireless isn't trying to make some larger political point, as Public Knowledge and Free Press suggest," he told B&C/Multi. "If the FCC approves our pending purchase of ...
CALM Before The Storm? - Broadcasting & Cable
But a top engineer at a large owned-and-operated station at another network, who declined to be named, says, “We'll make the deadline, but we're making less headway than our lawyers would like.” Others note some confusion over what the regulations ...
Affiliates' Sin City Wish Lists - Broadcasting & Cable
“It's been quite stressful figuring out how to make the dollars work,” says one Fox GM who asked not to be named. “But one suspects it's made us all better at what we do.” Expect the retooling of The X Factor to be a major topic in Vegas when the Fox ...
Q's in Search of Some A's - Broadcasting & Cable
Although the FCC will also vote April 27 to tee up the channel-sharing framework, one broadcast engineer speaking on background says he expects any action would be preceded by “a number of educational” efforts aimed at “lessening the friction between ...
Local TV's 'Death Star' Gets in Sync - Broadcasting & Cable
“The stations they bought do not fit the model,” said one industry-watcher who asked not to be named. “Sinclair was seen as a sales and technology company, focused on costs and revenue. Now they are reinvigorated about news.” And by recently joining ...
Grassley Complains FCC Wouldn't Make Staffers Available - Broadcasting & Cable
A House Energy & Commerce Committee source speaking on background said that the committee was still waiting to receive the FCC documents -- the letter requesting the documents set no deadline -- and had not scheduled, or ruled out, ...
Spectrum Auctions: What Now? - Broadcasting & Cable
The new legislation “raises a lot more questions than answers,” says one former top FCC official speaking on background. “We don't know how long this is going to play out. It will be long after Julius Genachowski has left the scene, or even Obama has ...
Magic Johnson, P. Diddy to Gain Comcast Channel Berths - Broadcasting & Cable
By R. Thomas Umstead -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/21/2012 10:23:08 AM Entertainment moguls Sean "P Diddy" Combs and Earvin "Magic" Johnson will receive Comcast's first two, new multicultural channel allotments, according to sources close to the situation ...
Rookies Rarely Get to Play on Super Bowl Sunday - Broadcasting & Cable
“The goal is to pick a show that's still in its ascendancy,” said a network executive who requested anonymity. “Pick a show that's still on the way up so that you can really get something from the additional exposure.” That's what NBC will do this year ...
Rookies Rarely Get to Play On Super Bowl Sunday - Broadcasting & Cable
“The goal is to pick a show that's still in its ascendancy,” said a network executive who requested anonymity. “Pick a show that's still on the way up so that you can really get something from the additional exposure.” That's what NBC will do this year ...
Supreme Court Weighs Indecency Regulations - Broadcasting & Cable
One broadcast executive with an interest in the outcome speaking on background last week pointed to the station licenses that have not been granted pending resolution of what is, by various accounts, well over a million indecency complaints in the FCC ...
5 Keys to Ownership Rules - Broadcasting & Cable
And yes, while it does loosen the TV-radio station cross-ownership ban, which the National Association of Broadcasters asked for, broadcast attorneys speaking on background say nobody was pushing hard for that move anyway. 2. SSA SOS. ...
Facebook Declines Invite to Teen Privacy Briefing - Broadcasting & Cable
"We communicate regularly with lawmakers about these issues and look forward continuing that productive dialogue." A Facebook source speaking on background said the company works frequently with the congressional committees of jurisdiction.
NBC-Owned TV Stations Select Non-Profit Content Partners - Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast–NBCU provided a donation to each of the sites it chose as partners, according to a Comcast/NBCU source speaking on background. They would not comment on the amount. NBC stations will get a broadcast TV-exclusive first-look at ProPublica news ...
Markey Seeks Info on Carrier IQ - Broadcasting & Cable
A source speaking on background said Markey directed his letter to the FTC rather than the company because his concern is not just with the software, but with how it was being used by device makers and carriers to track info and delivering it so it ...
Johnson Campaign Files Complaint Against CBS - Broadcasting & Cable
CBS had no comment on the complaint, but a source speaking on background said that the reason Johnson was not included was that the criteria for inclusion in the debate was that the candidate had to be polling at least 1%.
Senate Declines to Vote on Net Neutrality-Blocking Maneuver - Broadcasting & Cable
A source close to one of those Republicans speaking on background said they would get together with resolution co-sponsor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on how to proceed, but would not rule out another attempt. ...
Protests 'Occupy' Local Newscasts - Broadcasting & Cable
“By and large, the demonstrators seem to welcome our presence here,” said one veteran New York reporter who asked not to be named. “More often than not, they say come inside, and we talk without restrictions.” But news professionals say there are ...
The What-If Scenario No One Wants to Talk About - Broadcasting & Cable
“I'm very fearful that this is going to be the last great quarter we have in a while,” said the executive, an ad sales chief at a prominent company that owns several large cable networks, who asked that his name not be used. Until now, the national TV ...
ACA Troubled By FCC USF Order - Broadcasting & Cable
That is because, according to a cable attorney speaking on background, the FCC order gives those telcos right of first refusal on broadband subsidies over a years-long transition to competitive bidding. Both ACA and the National Cable ...
Walden Sets Personal End-of-Year Goal for Spectrum Bill - Broadcasting & Cable
A committee source speaking on background said that Walden and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), ranking member of the subcommittee, had met Tuesday for the ninth time, but for the first time with Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the full committee ...