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  • Tour backspin Venturi doubled pleasure playing broadcasting

    File-This June 2, 2011 file photo shows retiring CBS golf broadcaster Ken Venturi waves to Kemper Open winner Bob Estes from the broadcast booth during the final round of the Kemper Open at the TPC at Avenel in Potomac, Md. The former U.S. Open champion has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday May 17, 2013 ...

  • Fall TV Networks woo viewers lost to cable online

    May 20--The fall TV season for the five networks is still months away, but the battle already has started to win back some of the viewers who have shifted to cable and online programming. Advertisements for the 29 new shows that will fill out the network lineups for the 2013-14 season are airing. Look for stars of those new shows to start making guest appearances on talk shows. As network ...

  • Clyburn addresses the troops

    The FCC's Mignon Clyburn era figures to be brief, but that said it will be of unknown duration. The Acting Chair told the FCC staff that she sees herself as a middle runner in a relay race and will try to advance the FCC's mission ahead of the arrival of the next chair. Clyburn says she is looking to the most recent former acting chair, Michael Copps, as a role model. Copps took over ...

  • SKYY Vodka debuts “Be Part of the Art”

    Via Lambesis of La Jolla, CA, he TV and social media campaign will support new "SKYY Infusions Moscato Grape," the first-ever Moscato grape infused vodka available in the US. The effort began 5/20 and features modern hip-hop culture and nightlife. The TV spot features a collaboration between hip-hop artist, Theophilus London; leading music video director, Anthony Mandler (who ...

  • Snell to highlight Kahuna Flare at BroadcastAsia2013

    Kahuna Flare is the first midrange production switcher to offer standard single-link 1080p support alongside SD and HD formats at no extra cost - making it ideal for over-the-air broadcasts, IP, or Internet delivery platforms, and even large progressive-screen presentations. With versions ranging from 2 M/E to 4 M/E, Kahuna Flare offers four keyers per M/E and two channels of 3D DVE, all in a ...


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Shrek the Third

Shrek the Third

Here's the fundamental problem with Shrek the Third: the first two Shrek films covered just about every hilarious to mildly amusing joke involving fairy tales imaginable, leaving the inevitable third entry with little to do but rehash old gags and try to stretch the previous ... ...

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  • Adorama Introduces the Flashpoint 180 Monolight and Battery Kit

    Adorama, one of the world's largest photography, imaging, video and electronics retailers, and a leading destination for iPhone photo specialty accessories, is now selling the new Flashpoint 180 Monolight Kit. The Flashpoint 180 Monolight is compact and ideal for on-location shooting. Lightweight and versatile, the complete lighting kit comes pre-loaded with all the accessories needed to ...

  • ABC fits the bill Sunday night

    The season finale of AFV started ABC out on the right foot, and then three hours of the Billboard Awards sealed the deal as the net coasted to a Sunday night win. Fox was the best of the rest, followed by CBS, NBC and ...

  • WRIF welcomes “Dave and Chuck the Freak”

    The duo take mornings at Greater Media's heritage Detroit rocker, replacing Drew & Mike. WRIF told its listeners Drew and Mike were going to be replaced with a pair that projected a younger, edgier vibe. Drew and Mike show ended last week after 22 years. ';Dave and Chuck'; will start 6 a.m. 5/28. Dave Hunter and Chuck "the Freak" Urquhart were previously on ...

  • CEA Challenges Charters FCC Set-Top Waiver

    The Consumer Electronics Association asked the full commission on Monday to reconsider the Media Bureau's grant of a conditional waiver to Charter for set-tops with downloadable security. In 2007, The FCC instituted the prohibition on set-tops that combine channel surfing with security. Cable ops were required to use a removable CableCARD security add-on, a move the FCC hoped would ...

  • Scripps News Says It Uncovered Unsecured Lifeline Personal Data

    Scripps News, which serves the company's broadcast, newspaper and online properties, Monday began publishing stories on what it says it has uncovered data security lapses affecting thousands of customers whose data was collected by companies participating in the government's Lifeline phone subsidy program. The FCC is testing an expansion of that program to broadband subsidies. ...

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