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  • Univision partners with Penske

    Univision News, the news division of Univision Communications, and Penske Media Corporation (PMC) have joined forces to create a co-branded multiplatform entertainment segment for Univision Network’s ';Primer Impacto'; (First Impact). Titled ';Variety en Primer Impacto,'; the 2.5 minute segment is now available across all Univision platforms--broadcast and digital. It ...

  • Carson Daly debuting new countdown show

    Looks like Ryan Seacrest/AT 40 has some fresh competition--especially on CBS Radio stations nationwide. He already serves as host of CBS Radio/LA's 97.1 AMP Radio's morning show, and now Carson Daly is launching two new weekly Pop countdown programs beginning Saturday, 7/6. "The Daly Download With Carson Daly - This Week's Top 30" will make its debut on more than 70 CBS ...

  • Aetna launches new radio TV effort

    About The Author: Carl has been with RBR-TVBR since 1997 and is currently Managing Director/Senior Editor. Residing in Northern Virginia, he covers the business of broadcasting, advertising, programming, new media and engineering. He's also done a great deal of interviews for the company and handles our ever-growing stable of bylined ...

  • FBN ends contract with Tobin Smith over stock boosting

    . Smith’s contract was terminated under the network’s contributor policy, which states that ';no contributor to FBN, nor his/her firm, and/or family members are allowed to accept financial consideration of any kind whatsoever to issue research, advertisements, or to otherwise promote individual stocks or securities.'; Smith, in a 20-page news mailer, touted ...

  • Sports Summit Lazarus -- TV Everywhere Protects Pay TV Ecosystem

    New York -- With the rise of online and mobile video, TV Everywhere is seen as a way for programmers to protect their property from being usurped completely. "The TV Everywhere aspect of our business, specifically around sports and live events, is an important part of protecting the pay TV ecosystem," said Mark Lazarus, chairman of the NBC Sports Group, during a keynote ...


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In Eyes Wide Open, his memoir of working with the late director Stanley Kubrick on the screenplay for his last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), writer Frederic Raphael relates a story in which Kubrick was discussing the possibility of making a film about the Holocau ... ...

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  • Viacom to Sell Social Ads With Twitter

    Viacom announced a partnership with Twitter to deliver social video advertising campaigns around big events on networks including MTV, VH1, CMT, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land and Spike. The partnership will launch with ...

  • Dish ends bidding for Sprint

    Dish Network said it won't make a new offer to buy Sprint Nextel in time for a deadline and will instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire. The decision is good news for Japan’s SoftBank, which is also trying to buy Sprint. Dish said in a statement that it was not practical for it to submit a revised offer by the 6/18 deadline imposed by Sprint: "While DISH continues to see ...

  • Steve Gleason accepts apologies from fired hosts

    Steve Gleason wrote on his organization’s Facebook page 6/18 that he accepts the apologies of 790 The Zone Atlanta hosts Nick Cellini, Steak Shapiro and Chris ...

  • Regional Sales Account Executive

    Bowling Green, KY – WBKO-TV is accepting applications for the position of Regional Sales Account Executive to handle agency accounts. WBKO is one of a group of more than 30 television stations owned by Gray Television, Inc. Description: Seeking an experienced media sales person with focus on advertising agency account development. Applicant must demonstrate at least three years experience ...

  • Dish Abandons Sprint Bid

    Dish Network said late Tuesday that it would not submit a revised offer for Sprint Nextel, effectively abandoning its pursuit of the wireless phone giant. Dish had launched ...

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