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  • Congress says Food Security Bill would have immensely benefited the poor

    The Information and Broadcasting Minister , Manish Tewari, has blamed the opposition for the Governments inability to pass the Food Security Bill, which would have helped the country's poor. He was speaking during his visit to Odisha. Manish Tewari said that the bill was " so ambitious and breathtaking" in its very conception and would provide food security to 67 percent of the people of this ...

  • Moonlite FM trains information centre managers in broadcasting

    Sunyani, May 18, GNA - Management of Moonlite FM, a Sunyani-based radio station, on Thursday organised a day's training seminar to educate some information centre managers in the Brong-Ahafo Region on basic skills in news gathering and ...

  • WCB Cost Model Virtual Workshop 2012 - Support Thresholds

    In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission adopted a methodology "that will target support to areas that exceed a specified cost benchmark, but not provide support for areas that exceed an 'extremely high cost' threshold." With regard to the support benchmark, the Commission stated that it would use the model "to identify those census blocks where the cost of ...

  • Radio still strongest media for auto advertisers

    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 ...

  • Wireless Bureau Seeks Input on Auction Band Plan

    public notice seeking input on band plans for the FCC's melding of TV station and wireless band users following the FCC's incentive auctions. It also took aim at the so-called "down from 51" proposal offered up by broadcasters and wireless companies in tandem. The notice came out only hours before FCC chairman Julius Genachowski was scheduled to exit the commission. It is not ...


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Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal is a lurid psychodrama cleverly dressed up in art house garb. It plumbs the recesses of pathetic and sordid human behavior with a wry combination of gleeful deliciousness and arty pretension, making it the movie equivalent of a grocery store scandal r ... ...

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  • Critics Notebook TV Networks Upfronts Showcase Shows and Desperation

    The network upfronts are about entertainment, but how do they stack up as entertainment? Go to one of them ...

  • “Office” finale up 30 vs. year-ago

    From 9-10:15 p.m. ET, the series finale of "The Office" (3.0/8 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall) filed the show’s highest 18-49 rating in 16 months, since the January 19, 2012 telecast also did a 3.0, and matched the ';Office'; high since November 3, 2011 (3.2). In total viewers, the 5.7 million is also the show’s biggest overall audience since January 19, ...

  • Univision clears the deck if debt for awhile

    A cool $1B will be coming to Univision, half from a secured loan and half from a secured note offering - and the bill for each half won't come due until 2020 and 2023 respectively. A 2014 loan will be paid off under the plan. The company also plans to pay off some of its obligations that come due in 2017, and will put some of the incoming funds into its investment in the El Rey Network. ...

  • Michael Hayes SVPTV at Hearst

    Michael J. Hayes, who since March 2011 has served as president and general manager at Hearst Television's WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA, has been named senior vice president and group head of Hearst Television. In his new role, Hayes, who will relocate to Hearst Television's New York headquarters, will share oversight responsibilities for a portfolio of the ...

  • Clear Channel kicks more debt down the road

    Radio giant Clear Channel recently announced a plan to knock 2016 maturities from $8.2B to $6.7B - but check that. It has taken the $1.5B in financial instruments and upped the ante to $4B, bringing its 2016 obligation down to $4.2B. Moody's said the move is ratings-neutral. The move also extends the time on the back end. The $1.5B loan would have matured in July of 2018. The new improved ...

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