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  • Multiplatform World Ops Nets Need More Cooperation to Make TV Everywhere Work

    New York -- Cable operators and content providers will have to work together to maximize the viewership and revenue opportunities for TV Everywhere, but the window of opportunity is fast closing due to competition, said executives speaking at the TV in a Multiplatform World conference here Thursday. Executives said the industry needs to develop better partnerships with regard to offering ...

  • Multiplatform World Streamlining Second-Screen Experience DrivesUser Engagement

    New York -- The second-screen market is in HTML 5 technology, and manufacturers need to "sync" up with this technology to better streamline the user experience. "The market is [in] HTML 5," says Jonathan Ruff, senior director, technology applications, ...

  • Multiplatform World Comcasts Strauss Says VOD Poised for More Growth

    New York -- Comcast's video-on-demand programming is poised for growth on several levels. Matt Strauss, senior VP of digital and emerging platforms at Comcast Cable, speaking at NewBay Media's "TV in a Multiplatform World" event here Thursday, said the platform's viewership, promotional and monetization aspects are accelerating. Whereas kids, music and movies have ...

  • Walden Sees Aereo as Potential Marketplace Disruptor

    Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) says Aereo could be a major disruptor in the marketplace -- as could Dish's Hopper -- and suggests he understands why Fox would warn that such disruption could move programming off the broadcast model. Walden, chair of the House Communications Subcommittee, was being interviewed for C-SPAN's Communicators series. Walden called both Aereo and Hopper disruptions ...

  • Comcasts David Cohen U.S. Broadband Is World Class

    Comcast executive VP David Cohen stood up tall for U.S. broadband Thursday, saying Americans "are getting world-class broadband from competing companies, and it's getting better every day." He ascribed to parochial agendas the "running down" of U.S. broadband build-outs by some critics and members of the press who he said use "selective statistics" to back ...


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The Sweet Hereafter

In "The Sweet Hereafter," writer/director Atom Egoyan takes us beyond the tragedy of death into the tragedy of living. He shows us how it isn't dying that hurts, but rather the pain of living in the hereafter of death, and dealing with the loss and grief that it brings. On a cold winter day in a small, isolated town in British Columbia, a school bus full of children slides off the highway and onto ... ...

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  • Stocks end modestly lower

    Socks fell modestly on Thursday, but finished well off their lowest intraday levels after upbeat U.S. economic reports and gains for Hewlett-Packard countered worries about the Fed potentially tapering its bond-buying program. After dropping as much as 127 points, the Dow declined 12.67 points, or 0.1%, to end at 15,294.50. The RBR Radio Index was down 1.606, or .3%, to 632.801. The TVBR ...

  • Another FCC indecency story to debunk

    A group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of ...

  • Agriculture interests go to bat for LPTV

    A group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of what to them is critically important low power television and TV translator service. They noted that their members' line of work typically places them beyond the reach of America's media markets. They said, "In rural and ...

  • AdLarge Media Sports USA kiss re-up

    AdLarge Media and Sports USA Media have settled their differences and extended their relationship. A pending suit has been dismissed as a misunderstanding. So AdLarge continues as the exclusive national ad sales representation firm for Sports USA, an independent syndicator of live play-by-play sports. Sports USA owner Pacific Radio Sports was reportedly suing AdLarge in U.S. District Court for ...

  • Bob Pantano honored by Philly City Council

    CBS Radio's 98.1 WOGL's Bob Pantano, host of the Saturday Night Dance Party for over 36 years, will be honored by Philadelphia City Council for his organization and efforts of many charitable events throughout the years, including The Hero Scholarship Fund, Saints Neumann Goretti High School's annual "Taste of South Philly" fundraiser and The Vendemmia Festival in Girard ...

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