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  • Judgment for Judy as Big Bang slips

    Judge Judy had the highest rated syndicated show during the week of 5/6/13, and although Big Bang will won the title for most viewers, it slipped under the 10M mark. Wheel of Fortune was 2nd in viewers and 3rd in ...

  • Rockefeller Still Targeting June for Wheeler Hearing

    According to a committee source, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) is targeting June for a nomination hearing for Tom Wheeler as the next FCC chair. Rockefeller chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, which will have to approve the nomination before it gets a floor vote. The president has yet to nominate a Republican, and Wheeler almost certainly would not get a full-Senate vote until he was paired ...

  • Snell introduces new IQ modular range of format converters

    Snell is introducing a new IQ format converter range that provides high-quality conversion of common SD, HD and 3Gb/s formats for broadcast systems. In addition to conversion, the new modules can perform a host of video, audio, and metadata functions. Snell is also unveiling the IQQSM range of 3Gb/s/HD/SD-SDI quad split monitors, ideal for local monitoring with LCD displays. These IQ modules ...

  • Dejero LIVE+ portal now offers remote control of LIVE+ 2020 LIVE+ VSET

    LIVE+ VSET mobile ENG systems. Integrated with Dejero's LIVE+ Portal intelligent online management system, this new feature enables broadcast organizations to manage and control their LIVE+ 20/20 or LIVE+ VSET transmitters from any location in the world using any Web ...

  • Lower costs may revive EU super broadband plans

    The EU may after all go ahead with plans to give all households access to super-fast broadband by 2020, after a survey has found it had grossly over-estimated the cost. The EU had budgeted €270 billion to deliver super-fast broadband to all, defined as 30Mb/s or more data downstream, but that was based on the assumption that it would require FTTH (Fiber To The Home) in most cases. Now, a ...


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It's always a shame to see a great character in a lousy movie. It's a waste because one inspired character isn't enough to elevate the movie above its basic mediocrity, even if he or she makes it almost worth watching. And, at the same time, you can't help but wonder how even more effective the character would have been had he or she been placed in the context of a better movie. ...

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  • $30K deals in Texas Virginia

    $30K KMUL-AM/KICA-FM Farwell TX from Tallgrass Broadcasting LLC (C. David Rhoades, receiver) to Tejas Broadcasting LLC, a subsidiary of New World Broadcasting Inc. (James L. Anderson). $7.5K earnest money, balance in cash at closing. LMA until closing. Superduopoly with KKNM-FM Bovina TX, KGRW-FM Friona TX, KICA-AM/KKYC-FM Clovis NM. [FCC file date 5/14/13] $30K WRIS-AM Roanoke-Lynchburg VA ...

  • Watchdog expresses misgivings about Wheeler nomination

    Free Press would like an FCC chairman who puts the public first and foremost and industry stakeholders second, and does not believe that's what we're going to get with nominee Tom Wheeler. In an article on Huffington Post, Free Press's Craig Aaron had no trouble identifying potential problems with Wheeler as head of the Commission. First and foremost is his resume, which ...

  • Fort Worth LPTV worth a million plus

    $1.05M KFVW-LD Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Fort Worth TX) from Gerald Benavides to New York Spectrum Holding Company LLC (Charles M. Naumer et al). $52.5K escrow, balance in cash at closing. [FCC file date ...

  • TV execs well-represented on CEO pay list

    A list of the best-paid corporate executives in the US during 2012 is top-heavy with television CEOs. And CBS honcho Leslie Moonves is king of the hill, leading all executives and beating the #2 by over $10M despite suffering a pay decrease compared to his 2011 income. The list comes from research firm and executive compensation specialist Equilar. The average CEO of a large public company ...

  • Amedia Russia Inks Volume Deal With CBS Studios International

    In the wake of the L.A. screenings, Amedia Russia has concluded a multiyear, multiplatform volume deal with CBS Studios International, which will give it rights to broadcast current and future series produced by CBS. As part of this agreement, Amedia will also have rights to offer CBS programming on its own digital platforms, including the linear pay-TV channels Amedia Premium HD, Amedia 1 ...

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