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EOnline Ad Volume Up 30% in Q1 as Network Heads Into New Upfront E!'s Web portal increases traffic, syncs up with online content

E! is taking part in a great tradition that stretches all the way back to 1974. They're using The Great Gatsby to sell luxury goods. The company was Ralph Lauren…

April 22, 2013, 9:37 AM EDT

CNBC Gets Serious About Web Video With Puppets and Bacon Tacos Going lighter and broader

When you think of CNBC, naturally you think of gossipy puppets and bacon tacos, right? OK, maybe not. But that’s where the power suit crowd-serving cable network wants to take viewers,…

April 21, 2013, 11:59 PM EDT

TNT Tips Off NBA Playoffs With Rihanna Turner net preps big promo push

With the curtain set to go up on the 2013 NBA Playoffs, Turner Sports is priming the promotional pump with a little help from Rihanna and the Crossroads of the…

April 19, 2013, 5:55 PM EDT

YouTube Again Beats Viacom Lawsuit Viacom says it will appeal yet again

Viacom first sued YouTube in 2007; the case is now back where it started. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton, who first threw out the suit in 2010, had the case bounced…

April 18, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT

Cartoon Network's Regular Show’s Surprising Creative Process It all started with lollipops

Specs Who J.G. Quintel Age 30 Gig Creator of Regular Show News Winner of a 2012 Primetime Emmy Award; renewed for fifth season Regular Show is known for its off-the-wall scenarios and characters; there’s a human…

April 18, 2013, 12:03 AM EDT

Syfy's Transmedia Gamble Defiance Gets Off on the Right Foot 200,000 pre-orders for game

Easily NBCUniversal’s biggest cable launch this year, the $100 million-plus science fiction series Defiance bowed last night to 2.73 million total viewers. That puts its far ahead of the season-to-date…

April 16, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT

Comcast Begins Encrypting Basic Cable Passive theft just got a lot harder

Comcast has decided to start encrypting its basic cable signal. If you have a cable box, this will mean absolutely nothing to you, but if you run the coaxial cable…

April 15, 2013, 3:50 PM EDT

ESPN, SEC to Form New Sports Net Conference boasts some of college football’s most valuable franchises

ESPN and the Southeastern Conference on Tuesday will formally announce the launch of a new sports network devoted to the 14 member schools. In a press conference scheduled to take place…

April 15, 2013, 3:48 PM EDT

Legacy Cable Operators in Austin Are Terrified of Google Fiber Roughly 70 times faster

The power dynamic will not shift overnight, but the newly announced launch of Google Fiber in the tech-savvy gulch that is Austin, Texas, has legacy cable operators shaking in their…

April 14, 2013, 11:06 PM EDT

March Madness Boosts CBS, Time Warner Stock NCAA tourney networks secured $875 million in ad revenue

Louisville’s Rick Pitino was perhaps the biggest winner in this year’s NCAA Men’s Div. I Basketball Tournament, becoming the first head coach to win a National Championship at two different…

April 11, 2013, 5:57 PM EDT

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