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John McCain introduces Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013
Calling the business practices of the television industry an "injustice being inflicted on the American people," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation Thursday he said will give consumers more choice and control over their pay-TV services....
Tags: News Corp., Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Television Industry, The Walt Disney Co., Comedy Central (tv network)
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Sony movie division a key to profitable year
Sony Corp. swung to its first annual profit since 2008, aided in part by its movie studio. The company posted annual net income of $458 million for the fiscal year ended March 31. Last year, the company lost $456.7 million. A big part of the Tokyo-...
Tags: Television Industry, Sony Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment
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Cathy Avgiris named CFO of Comcast Cable
Comcast Cable, the nation’s largest cable provider, has named Cathy Avgiris as its new chief financial officer, effective July 1. She replaces Dave Scott, who is retiring after two decades with the company. Avgiris, herself a 21-year veteran of...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Time Warner Cable Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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Oprah Winfrey lands interview with Jason Collins and his family
NBA player Jason Collins made news this week with his announcement that he was gay. As the first openly gay player in the league, Collins has generated a lot of attention, so it's no surprise that one of his first sit-down interviews to discuss things...
Tags: Jason Collins, ABC (tv network), Basketball, Boston Celtics, Oprah Winfrey
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CBS' quarterly revenue tops $4 billion; profit up 22%
The lights didn't go out on CBS Corp. during the first quarter. The Super Bowl -- which was marred by a third-quarter power outage that dimmed the lights in the New Orleans Superdome -- helped the broadcasting giant rake in more than $4 billion in...
Tags: Leslie Moonves, Economy, Business and Finance, Advertising, Super Bowl, Sumner Redstone
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Next phase of Jodi Arias' murder trial postponed to next week
PHOENIX — The next phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial was postponed Thursday and will continue next week. Court officials didn't provide a reason for the delay. The trial will resume Wednesday. The jury was scheduled to return to the courtroom...
Tags: Television Industry, Prosecution, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Wheeler rolling to FCC. DreamWorks Animation eyes AwesomenessTV
After the coffee. Before a long morning of earnings calls. The Skinny: I got through the season finale of "The Following" last night. It wasn't easy. Fortunately, afterward I watched the premiere of Comedy Central's "Inside Amy," which was a tad...
Tags: Two and a Half Men (tv program), Television Industry, CNN (tv network), Entertainment, Viacom Inc.
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Comcast profit jumps 17%; NBC network loses $35 million
Comcast Corp. posted strong first-quarter earnings with gains in nearly all of its business units -- except for the NBC broadcast network as the peacock's feathers once again got plucked. Dismal prime-time ratings at NBC contributed to a $35-million...
Tags: Television Industry, The Voice (tv program), USA Network (tv network), Advertising, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Time Warner CEO downplays idea of offering HBO Go as stand-alone
Don't count on being able to subscribe to Time Warner's HBO as a stand-alone service anytime soon. Speaking to analysts on an earnings call for its first-quarter results, Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes threw cold water on the idea that it might...
Tags: Television Industry, Game of Thrones (tv program), Entertainment, Consumers, TNT (tv network)
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Obama to nominate venture capitalist Thomas Wheeler to head FCC
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will nominate venture capitalist Thomas Wheeler as the nation's top telecommunications regulator, tapping a major campaign fundraiser with long ties to the media and the telecom industries, White House and...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Federal Communications Commission, Politics, Television Industry, Freedom of the Press
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D.C. insider Tom Wheeler likely to be nominated to head FCC
A Washington insider with close ties to the media and telecommunications, is expected to be tapped as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Tom Wheeler, who has headed lobbying associations for both the cable television and...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Politics, Corporate Officers, Television Industry, Freedom of the Press
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FX has rights to 'Iron Man 3,' 'Oblivion,' 'Croods,' more locked up
Given all the different platforms that movies are available on, one might think their value as a form of programming for a cable network would be on the decline. Not so for News Corp.'s FX, which has the rights to many of the top theatrical releases...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Iron Man 2 (movie), Netflix Inc., Oblivion (movie)
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