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LEXINGTON, Ky., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Viamedia, the cable industry's leading independent cable rep firm and provider of online advertising services, today announced the appointment of Brian Hunt as Senior Vice President of Affiliate Relations & Business Development for Viamedia. A former NBCUniversal executive with an extensive career in the television industry, Hunt will oversee Viamedia's strategic development and affiliate relations team focused on growth and new...
NEWS VETERAN JOINS THE STATION APRIL 17 NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting's New York CW affiliate, has named Mark Effron Vice President/News Director. He will assume his new duties at PIX11 on April 17. Effron comes to PIX11 with more than 30 years of television news management experience, most notably at MSNBC and Post-Newsweek. At MSNBC, Effron was Vice President of News and Daytime Programming; while at the helm he reorganized MSNBC Daytime and...
New alliance aims to deliver live and on-demand programming of more than 5,000 hours of sporting events plus Sochi 2014 Olympic Games for NBC Sports' digital platforms. LAS VEGAS, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the National Association of Broadcasters Show, Microsoft Corp. and NBC Sports Group announced they are partnering to use Windows Azure Media Services across NBC Sports' digital platforms, including NBCSports.com, NBCOlympics.com and GolfChannel.com. (Logo:...
LONDON, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cable operators saw a loss in subscribers in 2012. However, the pace was lower than it has been in previous years, which is a good sign for cable operators such as Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC), Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC), and Charter Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR). Meanwhile, cable operators are benefiting from an increasing use of data. Rising data...
Poll Findings Are Released In Conjunction With New Original Reality Series, "THE MOMENT," Which Premieres Thursday, April 11 at 10/9c NEW YORK, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The vast majority of full time working Americans (79%) admit they are in jobs that do not reflect their true career passions, and if given a chance to land their dream gig, 83% would jump at the opportunity, according to a USA Network poll. The Poll was conducted in conjunction with USA's upcoming new reality...
NORTHVALE, N.J. and STAMFORD, Conn., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe MediaRecall announced today it has been engaged by NBC Sports Group - in what may very well be the largest digital migration project of its kind - to digitize, catalog and store the group's entire film and video library, representing up to 400,000 hours of the most important sports-media content. Deluxe MediaRecall is a division of Deluxe Media Services, the industry's leading provider of media and entertainment...
San Jose Giants, Fresno Grizzlies, Modesto Nuts, Stockton Ports and Visalia Rawhide Will Be Among Pacific Coast League and California League Teams Featured Beginning April 4th LIVERMORE, Calif., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Hometown Network (http://comcasthometown.com), Comcast's regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, today announced that it will televise 31 LIVE minor league baseball games from the California League (www.californialeague.com)...
11 TOP EXECUTIVES TO BE HONORED WITH LEADERSHIP AWARDS NEW YORK, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The business of Multiethnic TV is getting its due recognition on April 17 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, when two leading industry publications, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, will present the first-ever Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards. The event, scheduled from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., is a celebration of the leaders who are responsible for the impressive growth,...
TELEVISION'S HOTTEST DUO IS BACK IN USA NETWORK'S HIT DRAMA SERIES "SUITS" SEASON TWO UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotshot attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, Love and Other Drugs) and legal prodigy Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams, "Luck") - who actually doesn't have a law degree - return as the dynamic duo in "Suits" Season Two, coming to DVD with UltraViolet(TM) on May 28, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Harvey and Mike continue to...
LYNNWOOD, Wash., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, the nation's largest Internet service provider, today announced it is increasing the speeds of two of its most popular XFINITY Internet speed plans, Blast! and Extreme 50, in Washington state for no additional cost. Customers will enjoy more than twice as fast Internet speeds on multiple devices, allowing them to surf, chat, stream HD movies and TV shows, or game online with double the speed. Also for no additional cost,...
