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NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Looking back to the 1950s, the way Americans got their news was pretty simple - it was either their local newspaper or one of the three nightly newscasts. Today, there are a myriad of ways to get news - online news sites, on one's phone, cable television, blogs, and, still local newspapers and nightly newscasts. But with all these different choices, do people trust that each will get them the news fairly and accurately? Overall, the...
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With tonight's second episode broadcast of NBC's new critically acclaimed musical drama series "Smash" (Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET), NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records are making select songs available today on the iTunes store http://www.itunes.com/NBCSmash. Each week, NBC also will provide episode recaps, games, photos, video, musical performance highlights and even fan challenges at...
The US Drug Watchdog says, "There is a huge problem with metal on metal artificial hip implant devices, as exposed on the NBC Nightly News on October 4th 2011. On December 27th 2011 the New York Times did a similar story discussing metal-on-metal hip implants. The DePuy ASR hip implants are failing, or have failed at an unacceptably high rate. As a result there was a recall on DePuy ASR hip implant device in August of 2010. The ASR DePuy hip implants were surgically implanted on tens...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced a StationView Essentials contract with Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. for all six of Hubbard's TV markets which include: Albany, NY (NBC); Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM (NBC); Duluth-Superior, MN (ABC); Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (ABC and IND); Rochester, NY (NBC) Rochester-Mason...
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Sevens LLC today announced the addition of national broadcast sponsors Subway, Caesars Entertainment, 5-hour ENERGY®, and DHL for the upcoming USA Sevens International Rugby Championship, round 5 of the HSBC Sevens World Series at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on February 10 - 12. In-stadium benefits of the sponsorship for each partner consist of signage that includes permanent logos on and surrounding the field, jumbotron messaging...
HOUSTON, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Major General Thomas L. Wilkerson, former CEO of the U.S. Naval Institute, will appear on "Tim Connolly's Winning Strategies" (www.winningstrategies.net) on Friday, February 10 at 12:00 p.m. CT. General Wilkerson speaks as an internationally known expert on the full range of defense-related topics and has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, National Public Radio, Fox News and the BBC. The General will discuss the current volatile...
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Enterprise Business Report, the half-hour nationally syndicated television program that spotlights successful African American power players and business executives, will add five new NBC digital broadcast stations to the show's growing affiliate list beginning February 12, 2012. The new market clearances added via the NBC Nonstop Network include KNSD-DT in San Diego; KNTV-DT in San Francisco; KXAS-DT in Dallas-Fort Worth; WNBC-DT in New...
New Greater Than AIDS PSAs and Social Media Messages Mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Feb. 7) MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Kaiser Family Foundation: More than 60 Black celebrities have united with Greater Than AIDS to bring attention to the severe and disproportionate epidemic facing Black Americans and reduce the stigma surrounding the disease. Black Americans account for half of the approximately...
DALLAS/FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, three of the highest profile wives in all of professional sports sit down together with NBC 5 anchor Meredith Land sharing their personal stories in an interview to air Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, during NBC 5 News at 10 p.m. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120202/DA46803) Gene Jones, Ruth Ryan and Tiffany Cuban talk openly with Meredith Land about life with three of the best known team...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it will provide live, high definition (HD) television broadcast video services to NBC for Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, using Level 3's Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. The Super Bowl is the most-watched television event of the year. Last year's broadcast was viewed by more than 110 million people, according to The Nielson Co. (Logo:...
