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TVNewsCheck - DirecTV To Name PepsiCo Exec as CEO
TVNewsCheck | 4 days 17 hours 17 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive.

TVNewsCheck - RTDNA Debuts Mobile Edition Of RTDNA.ORG
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 17 hours 38 minutes ago
The Radio Television Digital News Association is rolling out the mobile edition of RTDNA.org, offering members and the journalism community a handheld view of RTDNA's three primary editorial offerings: Top Stories, RTDNA/RTDNF News and Industry Headlines.

TVNewsCheck - Post-Newsweek Stations Add Chyron AXIS Maps
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 20 hours 26 minutes ago
Post-Newsweek Stations has implemented Chyron's AXIS maps online content creation services to generate state-of-the-art maps for its TV stations.

TVNewsCheck - Syndies Mixed In First Full Sweeps Week
TVNewsCheck | 4 days 19 hours 13 minutes ago
News coverage of the Fort Hood massacre and election day, as well as the final two games of the Yankees-Phillies World Series provided unusually strong competition for syndication in the week ending Nov. 8.

TVNewsCheck - ACA Calls On FCC To Probe TV Duopolies
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 16 hours 24 minutes ago
The American Cable Association today called on the FCC to open a proceeding to examine local marketing agreements (LMAs) used by broadcasters to, in its words, "attain even more bargaining power over small, independent cable operators in negotiations for signal carriage through retransmission consent."

TVNewsCheck - Modulation Sciences Names Swerdlin President
TVNewsCheck | 4 days 12 hours 48 minutes ago
Somerset, N.J.-based Modulation Sciences Inc., a manufacturer of broadcast equipment, Wednesday announced the promotion of its executive vice president, Hallie Swerdlin, to president.

TVNewsCheck - ACA Calls On FCC To Probe LMAs
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 17 hours 53 minutes ago
The American Cable Association today called on the FCC to open a proceeding to examine local marketing agreements (LMAs) used by broadcasters to, in its words, "attain even more bargaining power over small, independent cable operators in negotiations for signal carriage through retransmission consent."

TVNewsCheck - Dow Drops 94, Nasdaq Finishes Down 36
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 15 hours 50 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

TVNewsCheck - RTDNA 'Disappointed' Over Shield Move
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 15 hours 20 minutes ago
RTDNA said it was "disappointed" to learn that the Senate Judiciary Committee failed to bring a federal shield law bill to a vote again on Thursday.

TVNewsCheck - NAB's Smith: SD-Only TV Is 'Non-Starter'
TVNewsCheck | 5 days 9 hours 37 minutes ago
NAB President Gordon Smith said that the NAB will strongly oppose any spectrum take-back scheme from the FCC that would hamper TV stations' ability to broadcast HDTV.

TVNewsCheck - 'Simpsons' Character Contest Winner Is The Bomba
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 17 hours 9 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ladies' man Ricardo Bomba is bringing his charms to "The Simpsons," and it's all the doing of a hospital operations manager with a vivid imagination.

Baseball Ignited Fox Opens Week on a Winning Note
Mediaweek | 19 days 22 hours 15 minutes ago
Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings:

TVNewsCheck - Sony CEO Outlines Turnaround Plan
TVNewsCheck | 4 days 2 hours 10 minutes ago
TOKYO (AP) — Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way to showcase its strength in entertainment and surface from deep losses.

TVNewsCheck - Calif. Targets TVs To Reduce Electricity
TVNewsCheck | 5 days 2 hours 19 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The most power-hungry television sets could soon be banned from store shelves in California as state energy regulators on Wednesday consider a first-in-the nation mandate intended to lower electricity demand.

TVNewsCheck - Winfrey: Prayer, Thought Influenced Exit
TVNewsCheck | 2 days 17 hours 42 minutes ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.