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Time Warner Cable's Britt says he supports smaller TV packages
The anti-bundling bill by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) may be going nowhere, but Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt says he supports the idea of having smaller television packages. Britt told an audience at the Cable Show in Washington...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Corporate Officers, Television, John McCain, Google Inc.
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Blumenthal To Nickelodeon: No More Junk Food Ads
The Hartford CourantKids in America are getting fatter and four Democratic senators say that Nickelodeon can help curb the growing problem by cutting out ads for unhealthy foods that are sandwiched between its programs. Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and three...Tags: Obesity, Diabetes, Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Congress, Weight
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Cable industry to discuss challenges — and hear from Jennifer Lopez
The cable industry’s annual gathering is usually a celebration of new technologies, popular programming and sunny projections for growth. But when top pay-TV executives gather in Washington for the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn....Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Media Industry, Television, Corporate Officers, Credit Ratings
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'SpongeBob,' 'Dora the Explorer' head to Amazon Prime
Amazon.com Inc. has reached an expanded multi-year agreement with Viacom that will bring hundreds of the media company's television shows to Amazon's Prime Instant Video service. The offerings include some of the best-known shows in children's...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Television, Comedy Central (tv network), Sony Corp.
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Viacom CEO mocks Sen. John McCain's anti-bundling bill
Viacom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman mocked Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for being the sole sponsor of a new bill to overhaul the way pay-TV distributors and programmers package and sell programming. At Nomura’s Global Media & Telecom...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, The Walt Disney Co., Corporate Officers, John McCain
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Weak Paramount slate contributes to Viacom's 18% drop in profit
Paramount Pictures turned in another disappointing performance, contributing to an 18% drop in quarterly earnings for parent company Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate reported Wednesday. The Melrose Avenue movie studio suffered from the DVD blues...Tags: Media Industry, Television, Comedy Central (tv network), Entertainment, World War Z (movie)
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YouTube prevails in huge copyright suit with Viacom
In an epic clash between old and new media, Google Inc.'s video website YouTube has scored another huge victory in the long-running skirmish over copyright infringement brought by television giant Viacom Inc. A federal judge in New York on Thursday...Tags: Media Industry, Judges, YouTube, Social Media, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Discovery CEO's 2012 pay package approaches $50 million
Honey Boo Boo should be getting a nice box of chocolates in the mail. David Zaslav, the chief executive of cable programming giant Discovery Communications, had a 2012 compensation package worth $49.9 million, according to the company's proxy statement....
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, TLC (tv network), Corporate Officers, Animal Planet (tv network), Oprah Winfrey
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Viacom posts slide in revenue; Paramount unit's loss widens
Media company Viacom Inc. disappointed Wall Street with lower revenue in its fiscal first quarter, particularly at its Hollywood film studio, Paramount Pictures, which bombed at the box office. In past quarters, Paramount could count on being propped up...
Tags: Rise of the Guardians (movie), Television Networks, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, MTV (tv network), Flight (movie)
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'Argo' gets SAG vote. 'Hansel and Gretel' top weak box office.
After the coffee. Before the beignets and gumbo. The Skinny: About half the TV industry is in Miami for a programming convention, and the other half is in New Orleans for some football game. Either way, they are warm and dry. Monday's headlines...
Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, San Diego Padres, Gildan Activewear Incorporated
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Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman takes pay cut
Smaller bonuses led to compensation decreases in fiscal 2012 for the top executives at Viacom Inc., who traditionally have been among the nation's most richly paid. Chief Executive Philippe Dauman took home $33.5 million in the year that ended Sept. 30,...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, MTV (tv network), Corporate Officers, Sumner Redstone, Economy, Business and Finance
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Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, AP study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive...
Tags: Sanjay K. Jha, Stock Market, Oklahoma City Thunder, Hewlett-Packard Co., Animal Planet (tv network)
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