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• New York Broadcasters Test for DTV Readiness Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 28th

  - 2008-10-27

  ION Media, NBC, Telemundo, APTS, ABC, CBS, Educational Broadcasting, Fox, NYC Media, Tribune and Univision Unite for Soft Analog Shutoffs in Number One TV Market ION Media Networks:[TABLE OMITTED]

  Tags: ABC Inc., broadcasting, CBS Corp., NBC Universal Inc., Tribune Co., TVs

• Tribune Results Reflect Troubles (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2008-03-24

  Tribune Co. is having a tough recovery. It reported a loss from continuing operations of $78 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 compared with income of $233 million in the same quarter of 2006, and full-year 2007 income from continuing operation Tribune Co. is...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, income, Tribune Co.

• Now He's a Firm Go (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2008-02-11

  For much of his professional life, Ed Wilson was an executive who sold programs to station groups like Tribune Co. Starting this week, as the new president of the Tribune broadcast group, he's on the other side of the table. Wilson now runs the chai ...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Tribune Co.

• Who Knew? Two New at NATPE (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2008-02-04

  Syndicators rarely use the annual National Association of Television Program Executives NATPE convention to launch a new show anymore, but last week, two new entries popped up. Independent syndicator Program Partners surprised syndication watchers by announcing a new talk show starring American sweetheart Marie...

  Tags: ABC Inc., broadcasting, cable, Disney Corp., Tribune Co., TVs

• CLTV Savors First 15 Years (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-12-31

  Amidst all the tumult going on at Tribune the last few weeks, a company milestone was almost overlooked: Chicagoland Television, better known around the No. 3 Nielsen market as CLTV, turns 15 on Jan. 1. General Manager Steve Farber will take a momen Amidst all...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Tribune Co.

• Tribune Wants It Now and Never (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-12-10

  An FCC ruling has paved the way for Chicago's Tribune Co. to get two-year temporary waivers in markets where it owns broadcast stations and newspapers. An FCC ruling has paved the way for Chicago's Tribune Co. to get two-year temporary waivers in markets where...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Tribune Co.

• FCC OKs Cable Cap Limit, Tribune Deal (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-12-03

  A majority of the FCC's commissioners have voted to impose a 30% cap on the number of multichannel video subscribers any cable company could own, FCC sources confirmed at presstime. A majority of the FCC's commissioners have voted to impose a 30% cap on...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, FCC, Tribune Co.

• Time Running Out for Tribune (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-11-05

  If the Tribune Co. can't get the FCC to give it waivers of the newspaper-television cross-ownership rule in the next couple weeks, the $8.2 billion sale of the company could fall apart. If the Tribune Co. can't get the FCC to give it waivers...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Tribune Co.

• Tribune Broadcasting Selects Vibes Media to Promote Programming on Mobile Devices

  - 2007-09-24

  Vibes will implement mobile marketing campaigns for Tribune's TV Stations

  Tags: broadcasting, mobile, mobile device, programming, Tribune Co.

• Tech Talk.(Pro-Bel launches compact router, Cygnus)(Tribune Broadcasting to use Masstech Inc.'s content processing device MassMedia Box)(Omneon Video Networks launches low cost server MediaPort)

  - 2007-04-16

  By Glen Dickson Pro-Bel Intros 3-Gig Router Glen Dickson UK-based Pro-Bel is broadening its router range with a compact router, Cygnus, which is 1080-line progressive (1080p), 3 gigabits-per-second Gbps native...

  Tags: broadcasting, network, router, server, Sony Corp., Spectrum, storage, Tribune Co., Tube