• CBS-Time Warner Deadline For New Programming Deal Extended
    The deadline for the expiration of the Time Warner Cable-CBS programming agreement has been extended -- now tomorrow, 9 a.m. EDT,  July 25, instead of today at 5 p.m. EDT.  "The deadline was extended not because there was any progress in talks but because of a technicality related to U.S. Federal Communications Commission rule about pulling signals during a 'sweeps' period, according to a source familiar with the matter," writes Liana B. Baker.
  • Survey: Q2 Ad Spend Down For ESPN, MTV, E!
    Ratings for such cable networks as ESPN, MTV and E! were down significantly in Q2 year-over-year ad spend: 31%, 31% and 25% respectively, according "to the Standard Media Index, which tracks approximately 60 percent of media agency buys (excluding those from Omnicom and GroupM)," reports Sam Thielman. "The findings don't track CPM or volume specifically, but revenue from the major media agencies, making the findings particularly useful at this moment, given that one of the agencies not participating (GroupM) is also the last agency standing in the ongoing upfront."
  • Study: More Latinos Follow News In English
    More U.S. Hispanics are following the news in English, with 82% saying they get at least "some" in that language, according to the Pew Hispanic Center -- a stat up from 78% in 2006. And almost a third follow English-language news exclusively, versus 22% in 2006."The report’s findings bode well for mainstream English-language news media outlets as well as news platforms that cater to bilingual or English-speaking Latinos like Fusion, a joint venture between ABC and Univision that targets bicultural Hispanic millennials," writes Tanzina Vega.
  • TCA Queries: Isn't This Show A 'Lost' Ripoff?
    With the Television Critics Association summer press tour starting today, Tim Molloy considers "five of the biggest questions" the press will probably ask TV execs, from "What are you doing about Netflix?" to "Respectfully, and we hate to have to ask this, what's the plan for 'Glee'?" He also provides plenty of lively snark about the press's uneasy relationship with those execs -- check out the answer he imagines execs giving to that "Lost" ripoff query, which begins: "You try making a show, genius. Everything comes from somewhere. It all goes back to the Bible or' The Iliad' or 'The …
  • Viacom Appoints Amy Powell Prez, Paramount Television
    Viacom's Paramount Pictures has appointed Amy Powell, already an exec at the company, to the position of president of Paramount Television "as the company ramps up its efforts to develop programming for smaller screens," writes Meg James. "Powell will continue to serve as head of Paramount's digital entertainment and Insurge Pictures unit."
  • Al Jazeera America Names An ABC Veteran President
    Al Jazeera America named its president, who will have "full responsibility for the new channel’s strategy and editorial operations": Kate O'Brian, a 30-year veteran of ABC currently an ABC News senior vice president, writes Brian Stelter. The announcement "is a surprise; her name was not mentioned in any of the speculation about who Al Jazeera might pick to run the American channel."
  • Univision Promotes Its Prime-Time Ratings Victory
    Spanish language TV network Univision, which topped the prime-time ratings list among viewers 18-34 for an unprecedented three consecutive weeks, is "bragging about its prime-time ratings domination with full-page ads in the LA Times, New York Times and Wall Street Journal," writes Mandalit Del Barco. The victory is not really surprising, since "this time of year, Univision runs fresh new telenovelas while the other networks air old episodes from last season and cheap reality shows."
  • 'New York Post': At Death's Door?
    "Will the New York Post be the first of new News Corporation's newspaper casualties?" asks Roy Greenslade in this post with a negative spin on the paper's chances for survival.  For one, the "feisty tabloid is said to be losing somewhere near $100m (£65m) a year." And "staffers, concerned about the paper's immediate future, also say there is belief that the Post may stop printing altogether now that it doesn't have the cushion of the profits made by the company's lucrative entertainments businesses."
  • Aereo Could Become Bargaining Chip In CBS-Time Warner Battle
    Time Warner Cable will "recommend Aereo to its New York subscribers if CBS was blacked out" because of contract negotiation between the cable provider and the network -- which could happen "if the dispute was not resolved by Wednesday," writes Brian Stelter. However, "Time Warner Cable is treading carefully," since "its invocation of Aereo might be particularly corrosive because CBS has helped lead the charge against Aereo in the courts."
  • Will Shelter Pub 'Domino' Really Relaunch?
    Rumors are again circulating that Condé Nast is reviving cult shelter pub Domino, this time in an online-only format as opposed to its current semiannual newsstand-only editions of mostly repurposed content.  Sarah Firshein serves up several signs that sound quite promising, including anonymous sources reports that former staffer Michelle Adams will be the new editor, having left her job at shelter site Lonny to "pursue other projects."
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