TiVo, PTC, Common Sense Detail KidZone
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable 3/2/06, AUTHOR: Glen Dickson]
March 2006
Moonves Predicts Nine-Figure Retrans Pot
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable 3/1/06, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
CBS will, eventually, get "hundreds of millions of dollars" from retransmission-consent deals covering the total 60 million households reached by the CBS and soon-to-be CW stations it owns, President and CEO Les Moonves predicted at the annual Bear Stearns Media Conference last week.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6312015?display=Breaking+News...
NBC buying iVillage for $600 million
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Paul J. Gough]
NBC Universal has signed a deal to acquire iVillage, the women's and parenting website, for about $600 million. The companies said Monday that shares in the publicly-traded iVillage will be purchased for $8.50 a share, up a little more than 50 cents a share from its $7.98 a share close on the Nasdaq on Friday. The deal still has to be approved by shareholders and regulators although it's likely to close in the second quarter.
Holdouts manage to resist Net's lure
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: Mike Langberg]
AOL to roll out free e-mail to non-profits
[SOURCE: Reuters 3/3/06]
US, UN should confront China on Web policy
[SOURCE: Reuters 3/3/06]
Jiao Guobiao, a Chinese journalism professor who was pressured out of his job in March 2005 after denouncing China's propaganda controls in an article circulated on the Internet, is calling on the US, the United Nations and international media to confront China over its efforts to impose Internet controls.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID...
See also --
* Censuring China's censors
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Seth Faison]
[Commentary]
USAC Board Reorganizes
[SOURCE: Universal Service Administration Company]
On March 1, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Board of Directors elected officers, committee chairs and vice chairs, and appointed members to
Ma Bell and her babies
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
Competition calling
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
Ma Bell revives; watch her with a very wary eye
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]