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FCC may decide how over-the-top distributors should be regulated

2012-05-15 13:11:00

In a move that could have far-reaching implications for the development of new distribution systems for content, the Federal Communications Commission is considering changing how it defines a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD). Currently,...

The Morning Fix: OWN drags Discovery profits down. Manny TV!

2012-05-08 16:33:22

Unabomber billboard continues to hurt Heartland Institute

2012-05-09 12:26:00

With a simple statement on Tuesday, State Farm Insurance became the latest company to withdraw its support from the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based think-tank which claims a “realist” position questioning that humans are responsible for...

The Morning Fix: 'Avengers' to rule world. Pilot buzz picks up.

2012-05-04 16:33:27

Discovery Channel crashes plane for documentary

2012-04-29 16:37:12

Global warming deniers mount ad campaign calculated to outrage

2012-05-04 13:23:00

It has finally happened: The Heartland Institute, an anti-science front group that used to focus on downplaying the dangers of smoking on behalf of Phillip Morris but now spends much of its time denying the scientific consensus on climate change, has...

Activists urge Discovery to acknowledge climate change science

2012-04-25 15:36:00

Forecast the Facts, the activist group that first confronted GM about its support of climate change doubters the Heartland Institute, now plans to muster a public campaign targeting the Discovery Channel. The purpose: to get Discovery to acknowledge the...

Comcast's 2 highest-paid executives get smaller packages

2012-04-21 00:00:00

Comcast Corp.'s highest-paid executives — Chief Executive Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke — experienced compensation deflation last year. Roberts' pay package shrank 13.3% in 2011 to $26.9 million. That included a...

Agents in Oakland raid leader of medical marijuana movement

2012-04-03 00:00:00

OAKLAND — Federal agents struck at the heart of California's medical marijuana movement, raiding the nation's first pot trade school and a popular dispensary, both run by one of the state's most prominent and provocative activists, Richard Lee. The...

Format change for Crystal Cathedral's 'Hour of Power' TV show

2012-04-01 00:00:00

Once the signature of Robert H. Schuller's worldwide television ministry, the "Hour of Power" will be chopped to 30-minute episodes in some markets when it returns to the air Sunday. The 42-year-old television ministry, filmed at the Crystal Cathedral in...

Pay revealed for Time Warner, Discovery, Disney and Viacom execs

2012-04-03 00:00:00

Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes is indisputably among the nation's highest-paid executives, but compared with his fellow media moguls, he is eking out a meager living. The New York media conglomerate that owns Warner Bros., HBO, TNT and Time...

Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes' pay shrinks 1% to $25.9 million

2012-04-02 16:35:00

Jamie Hyneman, left, and Adam Savage, stars of the Discovery Channel television show "Mythbusters" will be attending courtesy of AFP.

2012-03-14 00:00:00

Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class Dallas, Collins is interviewed by a Discovery Channel film crew for the show "Mighty Ships" aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during Certification Exercise (CERTEX).

2012-01-31 11:28:37

Don Mann feared a nightmare was brewing with details divulged in the Discovery Channel's documentary "Secrets of SEAL Team Six."

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