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BROADCAST/CABLE
Satellite-TV company Echostar may be ready to separate its technology and infrastructure assets from its Dish Network operation. Such a deal would theoretically make it easier for a suitor to acquire the TV unit. (New York Post 9/26)
Fox has pulled Nashville off the Friday night lineup, replacing it with repeats of K-Ville for the next two weeks before baseball kicks in on October 12th. Mindful tho – the show has not been cancelled, merely delayed until after the baseball season.
Disney on Tuesday won an appeals court ruling in its 16-year battle with the family of Stephen Slesinger, which holds the lucrative merchandising rights to Winnie the Pooh. The family tried to gain an edge by stealing Disney documents from trash and then lying and altering court papers. (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pooh26sep26,1,2582327.story?ctrack=1&cset=true 9/26)
Boston Red Sox fans are getting a little extra good news this playoff season: Comcast will add TBS to its high-definition roster Tuesday, one day before the playoffs begin. TBS has a seven-year deal with Major League Baseball to cover the first round of the playoffs and share the second round with Fox. (The Boston Globe 9/26)
In an expected decision, the FCC has ruled that yet-to-launch The America Channel is eligible to enter arbitration to gain carriage from Comcast. The FCC determined that TAC will be a regional sports network because it has deals with 14 NCAA Division I conferences to air a wide array of games. (Multichannel News 9/25)
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