The carriage dispute between Viacom and Direct TV continue to drag.
Following a breakdown in negotiations between the two parties, Viacom order Direct TV to remove its networks from it systems. The move caused the loss of popular channels like Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and others to Direct TV subscribers.
Viacom has advised Direct TV subscribers that their content is available through Hulu and other online content distributors. Viacom also provides free full episodes on channel-owned websites.
Direct TV issued a statement on Sunday (July 15) stating, "we are continuing to make progress in our discussions with Viacom."
Direct TV has started expanding access to Sprout, The Hub, TV One and Fuse to lower level packages. The satellite provider also added Disney Jr. to its basic package.
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The ongoing retransmission and carriage issues between content providers and content distributors will become the main attraction at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing scheduled for July 24.
The rumored session was confirmed by Sneate staff on Moday.
The overall purpose of the meeting is a 20-year look back at the Cable Act of 1992. This law established must-carry and retransmission consent. The session on July 24 is a follow-up to a future of video hearing last April.
Participants will include content providers, cable and satellite vendors and the National Association of Broadcasters.
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The fourth installment of Charlie Sheen's Anger Management series suffered another substantial drop in viewers.
The fourth episode garnered only 2.4 million viewers down from 3.4 million the week before.
The series is scheduled for a ten episode run on FX, but further declines may end the "winning" for Sheen.
Hollywood Reporter
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Hello Google - it's Yahoo - Surprise!
Google employee #20 is leaving the search giant to become the CEO at the struggling online brand.
Marissa Mayer will join Yahoo! today (Juily 17) as CEO, president and member of the board. During her time at Google, Mayer has played a part in most Google products including Maps, Local, Gmail and others.
It will be interesting to see if Mayer can reproduce her success at Yahoo! We wish her luck in her new role.
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Now for some political stuff.
Democrats in the House and Senate appear to be falling into line to support President Obama's call to increase taxes on wage earners and small businesses making more than $250,000. While some members of Congress, specifically Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY, have called for a higher level for the cutoff.
Both the Obama campaign and some members of Congress are holding the line and pushing for a vote on the Bush-era tax cuts. The House is planning to vote on a proposal that will maintain current tax levels before the August recess.
If that vote takes place it will be interesting to see if the democrat-controlled Senate and the President will veto a tax cutting bill this close to the election.
Some liberals and the GOP doubt the tough rhetoric will be turned into action. This is the same stance the President and the democrats took in 2010, but backed down from the rhetoric and the result was massive losses in the House. This time the class warfare rhetoric of the Obama campaign and democrats could turn the election for complete control of the Congress and White House.
One thing is certain. The rhetoric will continue and be highlighted by high-handed speeches and talks of an overwhelming tax burden through the conventions. It will be fun(?).
Moe from The Hill
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One of the Obama campaign's fundraising schemes was to ask couples planning their weddings to forgo gifts and gift registries.
Instead couples should asks guests to donate to the Event Registry - a campaign plan to garner more money into the coffers of the president's re-election bid.
This appears to be a little desperate and brings up concerns about the campaign's ability to raise funds. The Romney campaign raised over $100 million dollars in June. The Obama campaign only manages to raise around $70 million.
Desperate or not the scheme has garnered little support on Twitter or Facebook to support the plan. Both of the social media sites showed strong Obama support in 2008.
Stay tuned. There are other schemes, plans and maybe some multilevel marketing in store for potential donors to the president. New York Post article
That's all for now.
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