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"South Park" return of Chef scores big ratings
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Reuters - The satiric cable TV cartoon "South Park" drew hefty ratings with the launch of its 10th season, cashing in on a recent clash with the Church of Scientology and the departure of one of the show's few adult heroes.
Canada urged to dump media ownership rules
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Reuters - A blue-ribbon panel has urged the Canadian government to scrap foreign-ownership restrictions on cable and phone giants.
Liberty Global to Sell UPC France SA
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AP - Liberty Global Inc. on Thursday said it agreed to sell its French cable business, UPC France SA, for about 1.25 billion euros ($1.51 billion) in cash to two private equity firms.
Herbie Hancock docu to blast theaters, DVD, cable
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Reuters - In the wake of the near-simultaneous release of Steven Soderbergh's "Bubble" in theaters, on DVD and on cable, indie distributor Magnolia Pictures is ready to do it again, this time with a Herbie Hancock music documentary.
Liberty Global to sell UPC France for $1.5 billion
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Reuters - Cable operator Liberty Global said on Thursday it would sell its French operations for 1.25 billion euros, or about $1.51 billion, cash to private equity firms Altice and Cinven.
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CBS Inks Deal to Appear in Supermarkets
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AP - As TV viewing habits evolve, networks are constantly trying new ways to reach viewers, through the Internet, video iPods, and on-demand services from cable providers. Next up: the produce aisle.
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"High School" tops the class on album chart
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Reuters - After nine consecutive weeks of sales increases, the soundtrack to the Disney cable TV movie "High School Musical" returned to the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday.
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Chairman of Rogers Communications Resigns
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AP - Rogers Communications Inc., Canada's largest provider of cable TV and wireless communications services, said Tuesday that Garfield Emerson is resigning as its chairman and as a longtime member of its board.
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Advertisers missing boat on baby boomers' bucks
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Reuters - Speaking at a breakfast sponsored by oldies cable channel TV Land, Ken Dychtwald said Americans aged 40 to 59 are the fastest-growing segment of the population. They also spend more than any other demographic on cars, vacations, airline fares, movie and theater tickets, computer hardware and software, and even DVD players and cell phone service.
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South Korean Stem-Cell Scientist Fired
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AP - The scientist who stunned the medical world with claims he created the first cloned human embryos and extracted stem cells from them — research later found to have been faked — was fired Monday by South Korea's most prestigious university.
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School Fires Scientist for Stem Cell Fraud
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AP - Disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk was fired Monday as professor of Seoul National University over his stem cell fraud, news reports said.
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Ben Stein: Troops Were Snubbed at Oscars
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AP - Ben Stein says the people who were snubbed on Oscar night weren't the stars who were passed over for Academy Awards, but American troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Usen President to Buy Stake in Livedoor
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AP - Japanese cable broadcaster Usen Corp. said Thursday its president will personally buy Fuji TV's stake in disgraced Internet portal Livedoor Co.
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Hollywood actors seek strike OK in cable rift
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Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild said Wednesday it will seek strike authorization from its members for the basic cable, live-action contract that expired last month without a new deal.
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US cable launches new attack on per-channel option
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Reuters - The U.S. cable industry on Wednesday launched a fresh attack against efforts by U.S. regulators who are pressing them to sell channels individually, or a la carte, refuting a study that said consumers could save money that way.
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Comcast Said in Talks on E! Networks
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AP - Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable operator, is in talks with The Walt Disney Co. to buy the remaining 40 percent of E! Networks it doesn't already own, according to a person familiar with the companies' plans.
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Comcast in talks to buy Disney stake in E!: source
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Reuters - Comcast Corp. is in talks to buy Walt Disney Co's stake in E! Entertainment Television, giving it complete ownership of the cable network it manages, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park'
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AP - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.
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Soul singer Isaac Hayes quits "South Park"
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Reuters - Veteran soul singer Isaac Hayes, voice of the libidinous character "Chef" on the satiric cable TV cartoon "South Park," said on Monday he was quitting the show, citing its "inappropriate ridicule" of religion.
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'Sopranos,' 'Housewives' Battle for Sunday
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AP - One show ended with a bang and the other — not the one you'd expect — featured a knife fight before the opening credits finished rolling. It was the first television duel between "The Sopranos" and "Desperate Housewives."
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Soul singer Isaac Hayes quits "South Park"
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Reuters - Soul music veteran Isaac Hayes, the voice of the libidinous character Chef on the satiric cable TV cartoon "South Park," said on Monday he was leaving the show, citing its "inappropriate ridicule" of religion.
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Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park,'
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AP - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.
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Polygamist juggles 3 wives on "Big Love"
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Reuters - Mob boss Tony Soprano may be the toughest dad on television today, but the latest patriarch on prime time, Viagra-popping polygamist Bill Hendrickson on new cable TV drama "Big Love," is clearly busier.
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'Six Feet Under' Resurrected on Bravo
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Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) - There's good news for fans of HBO's "Six Feet Under" - the show is getting an afterlife elsewhere on cable.Bravo has picked up rerun rights to the Emmy-winning series and will begin airing it later this year. The network's deal allows it...
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The end is near for Tony Soprano and company
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Reuters - The end is finally near for America's favorite mob family, and Las Vegas is cheerfully setting odds on who gets to sleep with the fishes.
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