TV News: ProSiebenSat.1 CEO’s plan to cut news budgets sparks outcry — With the economy still struggling, German commercial webs — like their counterparts in the U.K.

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Germany debates the value of news
TV News: ProSiebenSat.1 CEO’s plan to cut news budgets sparks outcry — With the economy still struggling, German commercial webs — like their counterparts in the U.K.

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Germany debates the value of news
TV News: Gag order on politics has partisans piqued in run-up to election — With just a week to go, Italy’s regional elections can’t come soon enough for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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In Italy, all the talk’s about talkshows
TV News: New channel will champion local directors — Argentina’s state film commission Incaa is preparing to roll out Incaa TV, a satellite channel for local and foreign films, the first of its kind in Latin America.

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Incaa TV to highlight Argentine films
TV News: New showrunner, lead actor for long-running sci-fi hit — Who continues to grab ratings wherever he goes? You betcha.

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‘Doctor Who’ braces for new world
TV News: Networks’ ad strategy: a bevy of blurb options — The red carpet was 60 feet long outside a large studio space in Gotham’s SoHo district, and it was packed with “Bravo-lebuties.” As advertising honchos and media buyers stepped inside for the cabler’s March 10 upfront presentation, they were immersed in the “Bravo experience.”

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In Focus: TV’s upront chemistry
TV News: Broadcasters face spectrum battle — Broadcast spectrum has long been a scarce and precious resource. In recent years, though, with the explosive growth in the number of users of cellular phones, smartphones and wireless broadband cards, it’s come to resemble Manhattan real estate: in huge demand, with pressure to develop any parcel that seems underutilized.

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FCC’s American ‘band stand
TV News: Golfer’s return offers a little something for everyone — Tiger Woods will return to golf by playing in next month’s Masters tournament, and if you’re already sick of tabloid tales about Tiger’s tail, all one can say is, “Fore!”

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Audiences brace for Tiger’s tabloid TV tale
TV News: German regulator rules out ‘Ultimate Fighter’ — The Bavarian media regulatory commission (DLM) has struck a knock-out blow against a trio of “ultimate fighting” broadcasts on German sports web DSF, ruling they unacceptably glorify violence and must be pulled off the air.

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Bavaria knocks out fighting shows
TV News: Men’s basketball tournament secures victory for net — Buoyed by five evening games decided by five points are less, CBS had a solid if unspectacular night of NCAA men’s basketball tournament coverage, easily winning Thursday primetime.

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CBS tops ratings with NCAA hoops
TV News: Spanish swashbuckler to air in primetime — Burgeoning Gallic digital terrestial TV channel Virgin 17 has tied down Gallic rights to high-flying Spanish swashbuckler “Red Eagle,” the biggest TV drama hit in Spain.

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France’s Virgin 17 captures ‘Eagle’