TV News: Dish, Comcast grapple over net, Style; Sinclair, Time Warner Cable scuffle — There was smoke but no New Year’s Day fire from two TV carriage fights that went down to the wire this weekend.
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Extensions for E!, Sinclair fights
TV News: Excluding the NFL, cabler draws best-ever rating — ESPN kicked off the year in a big way as its coverage of the Rose Bowl drew strong ratings.
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Rose Bowl scores for ESPN
TV News: Primetime portion of Dick Clark special draws 9 million — Auds continue to flock to ABC and Dick Clark on New Year’s Eve.
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ABC tops New Year’s Eve ratings
TV News: Move comes amid protests from singer’s estate — Move comes amid protests from singer’s estate
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Discovery postpones Jackson autopsy special
TV News: Dish Network, Time Warner Cable ink extensions — Dish Network, Time Warner Cable ink extensions
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TV News: NBC eyes comedies on Thursdays, ABC on Wednesdays — The year 2010 was not a good one for the 10 o’clock hour at the broadcast nets.
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New year, new hope for 10 o’clock
TV News: Producer turns to newspaper website to avoid glut of TV drama — Argentina’s Mancha Prods. is taking a fresh approach to secure exposure and build business by targeting Internet fiction, a market with growth potential, and tying it to a newspaper’s website.
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Mancha finds a niche in Internet drama
TV News: Dish, Comcast grapple over E!, Style — As New Year’s Eve approaches, the TV biz is sticking with its recent tradition by engaging in a few carriage skirmishes.
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TV carriage deals down to wire
TV News: CBS dramas also fare decently Wednesday — ABC’s full night of comedy repeats topped Wednesday’s primetime ratings race among young adults, with encores of dramas keeping the lights on as well for CBS. NBC’s original “Undercovers,” meanwhile, drew a tiny audience.
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ABC comedy repeats score
TV News: Demo growth lifts cabler to another year of ratings gains — While its ratings growth in teen viewers has been well documented, ABC Family will also celebrate 2010 for the gains it has made with adult women.
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Adult women lift ABC Family
