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Spike TV Greenlights College Football Comedy Pilot
Spike TV Friday said it will begin production in February on a pilot called Blue Mountain State, a comedy that will “tackle the crazy antics of a big-time Midwestern college football program.”
CableLabs CEO Joins Liberty Global Board
Liberty Global announced that CableLabs CEO Dick Green has been elected to the international cable operator’s board of directors.
MSG On The Road To New Original Series
MSG will unveil a new franchise this Saturday, giving viewers a peak inside the recent Z100 Jingle Ball concert.
MCN Names 2009 Women To Watch
The editors of Multichannel News have named a dozen executives as the publication's 2009 Women to Watch
TV One Celebrates Music of Civil Rights Movement
TV One will air a documentary focusing on the inspirational music of the Civil Rights Movement during Black History Month.
Motorola Clips Advanced-Video Groups
As part of a companywide round of layoffs, Motorola has substantially cut back its video-on-demand and switched digital video teams, according to company sources. About half of the 150 employees in the on-demand video group—from Motorola’s 2006 acquisition of Broadbus Technologies—were let go last month.
Greenfield Glad Rainbow Lowered Boom On Voom
Pali Research analyst Rich Greenfield Friday voiced pleasure about the demise of Voom HD, which he described as the “ill-conceived” brainchild of Cablevision Systems Corp. chairman Charles Dolan
VH1 Celebrity Rehab Goes Sober
VH1 has ordered a sober spinoff to its popular Celebrity Rehab franchise.
Cable Show '09 Lines Up Fab Four Speakers
A quartet of top media players will make addresses during Cable Show ’09.

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Cable Hall of Fame
Six cable industry leaders were inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame last week during a ceremony held in conjunction with The Cable Center�s Cable Days at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

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To promote the third season of its hit series �Cities of the Underworld,� History executed the first-ever full advertising wrap of the exterior and interior of a New York City subway car.

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