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The Weather Channel Taps BBH, New York, as Agency of Record

Bartle Bogle Hegarty, New York, been named creative agency of record for the Weather Channel after a review.

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Canoe Ventures Pulls Plug on Interactive TV Commercials Business

Canoe Ventures announced on Wednesday that it will shutter its ITV-advertising business, signaling a lack of interest in the space.

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Bart Simpson LOVES The Wall Street Journal (Uh, Really!) and Other Reminders as 'The Simpsons' Hits Our Top 10 TV Check-In Chart

Bart Simpson LOVES The Wall Street Journal (Uh, Really!) and Other Reminders as 'The Simpsons' Hits Our Top 10 TV Check-In Chart

Fox's "The Simpsons" cracks our Top 10 for the first time thanks to Sunday's airing of its much-hyped 500th episode.

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What Is TV? New Media Assaults Marketers With Video Talk

It's clear that marketers aren't always envisioning the TV set when they determine how to use motion-and-sound video to hawk their wares.

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As Super Tuesday Nears, Which Candidates Can Afford to Advertise?

As Super Tuesday Nears, Which Candidates Can Afford to Advertise?

Republican hopefuls are scratching for cash to compete in upcoming state primaries.

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Why OWN Could Be the First and Last Celeb-Branded Net

Why OWN Could Be the First and Last Celeb-Branded Net

There's a big difference between new cable channels linked to stars like Ryan Seacrest and Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network: The celebrities won't be the names or faces of their channels.

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Mad Ave Lines up to Court NBA's Lin

Mad Ave Lines up to Court NBA's Lin

From agents to Nike, the ad world is inundating Knicks phenom with endorsement proposals.

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Time Warner Cable, MSG Settle Seven-Week Dispute Amid 'Linsanity'

Time Warner Cable, MSG Settle Seven-Week Dispute Amid 'Linsanity'

The agreement ends a stalemate that had kept TWC's 2.8 million local subscribers from watching the Knicks and their Jeremy Lin-led winning streak.

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Sunday Sun Tabloid to Replace News of the World 'Very Soon': Murdoch

Sunday Sun Tabloid to Replace News of the World 'Very Soon': Murdoch

The plan for a Sun on Sunday shows that the closing of the News of the World was "just cynical," said a lawmaker from the Labour Party.

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Reuters' U.S. News Push Signs on Yahoo, AOL, MSNBC.com

Reuters America also intends to improve on traditional wire services by taking more signals from its customers, partly through Reuters editors "embedded" in their newsrooms.

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Some Will Have to Pay for March Madness

Some Will Have to Pay for March Madness

Those wanting to watch select parts of the basketball tournament digitally will pay a fee of $3.99, the company said.

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CBS Corp. May Create Original Series for Netflix

CBS Corp. May Create Original Series for Netflix

"Until they are doing 22 hours a week of premium content, we don't look at them as a competitor," CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said.

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Comcast Believes Video Subscribers Will Return

The cable giant managed to slow its hemorrhage of customers, and ended the year with 22.3 million video and 18.1 million broadband subscribers.

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Former Y&R Global CEO Hamish McLennan Hired by Rupert Murdoch

A year after exiting the top post at WPP's Y&R, Hamish McLennan has landed at News Corp., where he will help forge ties with global brands.

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Murdoch Wedding Singer Charlotte Church Now His Phone-Hacking Nemesis

After Jude Law, Steve Coogan and others settled with News Corp., Charlotte Church's claim is the only "test case" remaining. The News of the World reported her father was having an affair and used cocaine, and that her mother tried to kill herself as a result.

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Glamour Sets Up Shoppable Wall Stocked With Beauty Products in New York

Glamour magazine has set up a shoppable wall in New York that's reminiscent of Tesco's virtual supermarket in a South Korea subway station last summer.

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Hyundai, Sprint, JC Penney Hope for Big Oscars Even Without Blockbuster Nominees

Advertisers are betting on the Academy Awards even though this year's "Best Picture" nominees are largely smaller films, which has dampened past ratings.

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Netflix Said to Plan Another Original Series, Increasing Challenge to HBO

The comedy "Orange is the New Black" becomes the second original series bankrolled by Netflix, following "House of Cards." Netflix also has rights to "Lilyhammer" and new episodes of "Arrested Development."

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Grammys Gets Ratings Boost in Wake of Whitney Houston Death

CBS's broadcast of the Grammy Awards attracted more than 39 million viewers, the most for a Grammy telecast since the 1984 broadcast featuring Michael Jackson.

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Amazon Looks to Enter Original Programming Battle

Amazon is seeking talent to create its own original programming, making it the latest player in streaming video to try to develop new series. It's got its eyes on comedy and children's series.

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NBC Universal's New Olympics Challenge: Screen-Jumping

In an effort it hopes will help it plan for the future of video, NBCU has enlisted Google and ComScore to reveal how viewers watch the Olympics across screens including the iPad.

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