The dispute between the broadcast network and the cable distributor arose as the two sought to negotiate a new fee structure to be paid by Time Warner to ABC for rights to transmit the network's programs -- and those of Disney-ABC's other television properties -- over its various cable systems.
Can you imagine that ultra-hypothetical ABC Sunday-night lineup?
When I arrived in U.S. at that time, the three major networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- started Saturday morning shows on a very large scale for children.
Additionally, Cablevision customers will have access to a variety of ABC News programming as well as some local ABC owned-station content.
Additionally, Xfinity TV customers will have access to a variety of ABC News programming as well as some local ABC owned-station content.
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Judging by the interest in the first round playoff games in the 16-team field NBA, where TNT and ABC-ESPN are seeing solid ratings, baseball would probably be well served by stretching the field a bit.
Few inside or outside NBC say they expect Leno to regularly beat his scripted competition at CBS or Walt Disney-owned ABC (News Corp-owned Fox doesn't program the 10 pm hour).
Another source of contention is whether broadcast radio and the TV networks -- ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and the CW -- should receive treatment differing from their satellite and cable cousins regarding content.
So far, the major television news networks in New York - NBC, ABC and CBS - have all had one confirmed case of anthrax each, while the first report and only death was in the Florida offices of newspaper publishers American Media.
In the three months that followed, the production of scripted television fare, including Desperate Housewives on Disney-owned ABC and The Office on General Electric-owned NBC, has gone dark, with several film projects to follow.
In the 14 weeks that followed, more than 50 scripted television series, including Walt Disney-owned ABC's Desperate Housewives and General Electric-owned NBC's The Office, were forced to shut down production, and several high-profile films were put on hold.
On Nov. 9, with 34 laps to go in a late-season race at Phoenix International Raceway, ABC pre-empted its live national coverage of the event for the umpteenth airing of its cheesy reality show America's Funniest Home Videos.
The numbers from the WFTS-ABC poll were Rubio 39%, Crist 33% and Meek 18%.
Anne Sweeney is the longtime co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group.
Her popularity rating has fallen to 40% in the wake of her resignation, a Washington Post-ABC poll showed.
Africa opened a New York office last year, and works closely with Dojo, a Grupo ABC-backed agency in San Francisco.
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Anne Sweeney , who runs the Disney-ABC Television Group, a unit of Walt Disney, grapples with stiff competition from wireless and cable.
Obama is enjoying his highest favorability ratings since 2009, with 60% having a favorable rating of him in a Washington Post-ABC poll.
Jay Leno show in what McPherson has dubbed a "cost-containment effort"--ABC heads into another television season with its most aggressive development slate in years.
For customers who live within the designed area of each market, DIRECTV will deliver HD programming from the primary broadcast networks - ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC - where available.
At one time during the 1980s, Clark had shows running on all three main US networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - and he ranked among Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans.
According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Monday evening, about half of Americans say they have grown more supportive of gun control measures since the Newtown shooting.
Billed as a TNT original story, Falling Skies borrows heavily from the old 80s series V, remade in 2009 by Warner Brothers Television and The Scott Peters Company, sold to ABC-TV.
Some of Time Warner's biggest rivals, such as Walt Disney-ABC, share those concerns, which were sharpened when Time Warner briefly took Disney programmes off its cable television service in New York.
"But we do know that social media drives engagement and can help sustain viewers' interest in what they're watching, " says Albert Cheng, executive vice president for digital media of Disney-ABC Television Group.
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We did two recent telephone polls on the Florida Senate race, the first for the Florida Association of Health Plans in mid-September and the second ending on Sept. 29 for WFTS-ABC in Tampa.
Despite the Time Warner-ABC settlement, a spokeswoman for the Commerce Committee said McCain hopes to hold a hearing early this summer to look into problems surrounding consent conditions, and what can be done to prevent these disputes from recurring.
According to a report in the Russian edition of Forbes, the Goodreads purchaser has just set up shop in the former Soviet heartland and brought on Arkady Vitrouk (former CEO of ABC-Atticus) as director of Kindle Content for the region.
's (nyse: DIS - news - people ) ABC hit Desperate Housewives--and teen starlet Lindsay Lohan--ranked No. 52 on The Forbes Celebrity 100 list--crammed into the swank Fifth Avenue location, which is co-owned by diamond conglomerate De Beers and luxury goods giant LVMH (otc: LVMUY - news - people ).
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