"Broadcast television needs a jolt, " Reilly's boss and Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori said of the post-strike network viewer malaise on a call with reporters today.
One of the most prevalent hypotheses is that Sprint will strike a network-sharing deal with T-Mobile.
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Forbes.com spoke to Ostroff about how she measures a hit and what will happen to the fledging network if the looming writers' strike becomes a reality.
And a 24-hour strike was held on the network from the evening of 1 November - the third walk-out this year in a row over threatened job losses.
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Third, there are concerns that network operators looking for new sources of revenue will strike deals with content providers that will favour those websites prepared to pay up.
Here's the pitch: Against the backdrop of a looming strike that could shut Hollywood down, a network executive gets dumped in favor of the town's new golden boy.
And during the recently concluded strike-jumbled year, the reality-heavy network earned another title: most-watched in total viewers.
The Boxing Day strike by drivers caused massive disruption to the Tube network.
The strike has shut down much of the public transport network, with no metro or electric railway services in operation.
With a focus on ratings over buzz, CBS has regained a title it temporarily lost to strike-winner Fox as the most-watched network.
Network Rail said a full service of trains would run on strike days and it did not expect to amend any timetables.
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The network, which like its competitors was delayed by the writers' strike, is also developing several other pilots to premiere as early as November.
At NPR, where civilized discourse is one of the network's cherished goals, it's not always possible to strike a perfect balance between the often competing goals of civility and the pursuit of responsive answers to pertinent questions.
And though there's rarely an ideal time for a work stoppage, a fall strike would likely exact the most immediate and irreparable damage on network television, which is having trouble maintaining its relevance even with a full stable of writers at work.
They want Pakistan to be central to any peace deal Mr Karzai may strike with insurgent groups, including Hizb-e-Islami and the Haqqani network.
Mediaset, which currently relies on a conventional broadcast model, could strike a deal with the nationalised unit to start selling television via the latter's broadband network.
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His network desperately needs big ratings after its script-heavy schedule took a hit during the 100-day writers' strike.
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