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Hollywood takes a gamble during TV pilot season

by Kai Ryssdal and Adriene Hill
Feb 8, 2016
Pilot season in Hollywood means networks vying for new shows.
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The fight to 'unlock' the set-top box

by Molly Wood
Feb 8, 2016
Thinking outside the box, or opening Pandora’s? FCC chairman Tom Wheeler weighs in.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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A short history of the post-Super Bowl TV show

by Tony Wagner
Feb 5, 2016
It's a plum time slot, but not a guaranteed ratings success.
A Best Buy customer looks at a display of flat panel televisions at a Best Buy store February 1, 2007 in San Francisco.
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Sumner Redstone resigns as CBS chairman

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 3, 2016
The 92-year-old announced his resignation on Wednesday
Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of CBS Corporation and Viacom stepped down from his post at CBS on Wednesday. 
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BBC may ask older viewers to stump up

by Stephen Beard
Jan 29, 2016
The cash-strapped broadcaster may ask older viewers to pay a TV tax from which they're exempt.
 The people stand outside the Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC in London, England. 
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TV joins the party at the Sundance Film Festival

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 25, 2016
The premiere venue for showcasing independent film is making room for TV
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Roxann Dawson on "Mercy Street" and directing

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 22, 2016
The director of the new PBS drama talks about her show and breaking barriers in Hollywood
"Mercy Street" director Roxann Dawson behind the scenes of the new PBS series. 
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Big Bird heads to HBO as kids TV landscape shifts

by Adriene Hill
Jan 15, 2016
After decades on public television, "Sesame Street" debuts on the pay service
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TV in Mexico goes digital

by Sally Herships
Dec 22, 2015
... but much of the Mexican population may not be ready for the switch.
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Yule log may be a chestnut, but it's good business

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Dec 17, 2015
New York television station WPIX first broadcast the yule log, and it caught on.
The Yule Log footage is from 1970.
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