Mediagazer: Netflix Extends PBS Pact, Scoring Two Exclusives (Todd Spangler/Variety)

11:15 AM ET, July 3, 2013

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Extends PBS Pact, Scoring Two Exclusives — Netflix gains subscription-streaming rights to ‘Super Why!’ and ‘The Bletchley Circle’ — The rivalry between Netflix and Amazon.com for online streaming content has been a boon to TV programmers, as the two are motivated buyers eager to one-up each other.

Discussion: Speakeasy, TechCrunch, paidContent, CNET, Deadline.com, Home Media Magazine, Broadcasting & Cable, Hollywood Reporter and Softpedia News

Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

US government rests its case in Bradley Manning WikiLeaks trial — Admission that army has mislaid standard contract signed by private boosts defence hopes of having some charges dismissed — The US government rested its case against the WikiLeaks source, Bradley Manning on Tuesday …

Discussion: Democracy Now, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Huffington Post and Reuters

Sky News:

Leveson To Be Grilled By MPs Later This Month — Lord Justice Leveson chaired last year's inquiry into press ethics — Lord Justice Leveson will give evidence to MPs about press regulation later this month. — The judge, who oversaw the inquiry into press ethics sparked by the phone hacking scandal …

Discussion: Guardian and Telegraph

Jay Rosen / Quote and Comment:

CNN makes its priorities clear. — A trial like the Zimmerman case in Florida is like a TV mini-series in which the writers and actors don't get paid. Meanwhile, epochal world events - the kind CNN is supposed to dominate the coverage of - unfold in a little box on the lower right.

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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple Said to Near Time Warner Cable Deal for TV Programs — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is nearing a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) to give subscribers of the cable television service access to channels via Apple TV, people with knowledge of the negotiations said.

Yasmine Saleh / Reuters:

Egyptian army secures state TV studios: sources — (Reuters) - Egyptian troops with armored vehicles have secured the central Cairo studios of state television on Wednesday, security sources said. — As a deadline approaches when the army high command is expected to step …

Discussion: The Independent, The Dawn News and @skytwitius

John Glenday / The Drum:

BBC to screen selected Wimbledon matches in 3D — The BBC has confirmed plans to broadcast selected Wimbledon matches in 3D as part of a two-year trial of the technology, singling out the semi-finals and finals for the extra dimension. — Available to anyone with a 3D TV and access …

Discussion: Digital Spy, Advanced Television and bbc.co.uk

Jon Friedman / The Fiscal Times:

TV News Searches for a 21st Century Winning Model — TV news is not an industry for the faint of heart. In journalism, there is an old saying: You're only as good as your last story - and nowhere is the axiom more apt than in a business with a swarm of network and cable competitors …

Discussion: @matthewwells, @ariannahuff and @jayrosen_nyu

David Sirota / Salon:

Meet the “Journalists Against Journalism” club! — The clique of media figures outraged when news outlets challenge power has a new member: Washington Post higher-ups — From David Gregory to Andrew Ross Sorkin to David Brooks, the ranks of Washington's hottest new club continues to swell.

Discussion: @jackshafer, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik and The Huffington Post

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post's Unbelievable Snowden Editorial

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Ian Burrell / The Independent:

Going live: Can new Director General Tony Hall overhaul the BBC? — The honeymoon is over. His new team, minus a trusted deputy, is in place and a heaving intray of problems awaits. Ian Burrell rates his prospects — “The BBC's best days lie ahead of us,” Tony Hall wrote in his cheerleading introductory email to staff in April.

Ed Christman / Billboard:

Pandora Cuts Direct Pub Deal With Universal Music Publishing (While Fighting Direct Pub Deals In Rate Court) — While Pandora is maneuvering to lower its music publishing rates, it has cut a short-term deal with Universal Music Publishing Group that according to sources would represent …

Walter Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:

Deal for TV stations casts shadow on Tribune's credit rating — Peter Liguori, chief executive of Tribune Co., which had its S&P overall assessment of business prospects rise to “satisfactory” from “fair.” (Fox / Fox Broadcasting) — Tribune Co. went a full six months with unblemished credit.