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Al Jazeera America: Entering Development Phase It has been 3 months since Al Jazeera America launched and although ratings aren’t the most important thing in these early days, the net has seen “increases in some parts of the schedule” and people are “sampling shows,” pres Kate O’Brian told us. Initial viewership numbers are “completely in line with other news channels” when they first launched, she said. Her comments come as AJAM has seen some negative press on viewership, with the NY Post pegging its average at 13K viewers a day since the Aug 20 launch. The team has faith that as distribution increases, so will viewership. AJAM scored carriage deals with Time Warner Cable and Bright House in Oct, making it avail-able to 55mln HHs. Talks with other potential distributors continue. “I am incredibly optimistic,” O’Brian said. Gradu-ally moving from the launch phase to a development or accelerated growth phase, the net is opening new bureaus, hiring additional staff and beefing up its schedule with a renewed focus on investigative reporting. With 21 news bureaus around the country, it already has one of the largest footprints of any newsgathering organization in the US. As part of the plan, AJAM is adding a morning news program, a weekly sports program, a weekly culture show and numerous docu-series to the schedule. The net’s mantra has been that it will stand out in a crowded market with in-depth, fact-based reporting. “From the get-go, we have identified a gap in the news market,” the former ABC News exec said. “We are trying to tell stories that you are not seeing anywhere else.” Her example is AJAM’s coverage of Native Americans, with it running stories on tribal conventions, tribal communities and businesses. While the net’s focused on developing its unique news coverage, it’s also covering major news events from mainstream media’s perspective. “It’s important that we do both,” O’Brian said. A Pew Research study found the Al Jazeera America de-voted the biggest chunk of its Syria coverage to the debate over whether the US should become militarily involved, just like CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. However, there was evidence of the net’s international roots as the channel framed more of its stories than other nets around the humanitarian crisis. Differentiations aside, perhaps the big-gest uncertainty going forward is still brand perception. AJAM’s research showed that of people who had watched the net, 90% had a positive opinion while 75% of the people who haven’t watched the programming had a negative perception of it. That’s why the net’s #1 task is getting Americans to change the channel and tune in.

At the Portals: The FCC administrative law judge hearing GSN’s carriage complaint against Cablevision has asked both parties to submit a status report (jointly if possible) on or before Dec 6. Judge Richard Sippel said in an order released Wed that it has been “quite some time” since either company apprised the court of their hearing preparations. He wants them to provide estimates for a hearing date. GSN filed the complaint at the FCC in Oct 2011 after Cablevision moved the channel to its Sports & Entertainment tier. GSN argues it should be offered in a similar fashion to how CVC carried nets it previously owned, like WE tv and the now defunct Wedding Central. The 2 companies postponed the hearing twice this year to see how the DC Circuit Court of Appeals would rule in

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Comcast’s appeal of the FCC’s order in Tennis Channel’s carriage complaint (the court ended up ruling in favor of Comcast and rejecting a request by Tennis for further review). -- ACA is tagging on to Sen Commerce chmn Jay Rockefeller’s (D-WV) request for the FCC to review shared service agreements when considering broadcast merg-ers (Cfax, 11/27). In a letter sent Tues night, ACA chief Matt Polka asked that the full Commission review TV sta-tion deals that feature such arrangements. “Only by doing so can the Commission ensure that the public values of competition, localism and diversity are fully served by its reviews of transactions involving US broadcast licenses,” Polka wrote. ACA has challenged several broadcast deals that include SSAs, saying they give a broadcaster a work-around media ownership rules that prohibit a single company from owning more than 1 top-4 rated television broad-cast station in a single DMA.

Online: Microsoft launched its web-based Xbox Video store, allowing users to access 300K movies and TV shows across platforms. The service streams the same content that can be found through the Xbox One app except it doesn’t support HD. It offers the option to rent or buy to own content.

Programming: We’re only 1 episode in to 13-part series “Atlantis,” but BBC America already has decided it wants a 2nd helping based on Sat’s premiere (838K total viewers). It’s the biggest new Sat drama to launch across all BBC channels since ’06. -- Hallmark Channel is collaborating with Hallmark Cards for original holiday movie, “Northpole.” This is the 1st-ever long-form movie for the 2, with the companies previously linking up to bring to life Hallmark’s interactive storybook character Jingle in 2 half-hour animated specials. Northpole is set to debut during ’14’s “Countdown to Christmas.” -- Ten-nis Channel is welcoming Dec with a 2-week rebroadcast of the ’13 French Open, beginning at noon ET on Sun (12/1). Holiday-themed opens will start each day, but the coverage will largely appear as it did when it debuted on the net in May and June. -- CNN en Espanol launches new weekday news program “Realidades en Contexto” on Dec 9 at noon ET.

TVE: Authenticated AT&T U-verse subs can now watch beIN Sport Play, the intl sports net’s TVE service available via www.beinsportplay.tv.

People: FCC commish Jessica Rosenworcel appointed Clint Odom as policy dir with primary responsibility for me-dia issues. He previously served as deputy legislative dir for Sen Bill Nelson (D-FL). Before that, he was Verizon’s vp, govt relations in DC and NJ.

Doing Good: After Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes #GivingTuesday. Discovery is celebrating the day with PSAs across its nets as well as an employee matching donation program benefitting victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Discovery Education will hold a live streaming event for students on careers in STEM fields. -- Time Warner Cable’s Connect a Million Minds initiative talked turkey Wed, with the MSO bringing Food Net personality Anne Burrell to a “We the Geeks” Google+ hangout to discuss math and science’s role in Thanksgiving dinner. “We the Geeks” is a series of Google+ hangouts organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to highlight the future of science, technology and innovation here in the US. Burrell is also featured in a new CAMM PSA that began airing in TWC markets Wed.

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MICROSOFT: ..................MSFT ................. 37.65 ...........0.21% ........ 40.96%MOTOROLA MOBILITY: ..MMI.................... 13.81 ........ (2.75%) ......(64.41%)NIELSEN: ........................NLSN ................. 42.94 ...........4.43% ........ 40.37%RENTRAK:.......................RENT ................. 39.90 ...........9.14% ...... 104.72%SEACHANGE: .................SEAC ................. 14.84 ...........3.13% ........ 53.46%SONY: ..............................SNE ................... 18.55 ...........1.35% ........ 65.59%SPRINT NEXTEL:............S .......................... 8.35 ...........6.64% ........ 47.27%TIVO: ...............................TIVO .................. 12.66 ........ (5.24%) .......... 2.84%UNIVERSAL ELEC: .........UEIC .................. 38.42 ...........2.75% ........ 98.55%VONAGE: .........................VG ....................... 3.31 ...........2.16% ........ 39.66%YAHOO: ...........................YHOO ................ 36.98 ...........1.34% ........ 85.83%

TELCOSAT&T: ...............................T ........................ 35.40 ........ (0.06%) .......... 5.01%VERIZON: ........................VZ ...................... 49.94 ........ (0.56%) ........ 15.41%

MARKET INDICESDOW: ...............................DJI ............... 16097.33 ...........0.20% ........ 22.84%NASDAQ: .........................IXIC................ 4044.75 ...........1.33% ........ 33.95%S&P 500:..........................GSPC ............ 1807.23 ...........0.14% ........ 26.72%

1. RENTRAK: ....................................................................39.90 .......... 9.14%2. VALUEVISION: ...............................................................5.86 .......... 8.92%3. SPRINT NEXTEL: ...........................................................8.35 .......... 6.64%4. CABLEVISION: .............................................................16.60 .......... 5.06%5. APPLE: .......................................................................545.54 .......... 4.95%

1. LIONSGATE: .................................................................31.87 ..........(5.6%)2. TIVO: .............................................................................12.66 ........(5.24%)3. MOTOROLA MOBILITY: .................................................................... 13.81 (2.75%)4. TIME WARNER: ............................................................65.68 ........(1.96%)

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WINNERS & LOSERS

BROADCASTERS/DBS/MMDS21ST CENTURY FOX: .....FOXA ................. 33.54 ...........0.42% .......... 0.00%DIRECTV: ........................DTV ................... 66.13 ...........1.82% ........ 31.84%DISH: ...............................DISH .................. 54.28 ...........3.96% ........ 49.12%DISNEY: ...........................DIS..................... 70.79 ...........0.84% ........ 42.17%GE:...................................GE ..................... 26.86 ........ (0.81%) ........ 27.97%

MSOSCABLEVISION: ................CVC ................... 16.60 ...........5.06% ........ 11.11%CHARTER: ......................CHTR ............... 134.98 ...........0.24% ........ 77.05%COMCAST: ......................CMCSA .............. 49.83 ...........0.63% ........ 33.38%COMCAST SPCL: ...........CMCSK .............. 48.25 ...........0.73% ........ 34.33%GCI: .................................GNCMA ............... 9.98 ...........3.53% .......... 4.07%LIBERTY GLOBAL: .........LBTYA................ 84.91 ...........4.06% ........ 34.86%LIBERTY INT: ..................LINTA ................. 27.88 ...........1.05% ........ 41.67%SHAW COMM: .................SJR .................... 22.92 ........ (0.56%) ........(0.26%)TIME WARNER CABLE: ..TWC ................ 137.14 ...........3.17% ........ 41.11%WASH POST: ..................WPO ................ 658.77 ...........0.09% ........ 80.38%

PROGRAMMINGAMC NETWORKS: ..........AMCX ................ 64.26 ........ (0.88%) ........ 29.82%CBS: ................................CBS ................... 58.83 ...........0.34% ........ 54.61%CROWN: ..........................CRWN ................. 3.27 ...........2.19% ........ 76.76%DISCOVERY: ...................DISCA................ 86.89 ...........1.19% ........ 36.88%GRUPO TELEVISA: .........TV ...................... 30.22 ...........2.79% ........ 13.69%HSN: ................................HSNI .................. 58.10 ...........0.05% .......... 5.48%INTERACTIVE CORP: .....IACI .................... 56.22 ........ (0.57%) ........ 19.01%LIONSGATE: ....................LGF.................... 31.87 .......... (5.6%) ........ 94.33%MADISON SQUARE GARDEN:................... MSG ............56.20 .......... 0.59% 26.72%SCRIPPS INT: .................SNI..................... 74.80 ...........0.20% ........ 29.14%STARZ: ............................STRZA ............... 28.15 ...........2.66% .......... 0.00%TIME WARNER: ..............TWX................... 65.68 ........ (1.96%) ........ 37.32%VALUEVISION: ................VVTV ................... 5.86 ...........8.92% ...... 225.56%VIACOM: ..........................VIA ..................... 80.01 ...........0.23% ........ 47.42%WWE:...............................WWE ................. 15.10 ...........4.72% ........ 91.38%

TECHNOLOGYADDVANTAGE: ................AEY ..................... 2.62 ...........0.48% ........ 31.78%ALCATEL LUCENT: .........ALU...................... 4.20 ...........4.45% ...... 202.09%AMDOCS: ........................DOX ................... 40.52 ........ (0.25%) ........ 19.21%AMPHENOL:....................APH ................... 85.05 ........ (0.07%) ........ 31.45%AOL: .................................AOL ................... 44.69 ........ (1.89%) ........ 50.93%APPLE: ............................AAPL ............... 545.54 ...........4.95% .......... 2.51%ARRIS GROUP: ...............ARRS................. 20.26 ...........1.86% ........ 35.61%AVID TECH: .....................AVID .................... 8.78 ...........2.99% ........ 15.77%BLNDER TONGUE: .........BDR ..................... 0.94 ...........0.55% ......(18.69%)BROADCOM: ...................BRCM ................ 26.59 ...........0.89% ......(19.95%)CISCO: ............................CSCO ................ 21.27 ........ (0.89%) .......... 8.24%CONCURRENT: ..............CCUR .................. 7.52 ........ (1.44%) ........ 31.01%CONVERGYS: .................CVG ................... 20.61 ...........0.93% ........ 25.59%CSG SYSTEMS: ..............CSGS ................ 28.68 ...........0.74% ........ 57.76%ECHOSTAR: ....................SATS .................. 49.41 ........ (0.17%) ........ 44.40%GOOGLE: ........................GOOG ........... 1063.13 ...........3.03% ........ 50.29%HARMONIC: ....................HLIT ..................... 7.67 ...........2.89% ........ 51.18%INTEL:..............................INTC .................. 23.91 ...........0.15% ........ 15.93%JDSU: ..............................JDSU ................. 12.13 ...........1.63% ......(10.11%)LEVEL 3:..........................LVLT ................... 30.15 ...........2.20% ........ 30.46%

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