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Weekly Rewind: Viacom and DirecTV Reunite (And It Feels so Good)

July 20, 2012
By Greg Franzese

Viacom and DirecTV decided to kiss and make up Friday, bringing back Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and other channels after a nine-day blackout. The terms were not disclosed.

Microsoft and NBC, however, have parted ways and Comcast/NBC will buy the software maker's half of MSNBC for $300 million. The cable news network will be renamed NBC News.

During Google's earnings call, execs noted YouTube's growth, centered around monetization for content partners, adding it appears the search giant has finally found a business model for the video site. Thousands of partners are making more than $100,000 a year. 
 
Looks like Verizon's FiOS is getting some competition from Comcast, which is readying a 305 Mbps plan by the end of the year.
 
ESPN has landed a deal to broadcast the Rose Bowl game from 2015 to 2026, paying an average of $80 million a year, a 167 percent increase from the current deal of $30 million a year.
 
A federal district court denied a preliminary injunction against Aereo last week. CNET followed up on the news with an intriguing Q-and-A with the startup's founder Chet Kanojia, who insisted "we do come in peace," in reference to the tumultuous relationship between Aereo and networks.
 
Average TV stations added 12 minutes of weekday news, running an average of five hours of local news per weekday.
 
The entertainment community lost its first Bollywood superstar earlier this week. Rajesh Khanna had starred in dozens of movies over his five-decade career.
 
Parks Associate found the number of smart TVs connected to the Internet has increased to 56 percent, up from 40 percent in 2010.
 
Hulu will team up with the BBC to co-produce the fourth season of the U.K. comedy "The Thick of It," the first international co-production deal for the streaming provider.
 
Samsung's Smart TV will let viewers play Angry Birds without a remote control, instead having them control the game via hand gestures.
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