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MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO BRINGS FOESHBO AND SHOWTIME INTO THE SAME RINGON MAY 2, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao’s much-anticipated boxing match in Las Vegas is expected to generate a record purse estimated at $300-$500 million, with Mayweather getting 60% and Pacquiao 40%. With PPV fees approaching $100, HBO and Showtime are hoping to cash in on the action, part-nering for the fi rst time since Mike Tyson (whose fi ghts were carried by Showtime) took on Lennox Lewis (HBO) in 2002. B&C takes a look at the TV tale of the tape.

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STATOFTHEWEEK$63 MILLION Nielsen’s fi rst-quarter net income, up 7% from $58 million a year ago.

1) Gina Rodriguez (left), star of The CW’s Jane the Virgin, with CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller, who moderated Rodriguez’ keynote Q&A at the event. 2) Take the Leadpanelists (from left): Moderator and Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville; Brooke Johnson, president, Food Network and Cooking Channel; Geri Wang, president, ABC Sales; Marianne Gambelli, chief investment offi cer, Horizon Media; and Jennifer Caserta, president and general manager, IFC. 3) Race, Ethnicity & TV panelists (from left): Lisa Hsia, executive VP, digital, Bravo and Oxygen Media; Chrystee Pharris, star of Pop’s Queens of Drama; Lisa Williams-Fauntroy, senior VP, business and legal affairs, Discovery Communications; and Superna Kalle, consultant.

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COMCAST/TWC: BIGGER ISPS ARE NOT BETTERFROM FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to President Obama to exiting Attorney General Eric Holder, the message has been sent throughout the land: If, as they have suggested, ISPs are the poten-tial snake in the virtuous garden of broadband, a bigger snake is not better.

That appeared to be the take-away from the free fall of the Comcast/TWC merger last week, after both DOJ and the FCC signaled the deal should not go through.

Comcast pulled the plug, but only when it was clear DOJ would sue to block the deal and the FCC could fi nd no conditions that would suffi ce, not even apparently extend-ing network neutrality conditions as a hedge against a third court loss. —John Eggerton

To fi nd out what FCC chairman Tom Wheeler thoughtof the merger and more, go to broadcastingcable.com/April27.

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B&C’S WOMEN OF NEW YORKTHE INDUSTRY’S LEADING LADIES—and men, too—converged in New York last week for the fi fth annual Women of New York event onApril 21. This year’s festivities featured a keynote session with Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez and panels Take the Lead and Race, Ethnicity & TV.

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Vegas’ MGM Grand, site of the fi ght, has set up a ring in its lobby to promote the event.

For more photos from the Women of New York event, log on to broadcastingcable.com/April27.

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