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Daily Archives : Jan 30, 2008

Canada’s Global Grabs ‘Doctors’

Global Television, a Canwest Broadcasting network, has landed exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to CBS Television Distribution’s upcoming daytime series “The Doctors.” The show will feature a team of practicing professionals in various fields who will address important topics, myths, and…

Video: Zucker + Endemol + Brightcove = NATPE

TelevisionWeek’s Daisy Whitney hit the floor at the National Association of Television Program Executives convention, bringing exclusive interviews to TVWeek.com’s Road to NATPE Webcasts. In her “New Media Minute,” Daisy breaks down NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker’s take on how…

Video: Howie Describes His New ‘Deal’

“Deal or No Deal” host Howie Mandel pulls back the curtain on the syndicated version of his network game show in a Webcast chat with TelevisionWeek Senior Editor James Hibberd. James caught up with Howie on the floor of the…

Short Breaks Tell Tale in Syndication

Even before commercial ratings became the talk of the media buying business, ad sales executives in syndication would pitch the short breaks and low clutter in their shows and the higher recall that resulted from them. Now, with C3—commercial ratings…

Jordhamo Fills Big Shoes at Zenith

Twenty years ago, Ava Jordhamo asked Peggy Green to move her from spot buying to network buying when a position opened up. Ms. Jordhamo had been with Saatchi & Saatchi DFS Compton for only a few months. Ms. Green was…

Here Comes the Bride at WE

WE TV is getting hitched to wedding programming. The “Bridezillas” network says it has a slate of new series and specials on nuptials for its WE GO Bridal multiplatform initiative, which includes a weekly night of programming and a dedicated…

Chart: Super Spending, Strong Retention

With Super Bowl XLII coming up Sunday, TNS Media Intelligence has taken a look back at Super Bowl broadcasts over the last 20 years. In that span, the top five Super Bowl advertisers spent a combined $659 million on advertising….