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Monthly Archives : January 2008

Networks Revisit Upfront, Pilot Plans

But Media Buyers Still Want Peek at Shows

Documentaries Hot Items at Sundance

Cable, Broadcast TV Buyers Busy at Indie Film Festival

International Perspective: Dubbing Comes of Age With Latest Technology

I can remember watching Johnny Carson interviewing Michael Landon, who was talking about how silly he looked speaking Japanese in one of the early dubbed episodes of “Bonanza.” Dubbed television was a novelty back then. Today, however, nothing could be…

Gralnick Observes 50 Years in News

There was no party this month to mark Jeff Gralnick’s 50th anniversary in the television news business. Instead, TelevisionWeek National Editor Michele Greppi treated Mr. Gralnick to lunch and took notes as they talked about how he got into the…

Revision3 Revs Up Production

Online TV Network Aims to Triple Its Delivery of Video Views by Year’s End

Tracking Ellen’s Career Highlights

1977 After one semester at the University of New Orleans, where she was majoring in communications, Ellen DeGeneres drops out. She gets a string of “regular” jobs (clerk, retail salesperson, hostess and house painter) before realizing she wants to be…

Fresh-Start Mindset Key to Jan. Ads

Weight-Loss, Smoking Cessation Products Tap Into New Year Attitude

Atlas Deals Spanning the Globe

Distributor Takes Diverse Approaches to Filling Content Pipeline, Monetizing Library

New Media Is New Kid on Block at Event

Online Makes Inroads as Varied Means of Distribution Take Off

Guest Commentary: Out-of-Home TV Ads Finally Coming of Age

The first “upfront” presentation by NBC Everywhere held earlier this month to tout its alternative digital assets marked a significant coming of age for the out-of-home (OOH) TV arena. I would suggest that it also helped to reverse the long-established…