The syndication upfront market is seeing mixed results, with CPMs for court shows flat or up just slightly, while sitcoms are generating higher premiums, Media Life Magazine reports. The market, which is expected to close Friday, is being projected by…
Promax/BDA opened its 2008 conference Tuesday afternoon as pundits from throughout the industry hit the New York Hilton for the annual marketing and branding convention. Opening statements by organization President Jonathan Block-Verk, running his first show as the face of…
Ninety percent of participants polled by Smith-Geiger for the National Association of Broadcasters said that they were aware of the DTV transition on Feb. 17, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Additionally, 70% of households reported that they had seen a DTV…
President Bush and his wife, Laura, were among Washington officials today attending a Washington wake for Tim Russert, the NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and host of “Meet the Press.” The wake was held in a church and school in…
CBS’ “60 Minutes,” AMC’s “Mad Men” and Bravo’s “Project Runway” were among the shows that received the George Foster Peabody Award on Monday, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The awards ceremony also featured impromptu tributes to Tim Russert, the newspaper says….
Univision Communications’ New York stations will hold a public forum on the digital TV transition on June 21, TVNewsday reports. “Una Nueva Era: Television Digital” (A New Era: Digital Television) is the first public forum on DTV in New York…
Best Buy, the largest U.S. electronics retailer, said today that fiscal first-quarter profit fell 6.8% as more flat-screen television revenue couldn’t make up for higher sales of lower-margin video-game consoles. The shares fell after the company reported lower gross margins….
Seniors network Retirement Living TV has laid off 47 employees and temporarily shelved four shows as it experiments with programming, the Baltimore Sun reports. Executives for the network insist the move is not a sign of trouble and that some…
Paul Dughi has been promoted to president of Cowles California Media and KION-TV, the chain’s CBS-affiliated station in Salinas, Calif. Mr. Dughi will report to Betsy Cowles, the chairman of Cowles California Media and Cowles Company. Mr. Dughi began his…