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There is now officially a three-way race for top billing among syndication’s off-net strips. “Two and a Half Men,” “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Family Guy” remained in a virtual dead heat as the top-rated show in the category, according to…
“Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts will be traveling next week to the Middle East with First Lady Laura Bush to talk about breast cancer, a disease Ms. Roberts has become intimately familiar with since she was diagnosed with it…
Litton Entertainment has tapped Brian Byrne as executive vice president of media sales, to be based in Litton’s New York offices. “With the strong reputation and independent leadership in the distribution arena that Litton represents, I’m looking forward to bringing…
Matthew Braatz has been promoted to an expanded role as senior VP of technology and operations for the NBC owned-and-operated television stations. Mr. Braatz, who had been VP of technology for the NBC Universal stations since 2005, will report to…
Peer-to-peer network BitTorrent shuffled its executive suite today, appointing Douglas Walker as chief executive officer. The company’s current CEO Bram Cohen, also the inventor, will now work as chief scientist. President Ashwin Navin remains in the same role. BitTorrent is…
Advertising technology firm Visible World inked a deal with online ad services firm DoubleClick to use targeting technology in online video. Under the deal, DoubleClick will incorporate Visible World’s video targeting tools to let advertisers create dynamic and customized video…
The Dolan family’s $36.26 a share bid to take Cablevision Systems private is unlikely to succeed because major institutional investors say they consider the offer too low and the family says it won’t raise the offer. ClearBridge Advisors, Mario Gabelli,…
ESPN has become the first customer for the Nielsen Co.’s new cross-media measurement from its NielsenConnect unit. The cable network will work with Nielsen in an effort to better understand the interaction of new digital platforms with traditional TV viewing….
As commercial ratings take hold, one buzzword we’re likely to hear frequently is “podbuster.” Like other new-media terms, podbuster can sometimes mean different things to different people. One way of describing a podbuster is as a short commercial break sponsored…
Just because you’re a new-media guy doesn’t mean you can go out and expense a new iPhone. Chris Allen, who recently joined Starcom as VP/video innovation director, said he wanted an iPhone from the day it was released. “The day…