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The evening of Oct. 13 promises to be among the more memorable of Andrew Heyward’s professional life. Not only did CBS lead among networks in winning eight of the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Edward R. Murrow Awards, but the spoils…
Amid all the talk of media ownership rules, the NBC affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, is making a case for mom-and-pop ownership.KTUU-TV has ranked No. 1 in all its newscasts for the past 17 years and is slated to receive the…
The calendar is filling in with dates for 2004 affiliate gatherings, which may include the first full-blown national convention for ABC affiliates since the late ’90s.ABC is giving strong consideration to scheduling a multi-day, family-friendly affair at parent company Disney’s…
Bankrupt satellite producer and operator Loral Space & Communications last week rejected EchoStar Communications’ $1.85 billion offer to buy all of its assets, saying the bid was too low. EchoStar’s latest offer, which had been upped from a previous bid…
NBC’s low-cost entry into the high-stakes big media game comes with some risk, the full breadth of which won’t be known for about three years-or the amount of time in which the General Electric subsidiary has the likely choice of…
Rookie strips continued to jockey for position in the household ratings race as they approached the end of September, but the key races may be in the demographics. With all five new first-run strips now firmly entrenched in station schedules,…
BroadcastingMichelle Bella to senior VP, marketing and promotions, Telemundo, from VP, affiliate marketing, Univision.Michael Mitchell to VP, research, Viacom Television Stations Group, from director, programming and research, WCBS-TV, New York. Also, Brett Larson, to technology reporter, from on-air anchor, Tech…
The New York Times recently published a lengthy article on Microsoft’s new Windows XP Media Center. The story went on and on about how the software can turn your PC into a TV, playing DVDs and recording and rewinding your…
The latest round of complaints by cable operators about escalating fees for sports programming is being viewed by some as an attempt to take the high ground in advance of a congressional report later this month that is likely to…
During last week’s historic gubernatorial recall election in California, San Francisco’s powerhouse Fox station KTVU-TV continued its news dominance while independent KRON-TV showed it’s much more than an afterthought. The new kid on the block, NBC-owned KNTV, meanwhile, went out…