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Wright Resigns as SBCA President The Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association said Friday that its president, Andy Wright, will be stepping down from his post effective Sept. 30. The trade group, which represents the interests of the satellite industry, said…
‘Reality Awards’ to Air on ABC Broadcast and cable prime-time reality shows will face off during the first “Reality Awards,” set to air on the ABC Network this fall. Don Mischer, who will produce his eighth “Primetime Emmy Awards” telecast…
Court Stays FCC Ownership Rules In a major blow to the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia late Wednesday stayed the agency’s new media ownership rules pending court resolution of court challenges. Without court intervention, the…
Study Says Public Wants Nets to Buy More Stations Affiliate and watchdog group representatives today blasted a network-sponsored study that claims that, contrary to the conventional wisdom on Capitol Hill, a vast majority of the U.S. public supports a network…
A group called Americans for Tax Reform is trying to derail the effort to overturn the FCC’s new rules on media ownership, claiming it is part of a liberal plot “designed to muzzle popular conservative talk-show hosts like Rush Limbaugh”…
ABC Aggressively programming Thursday nights with “Threat Matrix” and “Extreme Makeover.”-Susan Lyne, ABC entertainment presidentCBS Moving two established hits in “The King of Queens” and “JAG” to new nights on Wednesdays and Fridays, respectively.-Kelly Kahl, executive VP of program planning…
When it comes to conventional media planning, TV unquestionably is the dominant medium. By just about every important marketing measure-time spent by consumers using media, total reach among consumers, total ad dollars invested to reach consumers-TV rises to the top….
What Maxim magazine, MTV, Howard Stern and Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” have started, Spike TV plans to carry to the next level this week with the launch of “The Joe Schmo Show” and other programming designed to draw in…
The 24th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, set for Wednesday in New York, include a Lifetime Achievement Award for “60 Minutes,” which is celebrating its 35th year on CBS. Honorees include present and past correspondents, including Mike Wallace, Dan…
The WTVO Continental Coupon Book is the Young Broadcasting-owned ABC affiliate’s way of giving advertisers a print option with their TV buys.“We provide a multimedia platform of television, Internet and direct mail, and that has really worked well in this…