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Apparently, on-demand users have an appetite for anime.The Anime Network, an on-demand package of Japanese animation, is the second-highest-rated on-demand category in its two Comcast VOD markets of Philadelphia and northern New Jersey, second only to movies, according to the…
Rainbow Media Holdings has eliminated several production positions at its Mag Rack video-on-demand service, including Senior VP of Programming Michael Connor, as the Cablevision Systems unit opts to use third-party production companies for the development and production of original content.The…
Give us a chance.That’s the plea cable operators are making to the movie studios, implicitly promising that video-on-demand will drive tremendous revenue, perhaps more so than the hallowed video store.Cable operators currently receive movies about 45 to 52 days after…
On a balmy evening last week, Chuck Bachrach was addressing a room full of advertising executives and station reps at a hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., for the 20th year in a row. He was back the next morning to…
As promised last January, NBC Enterprises and Sony Pictures will exhibit on the convention floor during NATPE. Their return promises to liven up a convention that had seen a mass exodus in recent years to hotel suites. NATPE 2004 will…
The Family Friendly Programming Forum will celebrate its fifth anniversary at the Fifth Annual Family Television Awards on Aug. 14 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Actresses Jennie Garth and Holly Robinson Peete will co-host the awards, which are an initiative of…
The bad news for watchdog groups last week was that Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., a longtime champion of their causes on the Senate Commerce Committee, announced he won’t seek re-election next year.The good news, however, is that Sen. Daniel Inouye,…
Despite a weakened economy and the gravitational pull that cable continues to exert on television viewers, broadcasters are positioned to grab more advertising dollars going forward and could very well find themselves ultimately benefiting from the proliferation of new cable…
There may not be a “Talk Show Hosting for Dummies” guide, but Dan Wilch is probably the next best thing.Mr. Wilch, VP of the entertainment division of the research and consulting firm Frank Magid Associates, has worked with many of…
Greg DePrez of Starz! is lucky he didn’t see stars after addressing last month’s convention of video software dealers. DePrez told the retailers that video-on-demand could someday replace their rental business. That’s the equivalent of going to Lennox Lewis’ house…