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Timothy Larson rescued CTAM of Chicago from obscurity. He served as president of the chapter for the past three years, during which time the market underwent seismic changes. Where there were once six cable operators, there is now just one…
Hallmark Channel’s Chris Moseley was the force behind the network’s massive marketing campaign late last year, the Hallmark Keepsake Sweepstakes promotion touting the network’s holiday movies.The network’s total number of monthly viewers grew from 14.9 million in November to 32…
CTAM last fall undertook the enormous task of getting its arms around the growing on-demand business. Bob Davis, managing director at Dove Consulting, led the charge with the formation of CTAM’s On-Demand Consortium. He’s receiving a TAMI for those efforts….
Sherita Ceasar’s work with CTAM exemplifies the summit’s theme this year: the science of marketing. As a leader in developing CTAM’s Master Courses on Advanced Digital Services, she’s being honored with a TAMI.Ms. Ceasar is the VP and general manager…
Last October, ABC affiliate KSTP-TV in Minneapolis ran a news story about the reliability of eyewitness testimony. To demonstrate how difficult it is for eyewitnesses to accurately recall details of an incident, KSTP aired staged footage of a briefcase-snatching on…
Most of Fox’s Fall Schedule to Debut in October With the exception of drama “The O.C.,” Fox will roll out the majority of its new schedule after Major League baseball playoffs and the World Series end in October, Fox’s top…
‘Queer Eye’ Breaks Bravo Ratings Records The premiere of Bravo’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” was the highest-rated show in the network’s history, with a 1.61 household rating. The program, which has garnered rave reviews from national media outlets,…
Kelley Comes Clean on ‘The Practice’ The dismissal of half the cast of “The Practice” was a creative decision to reinvigorate the show, creator David E. Kelley told a packed room at the Television Critics Association press tour in Hollywood…
One of my first jobs was as a movie and TV critic on a now defunct Florida newspaper. The pay wasn’t very good, but the editor assured me I could make up for it in free meals, parties, nightclub visits,…
“Leave it to men to launch prematurely,” Albie Hecht joked at the cable portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles. The TNN president said the newly injunction-free net will rebrand “as fast as possible, within a…