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The edict last week that loosened regulations on TV station ownership wasn’t really made in a Federal Communications Commission meeting room in Washington. That was just a show to put the official stamp on a decision made in a back…
That human bowling ball is 10-year-old Hallie Kate Eisenberg, who helped raise about $600,000 for the Children’s Museum of Manhattan at its 2003 Family Benefit last week. Also on hand to get things rolling were Cyma Zarghami, executive VP and…
One week after the Federal Communications Commision rewrote the rules on station ownership, the question of the long-term viability of free over-the-air TV is no more easily answered than before the ruling, when FCC Chairman Michael Powell decreed that lifting…
JUNE 8-11 NCTA: The National ShowHigh-definition television and the digital transition take center stage as the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the principal trade association of the U.S. cable television industry, holds its annual exposition at McCormick Place in Chicago.“Leading…
NBC has won the American media rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics with a bid that adds up to more than $2.2 billion. That represents an increase of some 47 percent over the $1.5 billion pre-emptive deal with which…
The dog days of summer used to be firmly leashed to cable networks, who used the season’s absence of new broadcast programming to make their mark with new-series launches and summer-long stunts. But broadcasters aren’t on vacation anymore and cable…
“Hillary’s Choice,” a two-hour telefilm based on the book by Gail Sheehy, is in development at A&E Network, and a two-part miniseries about the family life of former President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan is in the works…
Fire marshals interrupting packed panels. A move to New York City. More attendees from Nick at Nite/TV Land than from ABC. The potential birth of promotional upfronts. Welcome to the new Promax, a conference determined to redefine it’s image after…
Cable 2003, “The National Show,” this week in Chicago will shine a spotlight on the cable industry’s continuing rollout of digital broadband services. Panels will focus on new interactive programming services such as video-on-demand and subscription-video-on-demand, and a special HDTV…
James Hibberd has joined TelevisionWeek as a reporter in Los Angeles.He will cover all aspects of the television business and contribute regularly to the publication’s special reports and franchises, such as Newspro. He reports to Editor Alex Ben Block.Mr. Hibberd…