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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…
Promotions aired on affiliate stations are the most effective means of driving viewers to a newscast, yet many are undermining audience trust. This was the conclusion of a Frank N. Magid Associates study released at the three-day Promax & BDA…
NBC Wins Olympic Bid NBC has won the American media rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics with a $2.201 billion bid and a lightning-fast decision late Friday by the International Olympic Committee. NBC Olympics and Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol…
Alfano Named President of Broadway Video Television The long-awaited switch for NBC comedy development Senior VP JoAnn Alfano is a reality, as she has been named president of Broadway Video Television, “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels’ production company, which…
Promax Conference Under Way In the first year away from a convention center, a reorganized Promax & BDA Conference kicked off today with “renewed vigor” as meeting organizers look toward the future. With attendance expected to approach 2,500 board members…
NBC Renews ‘Days of Our Lives’ NBC renewed “Days of Our Lives” for five more years. That keeps the long-running soap opera on NBC through May 2009. Former head writer James Reilly has agreed to return as head writer of…
How is it that one of Broadway’s most accomplished song-and-dance men has found success in a television role in which he doesn’t sing, he doesn’t dance and he never smiles? “Well, it’s because as an actor, I’m always looking for…
Arbitron’s Portable People Meter, a pager-size device that measures out-of-home television viewing as well as radio-station preferences, has been used to correlate the connections among radio listeners and TV viewers in a recently completed trial in the Philadelphia market. The…
Flush with success from rising ratings, increased distribution and an aggressive development slate, Discovery Heath Channel Executive VP and general manager Bob Reed is out to prove the cable channel isn’t all about the babies. The cable channel is preparing…