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Success Stories: Nebraska-grown and -made

Hastings, Neb., is home to the original makers of Kool-Aid. That’s one of the many tidbits viewers learned from a revenue-generating program that aired on the Gray Communications-owned CBS affiliates KOLN-TV and KGIN-TV in the Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, Neb., designated market area….

Universal’s Jeff Lucas says value key to next upfront

The 2003 upfront won’t be a buyers’ upfront’ or a sellers’ upfront-it will be a “value upfront.” That’s the early prediction from Jeff Lucas, president of advertising sales, Universal Television Networks. “The networks that have strong original programming and bring…

Down-home mainstays delivered with flair

West Madison Street isn’t likely to morph into a restaurant row overnight, but as a result of all the residential development, the dining possibilities are improving. One of the latest newcomers is Phil & Lou’s, an American bar and restaurant…

Late News

MORE SPACE TO LET AT FACTORIES, MALLSVacancies continued to rise at Chicago-area industrial properties and shopping centers in the fourth quarter, according to two reports. The vacancy rate for area industrial space rose to 10.5%, up from 9.7% in the…

Newsmakers deserve recognition for gaffes

Now that all of the other print and broadcast news organizations have selected their biggest, most important and momentous news stories of the past year, it’s time to take a different kind of look backward. In honor of all of…

Profile: Alec Gerster

Title: CEO, Initiative Media Worldwide Recent interesting deal: “Renewal of our sponsorship of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s research to measure the wide disparity in viewer interaction with commercial communication. While the industry focuses on audience ratings as a basic definition…

Pitting best series against each other draws ire

Nothing like a little armchair analysis to make television executives second-guess their every move. Or not. Reviewers who took part in Electronic Media’s semiannual poll took aim at everything from the dearth of original shows on Saturday night to the…

Product Spotlight: Digital Wireless Camera System

The Digital Wireless Camera System from Thomson Grass Valley. The system is based on the company’s LDK100/200 camera product line. The system allows camera operators greater mobility close-up images and point-of-view shots at live sports and entertainment events and in…

Profile: Hank Adams

Title: CEO, Sportvision Background: Mr. Adams became CEO of Sportvision in December 2002 after Sportvision merged with Ignite Sports, a sports marketing firm Mr. Adams founded. The two companies have had a relationship since last spring, when they began a…

Ratings

see publication for the following charts: Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndication Night by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Dec. 16-22 Ratings for the week of Dec. 16-22