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The atmosphere of the November sweeps continued to hang thickly for syndicators, invigorating some and chilling others. According to Nielsen Media Research, the top newsmagazines and game shows benefited from early nights, while several new strips reached new highs for…
Gemstar-TV Guide International announced that its new on-demand guide for the Motorola DCT2000 digital set-top platform has received Acadia certification and is available for deployment with SeaChange’s video-on-demand system. New features include a barker window, an improved menu system with…
Melva Goffney has been named senior VP, program research, NBC West Coast. She will oversee the company’s Burbank, Calif., program research department. She will be responsible for entertainment programming in all dayparts, including prime time, late-night, daytime and Saturday morning….
In a worrisome development for cable TV, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., last week said the industry will be one of the top targets on his legislative agenda when he assumes the chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee in January.“We’re going…
The Hallmark Channel has promoted two executives to oversee two publicity units it has recently created. Elizabeth Hillman, left, has been named VP of corporate communications and Pam Slay is now VP of network program publicity. Ms. Hillman and Ms….
Longtime news director Deborah Johnson is no longer with Meredith-owned WFSB-TV, Hartford, Conn.’s CBS affiliate. In mid-November station General Manager Elden Hale notified the staff that the 17-year veteran had left. “The news department required a new vision and direction,”…
Call it the $44.1 million question.Which carriage agreement governs Starz Encore Group and Comcast Corp, the newly created giant of cable television-the one between SEG and AT&T Broadband, the larger of the two pre-merger entities, or the one between SEG…
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps last week said he plans to hold a series of field hearings on proposals to ease agency media ownership restrictions, whether Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell comes along for the ride or not.“This is potentially…
Confronted by a wave of forecasts suggesting a major upset is in the making, TV and advertising executives admit a heightened concern about how personal video recorders and other consumer-empowering technology threatens their economic status quo.Within just a few years,…
Chicago’s WBBM-TV, a CBS owned-and-operated station, has created a local programming department as part of a station overhaul that is designed to help it out of the ratings cellar.The department is responsible for developing and covering local events, like parades,…