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“I’d say a Republican Congress will definitely help the broadcast industry, as it will all big business. The trend will be toward greater deregulation, and pro-business, anti-labor legislation will pass more easily than before.”Bob Laurence, TV critic, San Diego Union-Tribune“Well,…
Dan Rank, one of the managing directors of OMD USA who long has been in the top rank of Madison Avenue’s deal and scene makers, is giving it all up to move back to his hometown of Chicago.He will join…
Any ratings and revenue gains that the ABC Television Network makes this year will not help The Walt Disney Co. in 2003 or do much to diminish another $500 million-plus that ABC will lose in the new fiscal year.That, along…
This Week Nov. 13, The TV Ad Market 2002: Evaluating Digital Opportunities, sponsored by Filter Media, at Florence Gould Hall, New York. Information: www.filter media.tv/admarket2002.Nov. 13, CTAM Master Course: How Cable Goes to Market, sponsored by the Cable & Telecommunications…
Sharon Osbourne’s jump into the ranks of potential syndication players for 2003 caps a wild season of development for distributors. NBC Enterprises continues to be an aggressive player in the development tug-of-war. The studio is readying “Let’s Make a Deal”…
BroadcastingArnie Routson to general sales manager, KRQE-TV, Albuquerque, N.M., from local sales manager, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh.Donn Collee to station manager, WPEC-TV, Palm Beach, Fla., from director of programming and station marketing.Dominic Mancuso to station manager, WGN-TV, Chicago, from director of sales….
The long-awaited launch of Movielink is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 11. The Internet-based movie rental service, a partnership of Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, MGM and Paramount, will begin a 90-day soft launch of the service, which allows consumers to order…
In “Content, services must counter cable erosion” (EM, Nov. 4), Jason Bazinet is an analyst with JPMorgan.
see publication for the following charts:Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndicationNight by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3Ratings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
What it does: The DU1, a digital video recording device, is a small, portable hard-disk recorder that attaches to a Sony camcorder. It’s about the size of a camera battery and allows the user to capture and store video on…