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Posted Friday, Oct. 18 Moody’s downgrades Disney Moody’s Investors Service dealt The Walt Disney Co. another blow Friday, downgrading its senior unsecured debt to a Baa1 from an A3 and downgrading ratings for its subsidiaries based on factors including the…
Posted Thursday, Oct. 17. Legislation would force broadcasters to underwrite political ads A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduced legislation Wednesday that would require broadcasters to pay spectrum fees to help underwrite advertising for national…
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 16 Election coverage M.I.A. More than half of the newscasts on major-market local TV stations haven’t included stories on the elections this year. At least that was one of the key findings in a study released today…
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 15 ABC reups ‘NYPD,’ WB extends ‘Family Affair,’ ‘What I Like About You,’ ‘Greetings,’ ‘Do Over’ ABC has confirmed that is has renewed “NYPD Blue” for 2003-04, which will be the Steven Bochco cop drama’s 11th season….
Posted Monday, Oct. 14. CBS News tweaks ‘Early Show’ for re-launch With its front foursome wrapped up — “Biography” host and CBS News returnee Harry Smith, former NBC sportscaster Hannah Storm, “The Early Show” survivor Julie Chen and KTVT-TV, Fort…
KATHLEEN ABERNATHYFCC commissionerPower base: As one of four of the nation’s sitting FCC commissioners, Ms. Abernathy plays a major role in shaping the regulatory ground rules for the broadcast and cable TV industries. She’s a deregulatory-minded Republican who worked for…
What it is: Pace Puma 1, a twin decoder/tuner from Pace that can receive and decode two different channels and programs at the same time.What it does: The Puma box is a set-top box that allows users to watch different…
Gemstar, the embattled Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) company, just hired a new executive VP to improve relations with the cable and satellite TV industries. That’s like Kenneth Lay’s hiring someone to mend fences with the Enron workforce. Gemstar has stepped…
For women in television, the glass ceiling is cracking but it hasn’t been shattered yet. Still, women have made marked progress in the TV business during the past several years. Look around and see that four of the six broadcast…
PVR adoption rate risesPersonal video recorder adoption is ramping up and should grow to 1.8 million by the end of this year and 19.1 million by the end of 2006, according to a new forecast from the Yankee Group. The…