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* On the Out & About page (Oct. 7, 2002, Page 14), Dina Roman, VP and general manager for Discovery Interactive, was pictured third from the left in a photo from the network’s “Dog Days” event.* In “`Dr. Phil’ leads…
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Everest mounts a cable takeover in Kansas City
If it were up to Wall Street, Everest Connections Corp. would be on the auction block or the scrap heap of telecom startups. But here on Main Street-specifically the suburbs of Kansas City, Mo.-people are embracing this bundler of video,…
Fox’s huge ‘Idol’ pack
Fox Broadcasting Co. is pricing an integrated marketing package at $26 million for the sophomore season of “American Idol,” the highest for any reality show.The previous record was held by “Survivor,” which asked as many as nine sponsors to pony…
Liberate, Signatures team
Liberate Technologies last week announced plans for an on-demand music channel and detailed its new technical direction in the wake of its recent Sigma Systems acquisition.The company has partnered with Signatures Network to create on-demand music programming for digital networks….
Editorial: Bush speech short-shrifted
ABC, CBS and NBC made a big mistake last week not broadcasting President Bush’s speech about the possibility that the United States will go to war against Iraq.On Monday evening, Oct. 7, Mr. Bush delivered a scheduled speech at the…
At Press Time
Banfield canceledNew York-In changes announced Friday, MSNBC has canceled “Ashleigh Banfield on Location” effective immediately and named “Dateline NBC” executive producer Marc Rosenwasser to temporarily supervise the news channel’s 7 p.m.-to-11 p.m. prime-time programming. Also, Phil Griffin will become VP…
Ones to watch
Barbara “Bo” ArgentinoExecutive vice president, advertising sales, Sony Pictures TelevisionAlthough she keeps a relatively low profile compared with other women of power in the TV industry, “Bo” Argentino gets a lot done behind the scenes. She is responsible for sales…
Profile: Jeffrey Calman
Title: Executive VP, video-on-demand and pay-per-view, Warner Home VideoBackground: Mr. Calman, who trained as an opera singer at Juilliard, joined Warner Bros. in 1980, working on financial analysis of pay TV models. At the time, the pay TV business was…
Preparing for danger
Along with their pens, notebooks, laptops and satellite phones, the correspondents, producers, editors and camera crews who are deployed to potential war zones are packing gas masks, flak jackets, helmets, biological and chemical suits and extreme first-aid supplies. They’re also…
‘Push’ buyers upset
The demise of ABC’s “Push, Nevada” underscores the perils of product placement in scripted TV shows.Media buyers who purchased time in low-rated “Push” are grumbling over delayed cash back or make-good commercial inventory because “Push” must continue until Oct. 24…