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Discovery Communications, Meredith Team Up to Publish Books

Discovery Communications has signed an agreement with Meredith Corp. to create and publish books based on house- and home-based programs on Discovery Channel, TLC and Discovery Home Channel. The companies have already worked together on a best seller based on…

NBC’s Olympics Ratings Start Off Strong

NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage from the opening ceremonies on Friday through the first day of competition on Saturday scored a 13.2 rating in households and a 25 share, down from the 14.5/27 racked up by the network during the 2000…

DiMartino Takes Marketing Post With Fox TV Studios

Fox Television Studios announced Friday that Regina DiMartino has been named to the newly created post of executive VP, global marketing. Ms. DiMartino will report directly to studio President Angela Shapiro.Ms. DiMartino most recently served as senior VP of marketing,…

ATAS Announces Diversity Forum

| Associations | Academy Tackles Industry Criticism Head-On

NexGen Technology in the Fast Lane

| Stations | 3-D Animation Program Creates On-the-Fly Graphics for Live Coverage of Traffic Jams

The Politics of Voting

Debate Ensues on Whether Bias Influences Nods for ‘Angels,’ ‘Reagans,’ Other Nominees

WABC, WNBC Split Late News Wins in July

The July ratings period finished with a mixed report from the two different co-existing ratings samples in the New York market. According to the soon-to-be-history set-top box sample, NBC-owned WNBC-TV finished on top in households in the late news battle…

Midsize Cablers Go Out for a Spin

Execs Gather to Compare Notes on How the Same Research Data Is Interpreted to Differentiate Networks

Regard for Reality

Resilient Genre Gains Respect, Impacts Award Categories

Deja Vu All Over Again?

By Lee Alan Hill If it appears as though the same series and stars are Emmy-nominated each year, it is because, to a large extent, they are. Statistically, according to John Leverence, VP of awards for the Academy of Television…