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Perhaps the most minor executive shift during ABC’s reshuffling last week was Rich Ross’ taking command of Disney Channel Worldwide. After all, Mr. Ross was already in charge of the domestic version of the network since he was named president…
Luca Bentivoglio’s journey to the position of executive director for Latino Public Broadcasting has been a lifelong venture.“I basically started off my career in Spanish-language television,” said Mr. Bentivoglio, whose organization has helped finance 30 hours of Latino programming for…
Sportscasters Al Michaels, Bob Costas and Vin Scully are no doubt recognized wherever they go, but they’ve got nothing on Andres Cantor, the best-known soccer announcer in the Spanish-speaking world.Mr. Cantor began his 13-year association with Univisionin 1987 by broadcasting…
Is Wall Street’s love affair with cable beginning to end?As cable operators Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications and Insight Communications prepare to issue their first-quarter earnings this week, a growing number of analysts are curbing their enthusiasm for the cable…
On the eve of last week’s National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, broadcasting’s elite convened for an invitation-only dinner at the Bellagio Hotel to honor top industry political contributors.It should have been a moment of triumph for NAB…
ESPN and HBO each took home seven awards as the biggest winners at last week’s 25th Annual Sports Emmy Awards in New York. NBC was the leading broadcast network winner, picking up four Emmys. ABC and Fox won three Sports…
Just as the weather’s not the same in different parts of the country, commercials on The Weather Channel can be different in different parts of the country. At its upfront presentation for media buyers last week in Manhattan, the Atlanta-based…
As Wall Street analysts and ABC affiliates spent last week digesting the news that The Walt Disney Co. was again shaking up the management at its struggling broadcast network, the two different constituencies seemed to reach the same conclusion: It…
Lifetime Movie Network is getting the star treatment.Now 6 years old and in more than 41 million homes, the network built on Lifetime’s made-for-cable movies is working with studios to help promote new theatrical releases and give the network additional…
AdvertisingRobyn Simensky to broadcast negotiator, DKB and Partners, from broadcast negotiator, Initiative Media.Jill Macgregor to marketing consultant, Belo Marketing Solutions, from sales representative, Media Networks.Jeff Weiss to director, account planning, Adlink, from sales manager, WNJU-TV, New York.BroadcastingJim Zerwekh to VP…