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It appears “The Amazing Race” is on track for a sixth season even before the fifth one has aired. CBS has given the go-ahead on casting beginning this week for another edition of the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced reality series, though CBS…
Title: Senior executive VP and chief financial officer, ViacomEducation: Adelphi College, 1979, summa cum laude.Work experience: Joined accounting firm Ernst & Young in 1979 and later became one of the firm’s youngest partners; joined Time Inc. in 1988 as assistant…
With the first quarter of 2004 coming to a close, cable operators covering the nation’s largest metropolitan area have said they’re on pace for local ad sales to rise by double-digit percentages by year-end. Ad revenues for New York and…
The WB is eschewing the longtime broadcast network tradition of testing pilots this year.Usually after pilots are delivered to the networks, the nets hire research firms to show the new pilots to audiences and record their feedback. Network executives use…
Touting itself as the first ad-supported on-demand network, RipeTV plans to debut later this year to 10 million on-demand and broadband homes.The multipronged platform is designed to be a fresh paradigm for television that recognizes and embraces the impact that…
The battle over who will lead The Walt Disney Co. continued last week as large institutional investors pushed the media giant to discuss the future of the company and as disgruntled former board member Roy Disney demanded that the company…
The airing of Olympics coverage on CNBC and MSNBC in the year 2000 seemed like a huge opportunity for local cable operators but ended up being a slow race for the gold, at least in the New York market.Will things…
Given their penchant for industry jargon, media planners have long been accused of speaking another language. But lately, they actually have been speaking another language: Spanish. With the rapid rise of Hispanics in the U.S. population, and the corresponding shift…
House Panel to Examine Satellite Rules The House telecommunications subcommittee has announced hearings April 1 on legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act. The law, which is slated to expire this year, sets the ground rules for satellite…
Writers and Producers Schedule Talks The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced late Thursday that negotiations for a new contract will begin April 5. “We are prepared to meet with the companies…