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Blowing Its Own Horn

Looking to ring up a high score for its new video game documentary on GSN this month, Beantown Productions is putting together the promotional campaign for the program. Beantown, started by Boston University grads David Carr and David Comtois, has…

The Number One ‘Get’

President Bush remains the top “get” in the world of political news. In our poll, he topped the following categories: Most Likely to Make News, Hardest to Get and Highest-Maintenance. He was so dominant, TVWeek decided to give him his…

Two More ‘Journey’ Specials Ordered

NBC Enterprises has ordered two new half-hour specials of the growing nationally syndicated franchise “The Remarkable Journey.” This is the first season for “Journey” under the NBC Enterprises umbrella, where it is now being produced by Access Entertainment News Productions,…

The Insider

It was a different kind of mob scene at the March 2 party in honor of Sunday night’s return of “The Sopranos” for its fifth and next-to-last season on HBO. After the first two new episodes were screened at Radio…

Previews

Advertisers, agency executives, media planners and ad-time buyers will be among those at a trio of Syndicated Network Television Association conferences, the first of which kicks off Thursday in New York. The invitation-only presentations by top TV program syndicators will…

Newsmakers

Advertising Amy Hanno to VP, affiliate sales, Mediapoint Network, Inter/Media Advertising, from marketing manager, Cornerstone Media Group. Broadcast Bert Contestabile to national sales manager, WVBT-TV, Norfolk, Va., from account executive, Blair Television, New York. Melanie Jones to senior VP, media…

Stations Get New Options

The way content providers deliver programming and advertising to tape machines or servers at local stations is of key interest to those who manage the process and a growing list of vendors who want to be involved. Stations are beginning…

Sun Setting on NBC’s ‘Miami’

It looks like goodbye for “Good Morning, Miami.” While NBC hasn’t officially canceled the show or released any of the actors, all signs point to the show not being renewed for next year, despite a ratings performance that is on…

Super Bowl Gets a Hi-Def Update

Surely the game-winning kick by the New England Patriots’ Adam Vinatieri was what Vyvx had in mind for the maiden voyage of its expanded technology during last month’s Super Bowl broadcast. Instead, overexposure of a pop singer’s anatomy was what…

Tech Briefs

Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina will keynote the opening session at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas in April. The selection of Ms. Fiorina is noteworthy as Hewlett-Packard and other computer and consumer electronics companies, including…