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For the first time in its history, Turner Broadcasting Co. will hold meetings with advertisers and their media agencies next month to discuss first-run programs they are developing, agency executives said.The meetings will be held in New York and are…
After two weeks of February sweeps, NBC has taken the lead over CBS in adults 18 to 49, while CBS retains its total viewer lead.In the first week, the Grammy Awards telecast helped propel CBS to first place in the…
As video-on-demand moves beyond the early-adopter phase and into the common lexicon, increasingly smaller and more specialized VOD services have sprouted up.Their presence raises the question of what content will survive in the VOD world. Many of the successful niche…
Yvette Lee Bowser realized early in her career that as big as the television industry is, there isn’t much room in it for someone like her. Ms. Bowser had just come off a charmed five-year stint at “A Different World,”…
Tavis Smiley, host of the first PBS talk show to originate on the West Coast-from KCET-TV in Los Angeles-is hardly a new personality in TV public affairs. But he is growing in stature and resonance. “The Tavis Smiley Show,” which…
Get ready for more cold pizza this May.Despite bold predictions that the network upfront buying process could be tamed, David Verklin, CEO of Carat North America, conceded that it will be business as usual this year.Mr. Verklin has called for…
With the actors guild’s decision last week to extend its current agreement, the Writers Guild of America is preparing for a solo battle with Hollywood producers over its contract, which is set to expire May 2. No date has been…
After a bruising heavyweight bout, ESPN and Cox Communications emerged from the ring last week with a new nine-year carriage deal under their belts.The deal means neither party risks knockout punches from subscribers or Washington.Before last week the high cost…
It sounds like a network programmer’s dream come true-a legal restriction that prevents rejected projects from being produced by competitors.Variously called a “turnaround rights restriction,” an “exclusivity clause” or a “turnaround provision,” the restriction is becoming more integral to development…
NBC knocked out the competition to buy the rights to “The Contender,” the latest project from reality guru Mark Burnett. “The Contender” will follow a nationwide search for the next real-life Rocky. Mr. Burnett, DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg and actor Sylvester…