MAYBE THE LUDDITES HAD THE RIGHT IDEA
If we can put a man on the moon, then why can’t we-put a man on the moon again? Which is apparently going to be a national goal, more than 30 years after we did it the first time. Of…
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“My favorite new show this year was on A&E, a British import called `MI-5.’ Brilliant thriller. Felt like I was watching a great spy novel. And I can’t wait for the return of `Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ the best comedy on…
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T-Mobile’s Calling ‘Todd TV’
In a deal that includes product placement and advertising, FX has signed T-Mobile as the official wireless phone provider for its upcoming reality show “Todd TV.”“Todd TV,” produced by Endemol USA, will follow the life of a 30-year-old waiter from…
Twentieth, Tribune Book NATPE Suites
Twentieth Television and Tribune Entertainment have firmed up location commitments for January’s National Association of Television Program Executives convention, booking suites at the Venetian Hotel to hobnob and deal beginning Jan. 18. The move marks the last two major companies…
VH1 Plans to Serve Up Liquor Ads
Drinking from a source most national networks avoid, VH1 is selling ads to hard-liquor distributors.Ad buying sources said VH1 is offering spots to hard-liquor clients on what’s being called a test basis, despite a voluntary industry policy against taking spirits…
Western Show Notes
Former USA Networks Chairman and CEO Kay Koplovitz has been named chairman of the board of directors of Reality Central, a channel devoted to reality programming that plans a mid-2004 launch. Ms. Koplovitz told TelevisionWeek she was drawn to the…
Disney Has Plenty to Worry About
Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications have given Michael Eisner a competitive challenge to worry about that could do serious damage to The Walt Disney Co. and its balance sheet long before dissident shareholders Roy Disney and Stanley Gold launch their…
Cablers Noticing What’s on TV Guide Channel
Changes to the programming and on-air look of the TV Guide Channel are persuading more cable systems to insert and sell local ads on the network.During 2003 TV Guide boosted the number of subscribers reached by local advertising from 22…
Comcast Wires TechTV Deal
Comcast Communications is nearing an agreement to purchase TechTV for nearly $300 million, sources familiar with the deal said Friday. The cable operator plans to merge the network with its struggling video game channel G4.Representatives for Comcast and G4 declined…