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A panel of multiple system operator heavyweights agreed last week that satellite providers represent a major threat to the cable industry. But most panelists said the technical capabilities of the cable platform give them a long-term advantage-if they can get…
Last week Nielsen Media Research unveiled the Nielsen Product Placement Measurement Service, a syndicated service launching in February that will measure exposure to products and brands mentioned or depicted inside TV programming. That service follows the recent launch of Nielsen…
ROLESAnanda Lewis (“The Ananda Lewis Show”), Mark Curry (“Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”), Stephen Baldwin (“Usual Suspects”), Corbin Bernsen (“L.A. Law”), Tracey Gold (“Growing Pains”), Keshia Knight Pulliam (“The Cosby Show”), supermodel Angie Everhart and former NBA player Dennis Rodman will…
Why is Sam Bloom smiling?You would think that as Blockbuster’s VP for business development, Bloom would be sending out his resume. After all, isn’t video-on-demand supposed to put the video rental giant out of business?“I’m not worried,” Bloom told me…
As sports programming has increasingly migrated to cable during the past few years, so have the ad dollars.That spelled opportunity for AdLink, one of the nation’s leading interconnects and the one serving the Los Angeles market. With much of L.A.’s…
* In “Slim Comedy Pickings No Laughing Matter” (Road to NATPE, TelevisionWeek, Nov. 24), Buena Vista’s “According to Jim” is one of the off-network comedies premiering at the upcoming NATPE convention. The show, currently running on ABC, is produced by…
As comforting as it might be to finally have some certainty about where the television station ownership cap is headed, both the ownership “compromise” and the way it came about are troubling.Barring a surprise in Congress-something that can’t be counted…
Two “60 Minutes” stories, a “60 Minutes II” story and an installment in the public broadcasting series “Frontline” won the first four Business and Financial Reporting Emmys handed out by the National Television Academy at a luncheon last Thursday in…
Monday, Nov. 24, 2003-Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003TV Season Week No. 10Thanks to standout performances by “Survivor: Pearl Islands,” “CSI: Miami” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS won the week in adults 18 to 49 with a 3.8/11 and in total viewers…
Time Warner Cable last week filed a counter-claim against American Movie Classics Co. in answer to a suit AMC filed last month, an indication that the companies’ internecine fight may not be settled quickly. Time Warner Cable informed AMCC in…