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We’re told that our “media oligopoly” dumbs down people and distracts them from the important work of democracy. Sarah Chayes wouldn’t mind having a media oligopoly where she lives. It would be an improvement.Chayes is the former National Public Radio…
As the Western Show ambles into the sunset with its final conference this week, here are some of the must-see events at the convention center and beyond:Tuesday, Dec. 2CTAM Pre-Western Show Luncheon: noon-3 p.m. Staged apart from the conference at…
Advertiser-supported news, sports and entertainment programming may still be their core business, but these days major cable system operators would much rather talk about the most powerful growth engine in their business-high-speed data delivery. That was clear during a recent…
In what’s billed as Discovery Health’s Channel’s largest marketing campaign since its 1999 debut, the network will launch a multimillion-dollar fitness program tied to its “Body Challenge” reality show. The 12-week “National Body Challenge” program will offer participants a free…
CBS was the only broadcast network up across the board year to year in November sweeps.The network will win the sweep in total viewers and its target audience of adults 25 to 54, but finish a strong second to NBC…
My neighbor recently asked me for advice on buying a new high-definition TV. I told him that he should buy either a set that was “HDTV-ready” or that had a high-definition tuner inside. “You have to have one or the…
When word came down a few months ago that this year’s Western Show was going to be the event’s swan song, it became very clear to us here at TelevisionWeek who our Cable TV Executive of the Year must be:…
Young Broadcasting’s KRON-TV has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a request by NBC-owned KNTV in San Jose to move its transmitter 40 miles closer to San Francisco, KRON’s city of license.NBC and Young Broadcasting have been at odds…
After digesting the 43-page white paper in which Nielsen Media Research said about 40 percent of this season’s drop in young male viewers can be attributed to Nielsen’s “methodological improvements,” NBC research chief Alan Wurtzel declared: “I am in violent…
For more than three decades, cable’s top moguls have helped launch the Western Show, and the final edition is no exception. Opening this year’s program on Wednesday will be Time Warner Cable’s Glenn Britt, Comcast’s Brian Roberts, Cox’s Jim Robbins,…