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Pioneer plans to launch Monday a third-party developers program for its Passport interactive program guide. The company hopes the program, known as Compass, will foster the growth of interactivity and the use of its guide.Since Passport runs on Scientific-Atlanta, Motorola…
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Welcome to the New Normalcy, the post-Sept. 11 world in which advertisers try to connect with consumers who are busy “re-centering” and making “connections” with their local communities and families and are suspicious of corporations and their advertising claims.As they…
Del Mayberry, a senior-level accounting and finance executive at Fox-affiliated companies, has been promoted to executive VP and chief financial officer for the Fox Networks Group. Mr. Mayberry will continue to oversee finance, information systems, network operations/commercial administration and human…
UPN is changing affiliates in Watertown, N.Y.The network has exercised an option and is moving programming under a secondary affiliate arrangement to Watertown Fox affiliate WNYF, a low-power station that is part of a duopoly owned by United Communications Corp.,…
Charlotte, N.C., has a burgeoning Hispanic population, and WCCB-TV, the Bahakel Communications-owned Fox affiliate, recognized the need to reach this rapidly growing community.“The station was the first in the market to offer a live Spanish-language translation of the local news…
“`Bram and Alice’ will likely be the first to die. The fact that CBS has already moved it to 8:30 tells me they don’t have a lot of confidence in it. (Not that `Becker’ will fare better.) The Eye Net…
Posted Friday, Sept. 20 Debut of ‘Survivor: Thailand’ sizzles CBS’s launch of “Survivor: Thailand” dominated the 8 p.m.-to-9 p.m. Thursday hour last night, improving 16 percent among adults 18 to 34 from the year-ago debut of “Survivor: Marquesas.” “Survivor: Thailand,”…
Posted Thursday, Sept. 19 Tauzin aims to close DTV loophole In a startling blow to broadcasters, Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., has released legislation that would require television stations to convert to digital TV transmission by Dec. 31, 2006. Existing law…
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 18 Comcast-AT&T review period expires Comcast Corp. and AT&T Broadband announced that the review period during which the Department of Justice would normally challenge a merger expired Tuesday night, essentially clearing any antitrust hurdles for the companies…