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Nielsen to update estimates Nielsen Media Research will release updated national universe estimates for the 2001-2002 season on Sept. 1. Those estimates are derived from new U.S. Census Bureau data, compiled in the 2000 census but only released last March,…
CNN and MSNBC saw double-digit percentage increases in total day households and adults 25 to 54 in July, yet Fox News remained the leader. The revamped MSNBC increased its prime-time households 20% from June numbers and its adults 25 to…
95 Percent of general managers who expect their ad revenues to increase during the next 12 months80 Percent of GMs who expect viewership of their local newscasts to increase during the next 12 months18 Percent of GMs who claim that…
The critics can’t jump on the bandwagon fast enough in their eagerness to bash “The Anna Nicole Show,” the latest entry in a growing reality genre that might best be described as “train wreck TV.” Indeed, the kooky new E!…
In a behind-the-scenes boon to Tribune, the Federal Communications Commission has given the company a waiver to combine the operations of WBZL-TV in Miami and the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in nearby Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Under the FCC’s newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership prohibition, joint ownership…
“I want to focus on my salad. …”-Martha Stewart Perhaps the timing is not quite perfect for a TV series called “American Dreams,” one of NBC’s new fall shows. The poor old American Dream has been kicked around pretty badly…
“Chairman Powell’s actions will certainly help move along the transition to digital. By mandating digital tuners in televisions, digital TV set penetration will increase at a greater rate and consumers will no longer be confused as to what to buy.”Michael…
Cox Communications today launches the first cable trial of an ad-supported video-on-demand service with marketers that include Coca-Cola’s Diet Coke, Kraft Foods, Sony Music Entertainment’s Epic Records label and Volvo North America. Cox, the country’s fifth-largest cable operator, is introducing…
NBC and Fox are seeing the early benefits of having more original programming on their summer schedules: Awareness levels for many of their new fall shows are on par with awareness levels for spinoffs with built-in brand recognition.Electronic Media obtained…
As TV stations continue to transition to digital and slowly jettison tapes from their repertoire, they are learning that going tapeless has its own set of challenges. Being completely tapeless is a bit of a misnomer, since tapes are still…