Timeout for sports?
A year ago, KSNW-TV declared it would bench traditional sports segments. There would be no more blah, blah, blah wrap-ups of scores and game recaps eating up three or four minutes of the last block of local news time.Al Buch,…
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Stalling disclosures backfires on firms
Media and entertainment companies have only scratched the surface of full disclosure and accounting issues and will likely suffer more scandal and shame before adopting any meaningful reforms.There is plenty of stunning evidence to support this harsh indictment.For starters, the…
Discovery system aids repurposing
Discovery International has found a way to streamline its international repurposing process with an end-to-end content and asset management environment designed for its four international regions-Europe, Asia, Latin America and India. As a global company with assets that are repurposed…
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KFVE dropping UPNLos Angeles-UPN’s vacation in Hawaii has ended. KFVE-TV, which aired both UPN and The WB in Honolulu, will drop UPN programming Sept. 2, sources have confirmed. Fox affiliate KHON-TV and CBS affiliate KGMB-TV will pick up some UPN…
CNN’s al Qaeda video coup
CNN has obtained a video library of terrorist training tapes belonging to Osama Bin Laden and plans to begin airing reports on them today. Topics such as how to assassinate someone, how to take hostages and how to make pure…
ABC, CNN in final stages of satellite truck upgrades
The road to digital conversion may be slow going for TV stations, but it isn’t for satellite trucks. That’s because the major feed services have finished or are in the final stages of completing upgrades of satellite trucks at their…
Product Spotlight: HugeMediaLibrary
What it is: HugeMediaLibrary, a shared media access storage system geared for the audio and video market, from Huge Systems in Agoura Hills, Calif.How it works: The storage system is designed for multiple users sharing video. Newsroom environments and post-production…
Profile: Michael Drexler
Title: CEO, Optimedia International USARecent interesting deal: “Most recently we were challenged with a rebranding campaign for VoiceStream that included a name change to T-Mobile and the introduction of their new spokesperson, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The concept was not only to…
Senatorial race heats up market
The PGA Championship and an intense senatorial race are two reasons ad reps in Minneapolis-St. Paul have been extremely busy recently.“Several Minnesota elections have swung on the youth vote,” said Art Lanham, general manager at KMWB-TV, the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned…
Syndication Ratings: Gavelers surge, dating shows in hot pursuit
Court shows found an unexpected spike for the week ending Aug. 4, with relationship shows surging right behind, according to Nielsen Media Research. All seven court shows went up for the week and, with July officially behind them, half the…