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Posted Friday, July 12 Kellner warns of PVR fallout In keeping with his staunch campaign against personal video recorders (PVRs), Turner Broadcasting System Chairman and CEO Jamie Kellner likened the potential revenue losses from “skipped” commercials and disk storage of…
Powell down on electronics makers Beating on his bully pulpit, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell today publicly slapped consumer electronics manufacturers for failing to embrace his voluntary plan to spur the rollout of digital television. In April Mr. Powell…
ABC, affils hold productive talks A daylong gathering of ABC executives and ABC affiliates in Chicago ended with both sides declaring that the dialogue had been positive. “It was a very beneficial day,” said Bruce Baker, the Cox Television executive…
KCBS’s Diaz hired by KABC KCBS-TV has hired popular Laura Diaz away from KABC-TV, where she has spent 19 years, the last five as anchor of its 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. Don Corsini, the general manager of the…
The recent robust broadcast upfront, the rapid growth of Spanish-language television and the coming fall election season are leading the way as advertising continues its 2002 rebound, according to a new midyear estimate from Competitive Media Reporting, which expects overall…
PTC settles wrestling lawsuit The head of the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group that opposes sex, violence and so-called “coarse language” on television, has published a personal letter of apology on the organization’s Web site as part of…
John Rigas, shame on you.Mr. Rigas is the erstwhile chairman and CEO of cable operator Adelphia Communications.Adelphia has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The cause: Mr. Rigas and his family used Adelphia, a publicly traded company, to guarantee billions of…
With teens and college students at home for the summer, the talk show genre was infused with a jolt of youthful eyes and as a result, younger-skewing series hit home runs. Meanwhile, typically older-skewing shows seemed to stumble, according to…
What’s the matter with kids today? Not a thing.That’s the somewhat surprising message as this year’s drawn-out kids upfront market scrambles to an end.What began way back in March and April with the big sellers’ calls on the big agencies-amid…
BroadcastingChris Neuman to director, broadcast operations and engineering, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, from manager, engineering operations.John Hendricks to VP of sales, Tribune Broadcasting, from VP and general sales manager, WFLD-TV, Chicago.Brad Neuhoff to senior producer, KWGN-TV, Denver, from producer, KCOP-TV, Los…