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Sports a key player in this college town

Sponsorships of local college games are always sold out in Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.“We’re a college town, where the University of Missouri is located, which is part of the Big 12 conference,” said Andy Lee, general manager of the Benedek-owned ABC…

Profile: Margaret Craig

Title: CEO of Toronto-based Leitch, a maker of video and audio equipment for broadcasters, cable companies, telcos, post-production facilities and the Internet market.Background: Ms. Craig joined Leitch in January 2000 as chief operating officer and became CEO in January 2002….

Tech Briefs

National Geographic raises its high-def profileNational Geographic Film Library has partnered with Minneapolis-based Hi-Wire to convert more than 500 hours of programming of both new and archived films to high definition. National Geographic said the number of clients asking for…

Editorial: Powell must stop sitting on his hands

The Federal Communications Commission has shown occasional signs of life under Chairman Michael Powell, the most recent being his drive to stimulate the transition to digital television-even to the point of issuing threats to pull the DTV licenses of stations…

Hollywood Notes

Man sues over ‘Candid Camera’ stuntPaxson Communications, Peter Funt and his Candid Camera Inc. have been sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by a Ventura County, Calif., resident who claims to have been injured in a stunt at an Arizona…

Briefly Noted

Cable ad spending down, Hispanic TV buys up in Q1When it comes to advertising revenues in the first quarter, cable television was the surprising big loser, down 15.9 percent on a year-to-year basis, according to data compiled by Competitive Media…

‘Blind Date’ hooks up with TNN

TNN may have found a long-term partner to cozy up with: The cable network has acquired the rights to air “Blind Date” five nights a week beginning in January 2003.The deal allows the growing network to air old episodes of…

Cable news creeps past broadcasters

Big 4 broadcast news in the aggregate, excluding the broadcast networks’ various prime-time newsmagazine franchises, accounted for just 40.5 percent of the available TV news household gross rating points in 2001, compared with 59.5 percent for cable news in the…

Calendar

This WeekMay 24-29, 26th Annual NABOB Spring Broadcast Management Conference, sponsored by the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, at Maho Beach Resort and Casino, St. Maarten. Information: 202-463-8970.May 29-June 2, Lifestyle Technology Show Anaheim/Los Angeles, sponsored by Lifestyle Events,…

Stations jockey for May sweeps dominance

ABC-owned WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, is back on top in the 11 p.m. news race for May sweeps. It’s been exactly a year since it last had the No. 1 spot for that time period. Since then, NBC-owned WCAU-TV has owned the…