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CNN’s ticket out of Lucas land …The day after CNN’s Connie Chung did a live show from “Star Wars” auteur George Lucas’ famed Skywalker Ranch, CNN was asked not to attend a “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” press junket…
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Things looking up for News Corp., Fox
News Corp. and its Fox Entertainment last week offered a far-better-than-expected quarterly performance and an improved financial outlook for the remainder of their fiscal year, while conceding that the health of the companies’ TV-related operations largely hinge on an advertising…
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Powell may consider DTV transition rules Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell today said he would consider establishing rules to spur the digital TV transition if the industry fails to comply with his recent call for voluntary cooperation on rollout…
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L.A. icon Dunphy hospitalized after heart attack After a day of speculation at rival stations in Los Angeles, the now Viacom-owned KCAL-TV confirmed today on its 4 p.m. news that veteran anchor Jerry Dunphy, the Los Angeles icon who anchors…
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Fox schedule includes five new dramas Fox, according to studio and talent agency sources, has finalized its 2002-03 schedule with 71/2 hours of new programming — the most of any of the five other broadcast networks. The revamping of five…
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ABC adding 7 shows, canceling ‘Spin City,’ ‘Philly’ and ‘Dharma’ ABC is set to announce its fall schedule to advertisers Tuesday morning in New York, possibly adding seven new series (three comedies and four dramas) for fall 2002 — somewhat…
Crazy prices … but that’s how it goes
Already a cultural and ratings success, “The Osbournes” is now a smash hit for MTV’s advertising department.The Viacom network show has approached the $100,000 mark for a 30-second spot-a pricing record for a regular nonsports cable series, according to media…
DayPort takes voodoo out of posting to Web
KSTP-TV’s Web site has been in the red since it launched four years ago but will now turn a profit for the first time within the next three months. The turnaround came in April when the site began posting its…
Station security now a top priority
Two years ago, an armed man from Wyoming walked into the lobby of Denver’s NBC affiliate KUSA-TV and demanded that a videotape he had made be played on the air. He shot out the windows and put a gun to…
Station Web sites exploit weather appeal
KCBD-TV in Lubbock, Texas, reaches more than one-third of its market with its Web site. That’s an astounding figure for a TV station site when most such sites are hoping to achieve 10 percent market penetration, according to Magid Media…