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“There’s a law in broadcasting,” said Jerry Nachman, MSNBC’s new editor in chief. “I’m not allowed to run anything successful. I’m always on these triage missions.”Mr. Nachman’s professional odyssey has indeed provided a number of daunting challenges in radio, TV,…
Title: President and CEO of Cupertino, Calif.-based Canal Plus Technologies, which provides interactive TV middleware and applications.Background: Mr. Moss joined Canal Plus in January 2000 after working in sales for several years at Motorola and General Instruments.The churn factor: “Digital…
Airing in more than 30 countries and outlasting 59 syndicated game shows as well as a popular “Saturday Night Live” spoof, King World Productions’ “Jeopardy!” will celebrate its 4,000th episode Wednesday.For station managers, distribution executives and producers, the future of…
Charter adding Motorola personal video boxCharter Communications plans to roll out a companion set-top box this fall that will sit on top of existing Motorola boxes and will enable personal video recorder functionality. The MSO also said next year it…
A top affiliate representative last week slammed the Federal Communications Commission for refusing to respond to a long-pending affiliate request for an investigation of alleged abuses by their networks.“The [FCC] Chairman [Michael Powell] promised that this FCC would deal with…
What are they: A range of new lenses for broadcast use that were introduced by Fujinon at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in April.Professional/high end broadcast production market: The A13X4.5BERM/BERD is the widest lens on the market today for…
The U.S. Justice Department is resisting efforts by the Federal Trade Commission to modify a media merger review agreement that’s drawing sharp criticism from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings, D-S.C.That at least was the charge last week by an…
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s 51st annual national convention, held last week in New Orleans, saw its attendance drop, but that was the price the show paid to retain most of its high-profile exhibitors. Unlike other industry shows in…
Disney change is O(401)KThe Walt Disney Co. gave employees who have 401(k) accounts a safety net after watching how workers at nose-diving companies such as Enron lost their retirement accounts. In early March, Disney notified its 401(k) participants that, effective…
On the road with Peter Jennings Peter Jennings will be taking “World News Tonight” on the road this week, anchoring from Cleveland on Tuesday, Minneapolis on Wednesday and Thursday and Seattle on Friday. In those markets he will also visit…