Talent Moves
Hamish Linklater and John Carroll Lynch have joined the cast of “Live From Baghdad,” an HBO original movie. Mr. Lynch is repped by Writers & Artists. Mr. Linklater is repped by Don Buchwald & Associates. … Sydney Tamiia Poitier will…
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TeleCable to test iSurfTV guideMexican cable operator TeleCable de Morelos will pilot test an interactive programming guide developed by iSurfTV, based in Sunnyvale, Calif. TeleCable’s digital subscribers in Cuernavaca, Mexico, will participate in the pilot test, scheduled to launch in…
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advertising & agenciesAllison Bloom to senior media buyer, Inter/Media, from media buyer, National Media/E4L, Encino, Calif. Also, Erin Brown to media buyer, from local broadcast buyer, Round 2 Communications, Los Angeles.BroadcastingMichael Hugger to president, Eagle Television Sales, Katz Television Group,…
Putting CBS, UPN affils on same page
Peter Schruth, who has been president of affiliate relations for CBS Television since early 1999, assumed control over UPN affiliate relations early this year when UPN came under the purview of CBS President Leslie Moonves.Mr. Schruth recently sat down with…
Advertising comes to video-on-demand
Cable operators, video-on-demand service providers and programmers have taken steps the last few weeks to launch a new business model: free or ad-supported VOD.Cablevision Systems, Cox Communications, Discovery Networks, BBC America, Everstream, nCube, Concurrent Computer Corp. and SeaChange have all…
Cable systems get marketing muscle
The biggest challenge facing the cable industry’s biggest system operators is finding ways to get additional income from existing subscribers-and that means selling them digital upgrades and new services such as video-on-demand, cable modems and cable telephony-while the biggest challenge…
Fixing ABC not as easy as 1-2-3
Dead man walking.That’s what some at the Mouse House were calling Steve Bornstein behind his back not long before the terse announcement was made that he had quit as president of ABC Television, just shy of his first anniversary in…
Hollywood Notes
DiSalvo to direct sales for King WorldJoe DiSalvo has been named president of domestic television sales at King World Productions, where he will oversee day-to-day domestic syndication and cable sales operations of all King World regional offices, including New York,…
Making good via synergy
Welcome to the era of the cross-network make-good.When it comes to good ratings underdeliveries, Viacom is repurposing its VH1 cable-network advertising shortfall on its other networks, including its broadcast properties, CBS and UPN.No buyer or seller could recall any cable…
Missing the inimitable Johnny
All us poor souls who try to make a living by writing about television might as well admit it: We’re very, very jealous of Bill Zehme, the free-lance writer who landed the first interview with Johnny Carson since Carson’s untimely…