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Title: President and CEO of Longmont, Colo.-based InPhase Technologies, which is developing a holographic data storage system.Background: Mr. Diaz has spent nearly 25 years in the digital storage business. He founded InPhase in December 2000 with six research scientists from…
Hotel guests sue MTV for ‘Harassment’A couple from Washington has filed suit against MTV and the Hard Rock Hotel chain over a hidden-camera reality show in development called “Harassment,” claiming to be unsuspecting witnesses to what appeared to be a…
Rosebud, my ass.That’s the name of Gelbart’s new drama pilot for Touchstone Television and ABC.“They won’t let me use the `my ass’ part,” Mr. Gelbart says mischievously, his eyes twinkling. “Not good for the image, you know.”“Rosebud, my ass” is,…
The extra hour of light provided by daylight-saving time spelled trouble for a number of strips for the week ending April 14, according to Nielsen Media Research. On the other hand, weekend fare-after assorted pre-emptions and faced with the first…
Depending on whom you talk to, CBS station general managers were either scratching their heads or breathing sighs of relief following announcements last week about the direction of upcoming syndicated strips “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and “Hollywood Squares.”Both…
It’s posturing season again. It comes every year between the sweeps in February and the announcement in May of the new TV schedule. To hear television executives tell it, there will be some measurable increases in the prices they will…
“I’m thinking SpongeBob SquarePants. He’s hot, he’s funny and he’s guileless -so he shouldn’t scare the other celebs. Plus he’d fit neatly into the square. If they can’t get SpongeBob, I hear Bryant Gumbel has some free time.”Rick Kushman, television…
A year from now, ABC could be in a position to fill many more of its available prime-time slots with programming from sources outside the Disney family.The foundation has been laid for the Mouse House to throw open its doors…
ABC gives sales department an agency focusThe ABC sales department has reorganized, moving away from what the network calls a “daypart-centric approach” to one that focuses more specifically on the newly consolidated mega-agencies. Just eight agencies now control more than…
While Comcast and AT&T tout their planned $72 billion mega-merger as a boon to consumers and competition they’re seeking to dodge or dismantle regulations designed to protect their competitors.At a Senate hearing last week, Comcast President Brian Roberts and AT&T…