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As students were lamenting the end of spring break, so too were syndication executives, who saw declines for this season’s strips almost across the board. Neither talk nor court shows had overall improvement week to week, according to Nielsen Media…
ABC Family, Disney Kids combine ad sales unitsABC Family Channel and The Disney Kids Network have combined their advertising sales activities into a single unit called ABC Family & Kids, naming ABC sales veteran Laura Nathanson as its executive VP….
“Dateline NBC” was NBC’s 17th attempt to find a franchise newsmagazine. It launched in March 1992, with Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips as the two anchors who then shared one anchor desk but who in recent years are seen in…
While “Dateline NBC” invites viewers to walk down memory lane with “A Decade of `Dateline”’ at 10 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, executive producer David Corvo is looking ahead as the magazine prepares to branch out further.His team is producing six to…
As happens in every even-numbered year, a coalition has been announced to promote free television time for candidates during the coming primary and general election campaigns.This year’s coalition is headed by Paul Simon, the former U.S. senator from Illinois, Thomas…
It’s not unusual for industry trade associations to invite leading federal lawmakers to speak at their conventions.But in a rare twist, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association last week announced that 12 of the 13 legislators it expects to have…
Title: Senior VP, advertising sales, Game Show Network.Recent interesting deal: “Game Show Network teamed with M&Ms for a sponsorship in our most recent original program, `Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck.’ The object of the game is for contestants to…
Title: Philip Langsdale, CEO of BBC Technology, a media and technology solutions firm that grew out of the British Broadcasting Co. The company provides broadcast, new media and media production technology services. The company is based in London and counts…
This year, the upfront is a contact sport, with the big sellers elbowing each other for position in a marketplace that most likely will be up from last year’s disaster but still far below the bounty of the millennium year.So…
Advertising & agenciesGeoff Calnan to VP of broadcast, The Cimarron Group, from executive VP of marketing, UPN.Deborah Donovan to retail development sales manager, Charter Advertising, St. Louis, from management and training consultant, Breakthrough Marketing.BroadcastingCraig Allison to station manager, KSHB-TV, Kansas…