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“I understand why Disney wants Letterman, but it would be a shame to lose the only broadcast program doing news-and doing it especially well-at that hour. Remember, Houston has a less than 60 percent cable penetration.”Mike McDaniel, television critic, Houston…
Striking at one of the most sensitive issues of the talent business as the pilot season goes into production, The Walt Disney’s Co.’s ABC/Touchstone Television production unit has been pushing to reduce William Morris’ standard 5 percent commission structure for…
In the giant slalom at the Winter Olympics, U.S. skier Bode Miller was bested by Austria’s Stephan Eberharter and lost the gold because he was 0.91 seconds behind.NBC viewers-most of whom couldn’t imagine what a difference of less than one…
RealNetworks squeezes baseball to 30 minutesRealNetworks has announced several new innovations to its RealOne media service. The Gold release of RealOne adds new programming in a service called RealOne SuperPass. That service includes condensed Major League Baseball games. Every game…
So here are the questions.Is the Koppel-Letterman drama a story of corporate greed driving corporate need?Or is it just the law of unintended consequences playing itself out as the need to keep Ted happy and on “Nightline” allowed the program…
From Sept. 11 through the end of the year, NBC stationed a camera operator at New York City’s Ground Zero. It was expensive, but something NBC and MSNBC thought was necessary-just in case something happened.But in January, NBC began experimenting…
Weather sponsorships and community-oriented ad campaigns have taken off in recent months in the Indianapolis market.At ABC affiliate WRTV, General Sales Manager Paul Rennie said “Kevin’s Weather Kids” is a popular campaign sponsored by local supermarket Marsh. The program lets…
DAISY WHITNEY Text: Recognizing the mounting need of television stations to reduce costs, the Grass Valley Group announced plans last week to introduce a laptop-based field editing system designed to help broadcasters become more efficient and two other new systems…
COMEDYABCMICHAEL JACOBS PROJECTTouchstone Television; NBC Studios pilot pickup. Auspices: Jacobs, Michael (EP/W pilot). Logline: A comedy about a workaholic husband and father who attempts to reconnect with his wife and kids.LEGALLY BLONDETouchstone; Marc Platt Productions pilot pickup. Auspices: Platt, Marc…
Journalism can be a dangerous business. Last year alone, 51 journalists worldwide were killed in the line of duty, according to the Freedom Forum.But in the wake of the gruesome death of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who…