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In 1992, broadcasters celebrated a major legislative victory: the retransmission consent regulations. Now from the distance of 10 years, many are wondering what all the cheering was about.Under the regulations, included in a major rewrite of the cable TV law,…
Just when MGM had Wall Street moving into its corner, it dropped a bombshell last week. MGM warned that it now expects to break even in 2002, instead of growing earnings 15 percent as it announced last month, due primarily…
Orlando `Manhunt’ boosts WOFL-TVFox affiliate WOFL-TV, Orlando, Fla., last month launched “Manhunt,” a campaign to catch local criminals. WOFL profiled the 10 most wanted criminals in Central Florida in every newscast for the first two weeks of the campaign. Re-enactments…
A new company just formed by two “decision science” veterans proposes to free advertisers and TV stations that want to measure the preferences of their consumers and audiences from the traditional reliance on hard-wired theaters and focus rooms.The company, Currie…
There is no way to put a better spin on it. The Big 3 broadcast networks lost more than 10 percent of their combined revenue in 2001-the largest such single-year decline in their history, according to the Broadcast Cable Financial…
Discovery Networks president resignsJohnathan Rodgers, the well-regarded president of Discovery Networks U.S., has announced his resignation, calling the decision “amicable” and made for “personal and positive reasons.” Mr. Rodgers said he is interested in joining a start-up network targeting African…
Clear Channel Communications last week violated the same public company golden rule that AOL Time Warner, the world’s largest media concern, broke in 2001 and has been paying for ever since: Never surprise the market.The only people who hate surprises…
The National Association of Broadcasters will continue to resist the planned merger of EchoStar and DirecTV despite a pledge by the companies to carry every television station in every market if the deal is approved.“Broadcasters have had a long and…
Parents of small children got some bad news last month when the Disney Channel announced it has begun selling advertising time. The cable channel had been free of ads since its inception 19 years ago.The channel’s new sponsorship deal with…
Perhaps it escaped your notice, but the other week they handed out the George Polk Awards for investigative journalism. Considered second in prestige only to the Pulitzers, the Polk Awards are mostly given to the print media. But every year,…