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L.A. interconnect licenses products to N.Y. In what the parties are describing as the first licensing agreement of its kind between two cable interconnects, Los Angeles-based Adlink is licensing its Adtag and Adcopy audience segmentation products to the New York…

A tough year ahead for stations

Local TV broadcasters are not going to find an easy way out of a new year that promises zero advertising growth and a protracted economic recession.And there’s still more bad news. A recovery, when it comes, will not restore advertising…

Cellphone-delivered video becomes eye of the storm

Though equipment being used to cover the war in Afghanistan has received a lot of attention these days, similar technology has been used for some time here at home to cover a different threat.TV stations in Oklahoma, Texas and other…

Net Briefs

NBA.com, Turner hook up for fantasy gameNBA.com will host its first live fantasy basketball game, “NBA Fantasy Live on TBS and TNT.” The interactive game, which runs from Jan. 8 to April 17, will be telecast live on TBS and…

PROFILE: Dan Somers

Dan Somers is home, in more ways than one, negotiating media deals from the other side of the table.The former chairman of AT&T Broadband and longtime chief financial officer of AT&T Corp. is the new vice chairman at Blaylock &…

Editorial: Zip it, CNN

CNN executives were in damage control mode last week, scrambling to make sure everyone knew how outraged they were after their network ran promos for Paula Zahn’s morning news show that described her as “just a little sexy” as the…

EM on NATPE screens

Electronic Media will telecast its daily NATPE News TV shows throughout the convention city of Las Vegas and around the world Jan. 22 to 24. The program, anchored by newscaster Tanji Patton of KMOL-TV, San Antonio, will feature exclusive reports…

Everything they touch turns to gold

The results of the third annual Electronic Media survey on syndication’s most bankable stars echoed the comfort factor television audiences appear to be seeking post-Sept. 11. The top vote getter this time is a daytime icon, and veteran syndication stars…

Clarification

* In “Television’s best and worst” (EM, Jan. 7), “The Bernie Mac Show” is from Regency Television and 20th Century Fox Television, and “According to Jim” is from Brad Grey TV and Touchstone Television.* In “Slumping economy among NATPE negatives”…

Who Is News

Advertising & AgenciesJohn Petruney to executive VP/group creative director, Arnold Worldwide, Boston, from senior VP/group creative director. Also, Nick Kaldenbaugh to executive VP/group creative director, from senior VP/group creative director.Kelly Apostolidis to director of national media outreach, The Advertising Council,…