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Court TV aims to televise terrorism trialCourt TV has petitioned for the right to televise the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the alleged “20th hijacker,” who is the first person to be indicted in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist…
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ABC spells mediocrity
You reach a certain level in corporate America and it is almost impossible to fail. Stay away from spousal abuse and kiddie porn and you’ve pretty much got it made; even if forced to make a sudden exit from your…
Players keep improving
With the Streaming Media East show as a backdrop earlier this month, RealNetworks and Microsoft Corp. produced a stream of announcements about their Internet media players and plans to extend their technologies into wireless, home-theater and other platforms.Real said it…
Slow ad build for 2002
The start of the new advertising year is marked by a strong end to 2001 and a low level of cancellations for first quarter 2002.But the general state of the economy isn’t causing wild enthusiasm along Madison Avenue or Broadcast…
NATPE’s international visitors cast a wide net
It’s becoming difficult to determine the nationality of some companies on the floor at the National Association of Television Program Executives conference, particularly those with involvement in Western Europe. Some American-born TV executives are setting up shop on European turf,…
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AccuWeather.com to offer e-mail alertsAccuWeather.com plans to release AccuWeather.com Alert, an opt-in, e-mail-based, personalized weather alert and forecasting product. AccuWeather.com Alert offers registered subscribers a free seven-day HTML forecast, delivered up to three times per day by e-mail. Advertisers will…
Local Market Spotlight: Philadelphia
Business is “much improved” vs. where it was for most of the year, said Joe Collins, VP of sales at NBC-owned WCAU-TV, Philadelphia. One successful advertising vehicle for both the station and advertisers has been WCAU’s “NBC10 Family Tech Fest,”…
Who Is News
BroadcastingRob Krier to general manager, KWTV, Oklahoma City, Okla., from VP of sales and programming. Also, Dick Dutton to VP and station manager, from VP of operations and engineering; Wade Deaver to general sales manager, from local sales manager; Kim…
Major Events
NATPE 2002Las Vegas, Jan. 21-24. Info: www.natpe.org. Sportel America 2002Miami, March 25-28. Info: www.sportelamerica.com. TVBNew York, March 26. Info: Janice Garjian, 212-486-1111. NAB 2002Las Vegas, April 6-11. Info: 800-342-2460 or www.nab.org/conventions.Promax & BDA EuropeSeville, Spain, April 8-9. Info: www.bda.tv/europe.NCTANew Orleans,…
NATPE’s Canada connection
One only has to look at the numbers to understand the importance of Canada in the National Association of Television Program Executives program market. Last year NATPE played host to some 934 Canadians-or nearly a quarter of the show’s foreign…