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Title: Senior VP and director of national broadcast at Bates USA.Recent interesting deal: “The deal that stands out is a cross-platform deal for Wendy’s with AOL Time Warner that linked TV, print and the Internet. While these deals are certainly…
“Both broadcasters and [FCC Chairman Michael ] Powell are giving consumers a bad deal. It’s the notion of the public interest that’s being wasted.”Jeff Chester, executive director, Center for Digital Democracy“I realize it sounds like blasphemy, but if cable and…
* In “Voting via TV using Wink system” (EM, Dec. 3), San Luis Obispo, Calif., switched from the punch-card method of voting to an optical scan system in 2000.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has found another issue to sink his teeth into, and as usual, he has aligned himself with the corporate high rollers, not with the consumers his agency is supposed to protect.His focus this time…
Instead of conducting their usual monthly conference call, the 13-member Fox affiliates board of governors will gather in Las Vegas on Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Bellagio Hotel for affiliates-only and affiliate-network sessions.It will be the first face-to-face meeting between…
In broadcasting circles, the shorthand way to spell “inconsistent” these days is N-A-B.At least top TV network executives were using the two terms interchangeably last week after learning that the National Association of Broadcasters had formally asked the Federal Communications…
Ergen, Kimmelman history raises eyebrowsCould Gene Kimmelman, the Consumers Union honcho who boggled observers with his conditional endorsement of EchoStar Communications’ acquisition of DirecTV, have a conflict? That’s the question some industry sources raised last week after learning that Mr….
An $8.3 million lawsuit has been filed by Time Warner Entertainment and four Turner Broadcasting System cable networks-CNN, TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network-against Sears, Roebuck & Co., seeking payment for advertising time bought in 1999 by a now-defunct ad agency…
As the dust settles on Gerald Levin’s stunning succession announcement, AOL Time Warner’s powerful constituents on Wall Street and Madison Avenue and in Hollywood are focusing on what will be left undone when he retires as CEO next May.The recession…
In a blow to Gemstar-TV Guide International, the Federal Communications Commission last week ruled that cable companies are not required to carry the company’s electronic program guide service under the agency’s must-carry rules.Gemstar says it has cut deals with hundreds…