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The honeymoon between Paxson Communications and NBC was long over by October of this year, when NBC announced it was buying the Spanish-language network Telemundo, an acquisition that set up insurmountable regulatory obstacles to Paxson’s NBC dreams, such as triopolies…
`Hank Azaria’ gets `Emeril’s’ NBC slotNBC is chalking in midseason replacement comedy “The Hank Azaria Show” for the 8 p.m.-to-8:30 p.m. (ET) Tuesday time slot-previously held by struggling freshman “Emeril” -starting Jan. 8, 2002. Current 8:30 p.m.-to-9 p.m. lead-out sitcom…
David Letterman is feeling young, hip, and rejuvenated again-much like once-terror-wary New York.Coming out of the November sweeps, CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman” has tightened the race in key young-adult demographics against longtime leader “The Tonight Show With Jay…
ABC, CBS split video of American Taliban fighterABC News and CBS News, which recently have been exploring ways they might share costs of news gathering, put up $40,000 each for a fascinating video in which CIA agent Mike Spann, who…
Ray Carter is the new VP and general manager of Cox Broadcasting’s WPXI-TV , Pittsburgh. He was most recently news director at WSB-TV in Atlanta. Mr. Carter’s career in broadcasting began in 1983 when he became assistant promotions director for…
Despite the weak national economy and troubled high-tech industry, station managers in Boise said they are optimistic that ad sales will rebound.“The population growth is good and steady, regardless of the economy,” said Doug Armstrong, president and general manager of…
Los Angeles television stations skew their coverage toward car crashes, murders and other violence to a degree that reflects disproportionately what really happens in daily life. That is the conclusion of a study by the UCLA School of Public Health…
BroadcastingTodd Lituchy to senior VP, scheduling and acquisitions, UPN, from VP, scheduling.Doug Kiel to CEO, Journal Broadcast Group, in addition to president, Journal Communications.Larry Miller to executive VP/operations and chief financial officer, Gannett Co., from executive VP and CFO. Also,…
Richard Parsons, AOL Time Warner’s incoming CEO, has already dropped a bombshell: He wants Ted Turner, the company’s estranged vice chairman, back in the fold.“Ted is my man. I love Ted,” Mr. Parsons told Electronic Media last week. “He knows…
What it is: TVTonic from Wavexpress, a New York-based company that provides secure content distribution for cable operators, terrestrial broadcasters and satellite providers.What it does: TVTonic, first offered commercially in late October, is a software platform that enables interactive TV…