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Broadcasters may soon be able to get a healthy premium for their frequencies by selling them to wireless radio operators and other nonbroadcasters who are currently barred from the bidding.At least that’s a reform Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell…
Executives at media companies of all shapes and sizes say they are wrestling with so many overwhelming pressures, they feel as though they are being squeezed in a vise.In fact, they are.What they are experiencing is a massive collision of…
`Emeril,’ `Schwartz’ cut out of sweeps by NBCLos Angeles-In a telling sign reflecting their ongoing rating problems, NBC is going to be resting struggling freshman sitcoms “Inside Schwartz” and “Emeril” during the November sweeps (Nov. 1-28). “Schwartz,” typically dropping about…
Is it too early for a “funny” story about the World Trade Center disaster? Good God in heaven, yes. It will always be too early. Over at the Fox News Channel, however, they view the world from their own skewed…
Cablevision has debuted its niche-targeted subscription video-on-demand service, which is now available to more than 550,000 digital-tier homes in the New York City area.The service, known as Mag Rack, includes 10 “magazines,” each aimed at a “super-niche” of hobbyists and…
And on the seventh day, our elected and self-proclaimed leaders talk.Since Sept. 11, viewers have flocked to the Sunday newsmaker programs showcasing the Beltway VIPs.For example, on Sept. 16, according to Nielsen Media Research data, a record number of viewers…
AT&T Chairman and CEO Michael Armstrong sounds like a man who wants to retain and command the $120 billion in cable systems he worked so hard to consolidate in recent years.But the AT&T board and shareholders may have other ideas.Last…
As Sony’s Columbia TriStar Television officially stepped out of the regular broadcast network TV development business last week, one other major independent, Studios USA, said it had no intention of doing likewise.David Kissinger, president of the company’s USA Television Production…
FremantleMedia teaming with TribuneFremantleMedia Ltd. is undergoing massive restructuring, having formed a strategic alliance with Tribune Entertainment that will focus on program distribution, development and first-run production in the United States. As part of the deal, Tribune will now distribute…
Opening-night jitters are usually confined to big-ticket motion picture premieres. But in the case of the highly touted “24” drama series, it’s Fox execs who are nervously awaiting the first “grosses”-ratings.Although it’s already been lauded by TV critics and advertisers…