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Universal won’t sell syndicated relationship shows “Blind Date” and rookie “5th Wheel,” despite months of reports that the Vivendi-owned company was looking for buyers.Among the rumored players had been Paramount Domestic Television and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, both of which…
A distracted audience couldn’t stop a bevy of syndicated players from gaining ground as a new action hour and a slew of off-network strips revived a sagging syndie slate, according to Nielsen Media Research for the week ending Oct. 14.Double…
Sony’s Howard Stringer delivered a jolt to the television production business two weeks ago when he announced that Columbia TriStar Television will discontinue program development for the networks until a better economic model is adopted.Mr. Stringer, chairman and CEO of…
Barry Diller says he’s an open book.The chairman and CEO of USA Networks has taken the unusual step of releasing his company’s two-year operating budget as a means of providing “guidance” to investors and analysts on the future performance of…
IBS to manage NBC O&O Web sitesThe Web sites of NBC’s 13 owned-and-operated stations will be managed by Internet Broadcasting Systems under a joint operating agreement announced last week. The transition, to begin immediately, is slated to be completed by…
The only thing more notable than the steady subscriber gains in new digital services this year is the sudden, deep concern within the cable industry and on Wall Street that consumer and advertiser support will abate in a weak economy.With…
CNN’s two-man band of brothersThe Insider was just about to note that there was an interesting Pakistani brother act straddling competitive lines in and around Afghanistan when she received word that the brothers are now working on the same journalistic…
Title: President and chief operating officer, Optimedia International.Recent interesting deal: “For a major national restaurant chain, we utilized on-air talent of ESPN’s `SportsCenter’ for a promotional spot that was included as part of a larger buy with the network. The…
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, shored up its morning house with the start of Giselle Fernandez in the co-anchor chair last week.Until last spring, the identity of the “KTLA Morning News” was co-anchors Carlos Amezcua and Barbara Beck, weatherman Mark Kriski and…
Last week, Don Dahler came home to his apartment at the border of the “frozen zone” in lower Manhattan, kissed his girlfriend, gorged on salad, broccoli and pasta and realized that while the “distinctive odor” of rubble, fire, death and…