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In acquiring Telemundo last week, NBC not only bought into the fastest-growing TV advertising sector but also gained a second string of outlets with which to bundle sales and programs and a company that will immediately deliver about $170 million…
Demographic Ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of Oct. 1-7Ratings for the week of Sept. Oct. 1-7
Television news operations are under increasing pressure from the White House to self-censor their reporting and forgo access to information as the Bush administration steps up its war on terrorism.The military campaign in Afghanistan has put the media in a…
“I was disappointed and surprised by the decision. It did not seem inappropriate to have a little glitz and glamour on a night when Americans might have needed a breather. The best thing celebrities can do right now is entertain…
Sinclair Broadcast Group has never been shy about testing the limits of regulatory power. But the latest maneuver by the company that pioneered the rule-bending local marketing agreement may be its most creative yet-and its most alarming.Earlier this month, Sinclair…
The long view and an informed perspective are what Joe Ostrow brings to any discussion of the scatter market and the larger TV advertising marketplace in these unsettled and unsettling times. Mr. Ostrow, whose career includes more than three decades…
There are as many projections about what the fourth quarter may bring in new advertising revenue as there are local television stations.The outlook, which had been bleak before Sept. 11 and then turned grim with the widespread disruption of advertising…
NBC’s acquisition of Telemundo last week makes one point crystal clear: When agencies talk the language of targeted ad buys, increasingly they’re talking the language of Spanish-language TV.While most American networks were suffering through their worst upfront in at least…
TVtracker.com’s TV Development Watch is the first in a series of updates featuring a selection of significant television projects in development at the six major broadcast networks. For more information, visit www.tvtracker.com or call 323-650-9009.ABCBANKS, MELISSA PROJECTTouchstone script. Auspices: Banks,…
ABC, Al-Jazeera in pact ABC News signed a non-exclusive deal to swap video and share resources with Al-Jazeera television, the Qatar-based news organization that has suddenly become famous as the preferred outlet for Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban….