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Last week was tough for Charter Communications, the nation’s fourth-largest multiple system operator. The week began with the sudden and unexpected announcement that President and CEO Jerry Kent had resigned his positions and his seat on the board of directors…
“We’ve only seen one local car dealer pull off due to economic uncertainty. We did see several advertisers pull off for the week, but many came back and allowed [a] tremendous amount of flexibility to make their schedules good the…
A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., is expected to rule by year-end on the satellite television industry’s challenge to must-carry requirements for dish TV providers.The time frame for court action is critical because the carriage restrictions take effect Jan….
I’ve been reading that the Sept. 11 catastrophe spells the end of irony on TV.Sounds good. I have no idea what it means.Does it mean that David Letterman will forever feel our pain and turn into a late-night imitation of…
One of the questions we debated here at EM last week was the appropriateness of running our long-planned commemoration of the 50th anniversary of “I Love Lucy” in light of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. Many in our industry…
NATPE claims growth despite pulloutsDon’t cancel those Las Vegas reservations just yet. Despite the withdrawal of several leading syndicators from this January’s National Association of Television Program Executives convention, the show will be bigger and better, according to NATPE CEO…
The nearly $400 million in disrupted TV commercial time due to the terrorist acts of Sept. 11 could spell trouble for TV networks, upsetting TV commercial pricing throughout the season.Coupled with an already sliding TV ad market, the tragedy is…
With the new fall syndicated season just weeks old, Twentieth Television’s fall 2002 season started with a bang last week when the company tapped Robb Dalton to serve as president of programming and production.Meanwhile, the distributor has cleared off-network runs…
ABC wins key demo Wednesday night Propelled by NBC’s viewer drop-off for its “Lost” reality series and a repeat of “The West Wing,” ABC got strong season-opening ratings from “My Wife & Kids” and “The Drew Carey Show” to take…
Waters leaving CNN CNN has announced that Lou Waters, one of the founding anchors of the 21-year-old network, is leaving to become managing editor and occasional on-camera talent for NewsProNet, which produces features for TV stations. Mr. Waters, whose weekday…