If only it were just a nightmare
If only it were just a nightmare On Sept. 11, I woke up at about 6 a.m. here in L.A. to prepare to take an American Airlines jet to Nashville to cover the annual RTNDA convention. Half asleep, I turned…
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Voice-over-cable battle
Cablevision, the nation’s seventh-largest cable operator, has selected Nuera Communications’ voice-over-cable technology for the multiple system operator’s imminent digital services rollout, cable industry insiders said.Cablevision declined to comment on its selection of voice-over-cable vendors.San Diego-based Nuera, like its competitor TollBridge…
Who Is News
BroadcastingPhilip Livingston to VP, technical liaison and technical spokesperson, Panasonic Broadcast and Television Systems Co. and Panasonic Security and Digital Imaging, from VP, technology, Azcar Technologies.David Bangura to national sales manager, WDWB-TV, Detroit, from local sales manager. Also, Denny Zinchook…
Syndication Ratings: Several new shows rise above the rest
A slew of new syndicated shows hit the airwaves last week in virtually every genre and fought off stiff competition from news as well as coverage problems from signal losses throughout New York City. According to overnight metered ratings, the…
Wright, NBC plan for uncertainty
The broadcast networks have lost hundreds of millions of dollars covering the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and its volatile, uncertain aftermath. But there is more at stake than purely bottom line considerations, according to…
Reporters suiting up for danger
Many assignments being discussed at the networks and all-news channels last week had an asterisk.They could be refused without fear that careers would be hurt because many correspondents, producers and crews were being asked to ship out to tense and…
Another way to free up frequencies
Giving broadcasters additional incentive to clear channels 60 to 69 for wireless services auctions, the Federal Communications Commission last week agreed to allow stations operating in that band to use their digital channel assignments to offer analog operations at least…
FCC urged to monitor total hours of kids TV
Children’s TV advocates urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to start independently collecting data to determine how well broadcasters are complying with children’s TV obligations.Under the agency’s children’s TV rules, broadcasters are essentially required to provide three hours of…
Major Events
Sportel MonacoMonte Carlo, Oct. 4-7. Info: Liliane Vitale, 201-869-4022, or www.sportelmonaco.com.MIPCOMCannes, France, Oct. 8-12. Info: www.mipcom.com.Western ShowAnaheim, Calif., Nov. 27-30. Info: California Cable Television Association, 510-428-2225.NATPE 2002Las Vegas, Jan. 21-24. Info: www.natpe.org. Sportel America 2002Miami, March 25-28. Info: www.sportelamerica.com. NAB…
Media bracing for tough times
When Viacom last week warned of much-lower-than-expected 2001 earnings, it was all industry analysts and investors needed to confirm that television’s advertising and profit woes are intensifying.Broadcasters especially are struggling for economic footing in an advertising recession now exacerbated by…