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Show-sharing a go for Fox duopoliesLos Angeles-Distributors have confirmed that the Fox station group, which officially acquired the Chris-Craft Industries stations after receiving FCC approval last month, has finalized deals to air a number of strips on sister stations beginning…

Columbia preps full syndie slate

Columbia TriStar Television Distribution continues to expand its development slate for the fall 2001 season, and it’s not all about “Pyramid” anymore.The company has recently added a project with eBay as well as one from Endemol Entertainment to its lineup,…

Syndie season has a few bright spots

As the 2000-01 season officially ends for syndicated series during the next few weeks, ratings erosion continues to hit several strips and weeklies. In tallies comparing cumulative averages for series against the previous year, no genre was able to completely…

Sun exec signs on at BBC Tech

BBC Technology, the upstart digital asset management consulting arm of the British broadcaster, has lured a key executive away from one of America’s most powerful computing equipment vendors.Stephen McKenna is leaving his post as global sales director for entertainment and…

Hollywood Notes

`Big Brother’ cast member warnedFollowing evicted housemate Justin’s knife-wielding incident on CBS’s “Big Brother 2” in July, the reality show’s Nicole was the latest to be warned by series producers for threatening to cut fellow houseguest Will’s wrists “lengthwise” with…

LMAs skate on thin ice

Several operators of local marketing agreements are operating illegally.The LMA operators are ducking the Federal Communications Commission’s breakup deadline, hoping that the agency’s new GOP majority or the courts will allow them to keep their TV station combinations permanently.“Everybody’s hiding…

Burger King sheds MediaVest for small fry

In a major shift away from the trend that bigger means more clout, Burger King is shifting its $65 million cable TV buying account from agency giant MediaVest to small, independent Media First International, New York.Media First International was founded…

AT&T may be forced into Comcast marriage

AT&T Corp.’s largest institutional investors have told the company they will only settle for an outright sale of its broadband unit and will not support a spinoff, possibly forcing AT&T back to the negotiating table with Comcast this month.According to…

`Butt Ugly’ jumps from syndie to Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon has opted to go “Butt Ugly,” causing a number of Chris-Craft Industries stations to “Gear” up their schedules for the new season as Fox settles in as the new owner of the group.Sachs Entertainment’s “Butt Ugly Martians,” once slated…

The $29.99 way to get Web radio into the automobile

The terrestrial radio industry has often bragged that it will always have an advantage over Internet radio because you can’t listen to the Internet in the car. Thanks to a partnership between Akoo and PenguinRadio that may soon be changing.The…