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What it is: M-Series, from Encoda Systems, is the next generation of the company’s MCAS-III software. Introduced at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters convention, it allows for the distribution, control and management of on-air environments at more than one…
The heat is on.Program production costs are up, advertising dollars are down, and repurposing is the mantra of the moment as media-conglomerate executives try to squeeze every last dollar from content, their underlying asset.So it is only to be expected…
The Association of Local Television Stations had its bell rung when word surfaced recently that News Corp. is contemplating yanking its newly acquired Chris-Craft stations from the Washington lobbying organization.The dues from those 10 stations account for about 10 percent…
Before viewers saw “Iyanla” the talk show, many of them saw “Iyanla: A New Beginning.”Buena Vista Television bought more than five hours of infomercial time on The Discovery Channel, E! Entertainment Television and Lifetime Television for multiple runs of “A…
Programmers, book your rooms at the Venetian-but don’t rule out carousing on the NATPE floor just yet.As predicted, the dominoes are now falling after Warner Bros. Domestic Television’s announcement earlier this year that its domestic sales force would withdraw from…
CNBC hails Marci Rossell as its chief economistNew York-Marci Rossell, who has been a frequent guest economic commentator for television news programs, is joining the CNBC team as chief economist. Ms. Rossell, most recently vice president, corporate economist and investment…
Emmy-award winning director James Burrows has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Warner Bros. Television, charging that he has “not seen a dollar” from an alleged net profits deal to direct the 1994 pilot of its NBC hit comedy…
A study released by a coalition of broadcast industry groups last week contends that cable operators will have ample capacity to carry the analog and digital signals of TV stations during the DTV transition.The cable industry has long maintained that…
Now for a word from our local stationsResults are trickling in from a survey of Fox affiliates as to whether they’d like the option of being able to squidge affiliate cut-ins into Fox News Channel, a subject under low-key discussion…
When Sunbeam Television bought Boston’s NBC affiliate WHDH-TV in 1993 and introduced flashy graphics and fast-paced news coverage, it changed the landscape of local news in the city.But now, for the first time in what is historically a stable news…