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Stephen Nenno, vice president for program operations for ABC, died July 30 after a long bout with cancer. Mr. Nenno was a stalwart at ABC for more than 33 years.But Mr. Nenno’s real legacy was a lifetime of mentoring young…
VCR enthusiasts take note: If DVD players have their way, your technology may soon join eight-tracks in the entertainment electronics graveyard. According to the spring 2001 Trend Report from Statistical Research, DVD players are enjoying a faster adoption rate than…
Discovery Networks is developing what could become the first video-on-demand service from a nonpremium cable network that would be billed on a subscription basis.While some cable video-on-demand content aggregation companies, such as Diva, iN Demand and TVN, are assembling a…
AT&T Chairman Michael Armstrong’s search for strategic equity partners or a counterbidder to Comcast Corp. for its AT&T Broadband unit could be a risky exercise.While Mr. Armstrong last week met separately with Disney and Microsoft officials on the West Coast,…
If you’re looking for an example to counter all the gloomy tales of TV sellers rolling back their advertising rates this upfront season of discontent, then look no further than the X Games, which is sold out of undiscounted spots….
Looking to feed off the young adults ratings wave from summer reality series “Fear Factor” and “Spy TV,” NBC’s promo domos John Miller and Vince Manze have concocted a pair of cross-media tie-ins for next season with youth-oriented salon Supercuts…
With the reality programming genre booming, Pie Town Productions is gearing up to take a bigger slice. The 6-year-old, Los Angeles-based production company, which specializes in reality series, has made two key executive moves in response to its increased development…
FCC approves Tribune duopolyThe Federal Communications Commission has approved Tribune Broadcasting’s acquisition of UPN affiliate WTXX-TV in Waterbury, Conn., a station it had been operating under a management agreement. Tribune also owns Fox affiliate WTIC-TV in Hartford, Conn., which is…
ATG lays off half its staffArtists Television Group, the network TV production arm of Michael Ovitz’s Artists Management Group, has laid off close to half its staff as rumors fly that the onetime Hollywood uber-agent is trying to find a…
With four more relationship strips weeks away from hitting TV land, the duo of “Blind Date” and “Change of Heart” is heating up the small screen-despite repeat airings-thanks to the flocks of teens and college students home from school.For the…