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With a promise of “three days, two nights, one date and no escape,” Columbia TriStar Television Distribution’s upcoming strip “Shipmates” is clearly playing the numbers game three weeks before its national debut and has brought aboard a new face to…
Stations prescribe heavy `Dr. Phil’ dosesKing World Productions has sold its “Dr. Phil” afternoon talk show to 39 stations representing more than 55 percent of the country, including all of the top 10 markets. The stations sold represent NBC, CBS…
Washington’s war on Hollywood heated up last week when Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said the Federal Communications Commission should step up punishment of broadcasters that violate its indecency and obscenity rules by airing violent, sexual or profane content during shows…
WSVN-TV rekindles Nielsen relationshipSunbeam-owned Fox affiliate WSVN-TV, Miami, last week signed a five-year contract to become a Nielsen Media Research client. For two years WSVN was not a client, which means it did not get any ratings it could use…
A coalition of watchdog groups led by the Center for Digital Democracy last week asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether a recent decision by AOL Time Warner to offer High Speed Access Corp.’s Internet-access services to its customers…
Comcast Corp. and Charter Communications are raising the bar on digital video and data deployment to a height that not all cable operators can hurdle in a financially challenging year.Comcast last week raised its year-end targets for digital subscribers (to…
Twenty-eight of ABC’s top executives met with a dozen members of the diversity coalition July 31 for three hours at the network’s Burbank, Calif., headquarters to discuss the network’s diversity initiatives.The coalition, formed by various ethnic groups with the goal…
Richard Dyer has been named president and general manager of Hearst-Argyle’s KETV, the ABC affiliate in Omaha, Neb. Mr. Dyer most recently served as corporate vice president of television sales for Gannett Broadcasting’s group of 22 television stations. He has…
Adelphia Communications’ decision last week to quietly pull the plug on Southern California’s Orange County NewsChannel barely made headlines among media watchers. That’s a shame, because the demise of one of the oldest regional news channels is an important and…
Will Barbara Walters just duet?The Insider hears Barbara Walters is getting the VIP-as in Very Insistent Pressure-treatment from both the East and West Coasts of the ABC family to take on a steady co-anchor on “20/20” next season. Ms. Walters’…