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Nickelodeon wants to make Nick Cannon a household name. It is a case study in cross-platforming and synergy, and just one part of Nickelodeon’s overarching multimedia campaign to maintain and enhance its dominant position with “tweenagers.” So says Albie Hecht,…
Interactive movie channel to offer VODCinema Entertainment Group, a fledgling company planning to introduce a digital interactive film-oriented channel next year, will include video on demand as one of the offerings viewers will be able to order via the channel’s…
“Obviously it means increased competition right off the bat for both Telemundo and … Univision. I’d think Spanish-speaking viewers would welcome it, especially if it provides meaningful programming to the younger audience it’s going after.”Bill Goodykoontz, TV critic, The Arizona…
The U.S. bankruptcy court in Los Angeles ordered Focus Media last week to bring evidence on Sept. 4 to present its case against a filing by its creditors-TV stations and Sears Roebuck & Co.-that would force the media buying company…
Wall Street is expecting John Malone to re-emerge this week with both barrels loaded to execute a broad array of media deals in the United States and abroad as his Liberty Media Corp. finally breaks free from AT&T Corp.But how…
The first half of the year was soft for national ad sales for Traverse City-Cadillac, Mich., and some station managers say the market overall is pacing flat from a year ago. Top ad categories are auto, restaurants, resorts and furniture.According…
Electronic hardware manufacturer Pioneer is developing the first electronic programming guide that will allow television viewers to manipulate a variety of home appliances as well as personal-video-recording preferences through their remote controls.The ambitious initiative to improve Pioneer’s existing Passport EPG…
Pay television in all of its existing and emerging forms, including digital video on demand, will be the fastest-growing industry sector over the next five years among otherwise moderately paced electronic media.Pay-per-view-which includes all forms of conventional pay-per-view as well…
Now showing at your local multiplex … a commercial for a new TV show!You may be forgiven for thinking that the big-screen, big-sound “trailer” about the freshman college student’s amusing misadventures is for yet another summer teen flick, or that…
In “Cablevision takes out middleman” (July 30, Page 11), David Bishop is president and chief operating officer of MGM’s home entertainment division.