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`Hispanics Today’ names hostsTrans World International and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce now have faces for the upcoming weekly series “Hispanics Today.” Manuel Teodoro and Maria Arita will host the half-hour program that showcases the contributions of Hispanic leaders…
Keeshan moving to KGOKevin Keeshan, news director at ABC-owned KFSN-TV, Fresno, Calif., becomes news director at sister station KGO-TV, San Francisco, on Aug. 2. The Bay area native spent six years at KGO as managing editor and executive producer of…
Television’s annual tradition, the summertime ratings blues, continued to play its part, with ratings for the week ending July 8 down across the board, according to Nielsen Media Research. With few bright spots, several programming staples once again received all-time…
Prospects for broadcast ownership deregulation have suddenly diminished now that Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., heads the Senate Commerce Committee and the Democrats control the upper chamber.That reality was clear last week at a Senate Commerce hearing in which Sen. Hollings…
When TV folk go sanctimonious on me, I go nuts. Case in point: Dan Rather. For months it appeared that Rather wasn’t going to mention l’affaire Condit and Levy until someone was able to tell him, “Book ’em, Danno.” But,…
AOL Time Warner’s second-quarter results demonstrated three important things: Management’s ambitious merger plan is working; the colossus is vulnerable to economic and advertising downturns just like other media concerns; and intensified cost-cutting will be key to hitting its lofty 2001…
If the Federal Communications Commission wants the digital TV transition to happen, the agency will have to force the issue because market forces aren’t getting the job done.At least that was one reaction of key industry observers last week in…
HBO Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes raised eyebrows with his recent “appeal” to the assembled TV critics at the semiannual press tour in Pasadena, Calif., asking them to tell their readers they can order the high-profile AOL Time Warner pay…
The Walt Disney Co. is in serious negotiations to purchase the Fox Family Channel.It is likely the deal will be valued at between $5 billion and $5.5 billion, sources said. In the most recent discussions between Disney and Fox, the…