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The television industry isn’t exactly cheering Comcast Corp.’s courtship of AT&T Broadband. A marriage of the two giant cable providers would produce a cable firm large enough to dwarf any current provider-and large enough, some fear, to exert undue influence…
Islands are now tempting TV.Networks looking for doses of reality are turning to the islands as virtually all broadcast networks are looking to bring island-themed series to the small screen for the 2002 season.Two of the major networks are rumored…
FCC approval nearWashington-The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve News Corp.’s $5.35 billion acquisition of Chris-Craft Industries’ 10 TV stations early this week, giving the media giant at least a year to comply with relevant agency ownership limits. The…
Stephen McPherson has been elevated to president of Disney-owned Touchstone Television.Mr. McPherson was Touchstone’s executive vice president of production. In May’s network series presentations in New York, he helped Touchstone place seven new fall 2001 series. He will continue to…
The bidding for AT&T Broadband is fast becoming a game of chicken.Comcast Corp. officials are sitting tight on their unsolicited $58 billion stock and debt offer, which was unanimously rejected by the AT&T Corp. board last week over issues of…
NBCClad in a bulletproof vest for his first summer appearance at TCA, NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker was unapologetic for NBC’s ongoing summer success with reality-based programming, despite critics charges that the network was ruining its reputation for quality TV….
Is there a Ford or Zahn in CNN’s future?The Insider hears that Jack Ford’s and Paula Zahn’s names are on the list of potential candidates for a revamped CNN morning show originating in New York, where plans for a street-level…
“The networks want a TV disaster to happen. `Big Brother 2′ was lagging in the ratings. … I’m not saying CBS told [ejected contestant] Justin to pick up a knife and threaten someone, but I do think they may have…
Senate lawmakers may offer legislation that would replace the existing alphabet soup of ratings systems for television, film, music and video games with a universal ratings code.Staffers with Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. John…
While the Latino and Asian populations have grown by about 50 percent in the last 10 years, some news executives say it is hard to find qualified minorities to hire at stations in large markets, mainly because they aren’t being…