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John Cannon, president of the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, died June 22 at age 74. NATAS split off from the North Hollywood, Calif.-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1977.A group of John Cannon’s…
ABC Cable Networks’ 24-hour daytime-drama channel SoapNet has named Deborah Blackwell as general manager. Ms. Blackwell will be responsible for managing all day-to-day operations for the network. Most recently Ms. Blackwell was president of idealabs’ MyHome.com. Before that, she was…
MGM recently joined an unprecedented number of public companies issuing lower second-quarter and full-year earnings estimates and warnings. But don’t be fooled.MGM, whose anticipated second-quarter shortfall is due to underperformance at the box office, is one of the few bright…
Digital cable subs climb 153.6 percentDigital cable subscriptions are growing at a much faster rate than direct broadcast satellite subscriptions, according to data provided to Electronic Media by Yankee Group senior analyst Mike Goodman. Total digital cable subscribers in the…
Title: President and CEO of Convera in Vienna, Va.Background: Convera, which provides software to manage digital content, was formed in December 2000 when Excalibur Technologies merged with Intel’s interactive media services division. Intel now owns 55 percent of Convera, while…
While the advertising and television industries plan for and fret over the coming watershed transition to broadband and various forms of interactivity, a watchdog group, allied with a self-described anti-TV organization, blasted the new technology as a threat to individual…
Twentieth Television’s “Malcolm in the Middle” may have won the hearts of critics, but it’s the program’s off-net rights that are making stations salivate.“Shows like this are a rare breed these days,” said one Tribune station manager hoping to be…
“I think more and more stations are adding enterprise teams to their roster and probably calling them `enterprise’ vs. `investigative,’ because it means that you can have a broader approach to stories … than just expecting to break Firestone all…
The same group of companies known for its grand vision of an Internet-guided “wired world,”-Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures-is now riding the wheels of technology in reverse by discovering the old-time religion of local community forums.Mr. Allen’s cable-programming network, TechTV, which…
The , market is pacing below where it was a year ago, and one station manager pegged the deficit at 10 percent to 12 percent. Another station manager said it is 5 percent to 10 percent slower. Top ad categories…