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It’s all `Today’ all the time now“Weekend Today” will not be getting a new executive producer to fill the vacancy created when Kim Bondy left for a vice presidency at CNN. Instead, the staff learned last week, the show will…
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Web gives TV stations fix for revenue ills
At a time when the ad market is soft and stations are looking for new revenue streams, a Web and telephone program called “Ask the Pros” seems to be catching on with stations.San Diego-based Wolfe Media partners exclusively with one…
Stations ready for L.A. air war
Two stations in Los Angeles are revving up the air wars in a market known for extensive reliance on news coverage from its helicopters. KNBC-TV just signed an exclusive contract to be the only station in the market to lease…
In His Own Words: Carroll O’Connor’s very personal war
Editors’ Note: Carroll O’Connor, who died Thursday at the age of 76, was a great actor. His legacy lives on in reruns of “All in the Family” and his most enduring creation, Archie Bunker. But in recent years the cause…
Adelphia test-drives PVR `sidecar’
Adelphia Communications is quietly conducting one of the first trials of Keen Personal Media’s personal-video-recording hardware.The trial, which was initiated last week near the multiple system operator’s headquarters in Coudersport, Pa., is expected to last 90 days. Initially, the scope…
Appeals court gives Sinclair stay on LMAs
A federal appeals court in Washington last week stayed a Federal Communications Commission requirement that Sinclair Broadcast Group break up in August at least three of the TV station combinations it holds through local marketing agreements.The FCC duopoly rule provision…
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FCC will continue working on new EEO rulesThe Federal Communications Commission is going to keep trying to come up with new equal employment opportunity rules for broadcasters and cable operators until the agency gets it right, FCC Chairman Michael Powell…
Nielsen household ratings in the top 15 markets for the November sweeps
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Seeking broadband’s bottom line
Wall Street finally is starting to quantify what may be an uncomfortable or even lethal gap between the huge investments cable operators make to increase bandwidth and the revenues and cash flow-or return-generated by new digital services.ABN AMRO analysts John…
These TV channels can’t be turned off
Are you exploring the future of television advertising or new network branding opportunities? Then you just might want to get out of the think tank or the executive suite and pop over to your local Wal-Mart, Sears or Best Buy…