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The campaign by the major television networks to ax the federal cap on TV station ownership had watchdog group representatives at each other’s throats last week arguing over who really speaks for the public.Sparking the debate was a recent letter…
Under their own fledgling LivePlanet production banner, Academy Award-winning screenwriters Ben Affleck and Matt Damon feel they are on the verge of building a better new media mousetrap. LivePlanet is developing “Push, Nevada,” a new media murder mystery, with Touchstone…
PBS planning to move a `Masterpiece’Sundays won’t be quite as British next fall on PBS, which is moving “Masterpiece Theatre” out of its home of more than three decades to make room for “American Masters” (airing weekly October through December)…
Mainframe taps Novak as CEOMainframe Entertainment’s board of directors has tapped Lou Novak as the company’s new CEO. Mr. Novak, who has held senior management positions at Galoob, Mattel and Coleco, assumes the position at the animation studio effective immediately….
We’re at that critical point in the year when it will soon become apparent just how bad or how much better things are going to get.Public companies will fess up during the coming months, issuing warnings to investors about falling…
Tampa cable channel sharing newsTime Warner’s 24-hour cable news channel Bay News 9 in Tampa, Fla., has news-sharing deals with three local newspapers-the Bradenton Herald in Manatee County, the Ledger in Polk County and the Citrus County Chronicle. With these…
Charter launches VOD in Ft. Worth, St. LouisCharter Communications has deployed video-on-demand services in Fort Worth, Texas, and St. Louis. The new VOD offering uses Diva’s software and servers. Diva has also signed deals with two other major multiple system…
When she took over PBS as president last year, Pat Mitchell promised she was going to shake up public television. So what is she going to ask her affiliates to do? Make PBS more like the other commercial networks.OK, that’s…
The prospects for legislation that would clear the way to televise federal court proceedings brightened considerably last week when Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a longtime proponent of the concept, was named chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah,…
Charter signs deal with Circuit CityMultiple system operator Charter Communications has established a sales and marketing alliance with consumer electronics retail chain Circuit City. Under the arrangement, Charter will sell its broadband offerings at 63 retail outlets in Charter’s areas…