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In a smooth move of executive pieces on the management chess board, NBC has strengthened the role of its key player in the court of parent company General Electric Co., sketched a line of succession at the network, set its…
Syndicator alters NATPE approach Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Distribution will go international at next year’s National Association of Television Program Executives convention. The distributor will change its approach to the market, according to Bob Raleigh, president of the syndicator-much like the moves made…
FCC delays cross-ownership reviewSources expect the Federal Communications Commission to review the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban after a new set of commissioners is in place. The agency dropped plans to initiate a review at its May 10 public meeting because commissioners…
After three years of planning, Rochester, N.Y., will gain a new television station this week-the one catch is viewers will only be able to find it on cable.The WB and Time Warner Cable, which has a cable penetration of about…
In “Pie Town dishes up fruit for cable nets” (EM, May 7), the only program Pie Town Productions currently produces for TLC is “A Baby Story,” which was created by Chuck Gingold, senior vice president and general manager of daytime…
There will be a new power overseeing the legal docket for syndication’s top new strip.Distributor Twentieth Television has tapped Cleveland Judge Lynn Toler to rule the courtroom of “Power of Attorney,” replacing former Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, who presided over…
“I think we achieved some adjustments in our residual formulas … [but] we’re still way behind where we ought to be at this point. I look forward to working more diligently with the directors guild on the significant reduction of…
The first weekend of May sweeps arrived just in time for a number of weekly hours as ratings spiked for six of the top eight programs despite the warm weather that generally causes reduced HUT levels, according to Nielsen Media…
Capitalizing on his access to AOL Time Warner’s broadcast and cable program outlets, Jamie Kellner will multiplex at least two of The WB’s hit series the same week of their initial telecast.The WB programs will air during a newly designated…
In an effort to keep cable rates from getting even more out of hand than they already are, cable operator Jerry Kent has come up with a novel approach: Try to get Congress to pass legislation that would let cable…