New CBS research site is no gamble
While millions of people go to Las Vegas every year to roll the dice, CBS heads to Sin City to make its programming choices less of a gamble.At the end of the Studio Walk in the MGM Grand is Television…
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Quick Takes: What do you think of `Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s’ move to UPN?
“Chalk up another victory for the real vampires: the business interests who run the big media conglomerates. Fox is simply moving [the] show to a network in which it has an interest. Sorry, WB. When a vampire [bites you], it’s…
Syndicators ready to reap strike benefits
Strikes, the economy and consolidation may all be playing a part in the syndicated television upfront this season, but no one really knows for sure how it’s going to be affected by those factors. Several months ago, when an unstable…
Broadband’s rising tide lifts all
The bad news is a prolonged economic slowdown could retard the rollout of broadband services, which, in turn, could delay the transformation of the Internet into an interactive video mass medium.And that could negatively impact the fortunes of a lot…
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`NYPD Blue’ heading to TNT, Court TVSteven Bochco is singing the “Blues” no longer. After recently settling his case with Twentieth Television for selling his show to FX for what he considered to be below-market rates, Mr. Bochco’s company has…
Close-up: Stephanie Levine
Regency Television has promoted Stephanie Levine to senior vice president of creative affairs. Formed in late 1997, Regency Television is a joint venture between New Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios.Before this promotion, Ms. Levine was the vice president of…
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Nokia to launchPVR satellite boxSwedish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is planning to introduce during the fourth quarter into U.S. retail stores a set-top unit that embodies a personal video recorder, EchoStar’s satellite television service, Internet access and e-mail. The device,…
No border for broadband
Just when American cable operators thought they had spotted every imaginable competitive threat-from direct broadcast satellite to home networking applications-a stealthy adversary has sneaked across the Canadian border to deliver an impressive suite of services to broadband subscribers.Canadian telecom giant…
One on One: Putting the ! in E!
Sex, violence, drugs, booze-not much has changed since cable TV’s Golden Age. Ad sales men and women are still handsome, they still run fast and they still do tragic things to themselves and others. Join Electronic Media as we look…
Profile: Kathy Bushkin
Seconds after the AOL Time Warner merger was consummated in January, the company debuted a new Web site (www.aoltimewarner.com) that prominently touted its new AOL Time Warner Foundation. It signaled that the media monolith considers social responsibility and philanthropy as…