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The future of home entertainment is rapidly unfolding as today’s technology brings music, film and television to consumers in ways they had never dreamed possible.Hewlett-Packard is one of the latest companies to make its way into home entertainment. HP recently…
Title: President, Cox Television.TV stations owned: 15, which cover 10.3 percent of the country.Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.Education: Master’s and undergraduate degrees from Brown University First Job: Weekend radio news anchor at WICE, Providence.Background: Mr. Fisher is one of the few station-group…
Advertising & AgenciesTony DeGregorio to chairman/chief creative officer, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, from president and chief creative officer, Publicis/New York.Lisa Philips to senior account executive, dominion3, from senior account executive, MSA Public Relations.BroadcastingJennifer Fabian Browning to senior director, digital and DBS…
Title: President and CEO, Hearst-Argyle Television.TV stations owned and/or managed: 27, which cover 17.5 percent of the country. (Hearst-Argyle owns 24 stations.)Hometown: Chicago.Education: Loyola University.First job: Salesman at the former WGLD-FM, Chicago, a progressive rock station.Background: After his first radio…
Thanks to a partnership between 2netFX and Avolo, HDTV may soon be flying the friendly skies. 2netFX, a developer of enterprise streaming solutions for intranet and broadband Internet media delivery, and Avolo, an online provider of aviation parts and aerospace…
Title: Vice president and general manager of enhanced TV at the Walt Disney Internet Group.Background: Before assuming his current position in March, Mr. Mandler was vice president of Walt Disney Internet Group’s Local and Broadcasting division, where he developed and…
Buffy to slay on UPN UPN won the bidding over the incumbent WB Network Friday evening for the 2001-03 broadcast rights to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” reportedly agreeing to pay $2.3 million to $2.35 million per episode in each of…
FCC ruling will allow Viacom to keep UPN Clearing the way for Viacom to keep UPN, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-1 Thursday to modify its dual-network rule. The dual-network regulation barred the Big 4 TV networks from merging with…
Levin bullish as AOL TW stock surges AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin told investors this morning that the company’s better-than-expected first-quarter results are proof the merged entity is on track to “generate sustained and consistent growth and mitigate volatility.”…
Yahoo! taps Warner Bros. vet Semel Terry Semel, the former longtime co-chief of Warner Bros., has been named chairman and CEO of Yahoo! To the surprise of many in Silicon Valley, Yahoo! had narrowed its search to a group of…