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NBC joins Family’s circleNBC has officially become the fourth broadcast network to join the year-old Family Friendly Programming Forum’s script development initiative for the 2001-02 season. Joining previous participating networks The WB, CBS and ABC, NBC will also receive seed…
KICU-KTVU simulcast fades to blackOn April 2, independent KICU-TV, San Jose, Calif., ceased its simulcast of the four-hour 5 a.m. newscast of sister station Fox affiliate KTVU-TV, Oakland, because ratings weren’t high enough. “It was a great experiment, but the…
Another week of March Madness on CBS continued its run on household ratings for syndication’s access shows, according to Nielsen Media Research, for the week ending March 25.The tournament caused more disruptions and pulled away male audiences. But for the…
In a blow to the prestige of the National Association of Broadcasters, Viacom’s CBS Television and Infinity Broadcasting last week pulled their 35 TV stations and more than 180 radio stations out of the trade group.CBS’s major beef, according to…
NBC wants its affiliates to carry all of its 2002 Winter Olympics coverage live, which would disrupt local news and other programming on stations in the Pacific time zone.That’s what stations are expecting to hear when NBC executives meet with…
A tale of two Kings at CNNMr. CNN, Larry King, should be feeling the love from new management. He has been wined and dined by Jamie Kellner, who now rules CNN and all other ad-supported TV networks in the AOL…
Despite uncertainty over when the current advertising lull will abate, one thing is clear. Even the biggest broadcasters must take extraordinary steps to survive the tough economic times as well as seismic shifts in technology, competition and services.The evidence is…
Title: Senior vice president, media, Sony Pictures Entertainment.Recent interesting deal: “In my area of responsibility, which covers high-profile marketing and promotion of feature films, the most interesting deals could be in the coming upfront market. While I can’t go into…
A&E adding brio with new biosIn the “mad frenzy for eyeballs” that is the May sweeps, A&E will be counterprogramming the big events on the major broadcast networks with a month of new biographies, ranging from Martha Stewart and Rosemary…
Bloodied from the campaign finance reform battle in the Senate, broadcasters may fare better in the House, where two powerful lawmakers oppose or are troubled by a plan to lower the rates broadcasters charge politicians for television ad time.House Energy…