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Promax & BDA EuropeAmsterdam, the Netherlands, March 26 to 27. Info: www.bda.tv/europe.MIP-TVCannes, France, April 2 to 6. Info: Barney Bernhard, 212-370-7470.NABLas Vegas, April 21 to 26. Info: 800-342-2460.TVB Marketing Conf.Las Vegas, April 23 to 24. Info: Janice Garjian, 212-486-1111.Sportel AmericaMiami,…
Sony, Warner Bros. near deal with 5C manufacturers Sony and Warner Bros. are only weeks away from signing a deal with Intel and four Japanese consumer electronics manufacturers-the so-called 5C companies-on an agreement to protect digital programming on cable and…
Emmis to cut 120 jobs in consolidation Emmis Communications will eliminate 120 positions across its 15 television stations. Most will occur at the television stations Emmis bought from Lee Enterprises in October, which include outlets in Portland, Ore., Tucson, Ariz.,…
O’Reilly gets $24 million Fox News contract The cable news world has a new salary king. Fox News has signed Bill O’Reilly to a new six-year contract reportedly worth a minimum of $24 million to continue hosting Fox News Channel’s…
Jim Henson Co. up for sale EM.TV and Merchandising, a German-based media concern, will probably sell Muppets creator The Jim Henson Co., which it bought for more than $680 million last year at the peak of its expansion drive. According…
TV ad revenues are in for the fourth quarter, and, except for some big cable networks, they are higher than fourth quarter 1999 revenues, but not by much.But the revenue figures belie just how slow advertising sales were during the…
Powell: No more radio-deal delays GOP FCC Chairman Michael Powell announced Monday that he had pulled the plug on an agency practice of putting holds on controversial radio station transactions that some industry critics felt would give a broadcaster too…
A silent but powerful player in the syndication ranks, the Chris-Craft Industries station group finally made a move after a quiet NATPE in January.The group, which includes KCOP-TV in Los Angeles and WWOR-TV in New York, has picked up its…
MUSIC: Dotdot bingbing duh beepbeep whumpwhump thud, thud, thud, thud, blam … ANNOUNCER: From the Number One Action News Team in the Tri-State Area: Peter Gordonson, Chris Vance, Oolong Abrigong, Vanessa Contessa, Philo Farnsworth, meteorologist Doug Whitebread and The Thick…
Michael Powell’s new job sounds like a slacker’s dream come true: chief regulator at the Federal Communications Commission just when the government appears thoroughly disinterested in regulating.And in case Mr. Powell-a vocal fan of deregulation-needed any encouragement to spend his…