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Teens rule. They not only spend $114 billion of their own money each year, but also-as any parent knows-they wield considerable influence over the spending habits of others.That’s why the race is on to develop programming that turns teens into…
Nickelodeon has a big bargaining chip at this year’s kids upfront table: Its Nick Jr. on CBS Saturday morning block is now open for sales.An outgrowth of Nickelodeon parent company Viacom’s merger last year with CBS, Nick Jr. on CBS’s…
Title: Vice president of emerging businesses for USA Cable. In this new position, Mr. Yorick is responsible for overseeing the growth of USA Interactive Entertainment’s Web properties, the development of interactive television programming and the exploration of international programming services.Background:…
Match about over for ECW Extreme Championship Wrestling may be down for the final count. ECW’s scheduled wrestling pay-per-view event for Sunday night was canceled when ECW couldn’t hammer out a deal with PPV distributor InDemand. Sources said ECW couldn’t…
Affiliates ask FCC to start probe of networks The Network Affiliated Stations Alliance asked the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to launch an investigation into allegations that the networks are abusing their station partners in violation of agency rules. In a…
Yahoo! CEO Tim Koogle quits Yahoo! will begin searching for a new CEO following Wednesday’s resignation of Tim Koogle, who will continue as chairman of the board. The announcement followed news that Yahoo!’s first-quarter revenues would fall far short of…
Execs say Granite will make KNTV an NBC affiliate Granite executives told analysts in an earnings call Tuesday that the revised affiliate fee payment schedule NBC has agreed to-along with an interim secondary affiliation and increased programming, promotion and advertising…
Ohlmeyer retiring from ‘MNF’ Don Ohlmeyer notified ABC Sports on Sunday night that he has decided not to produce “Monday Night Football” next season. Mr. Ohlmeyer, a fabled sports producer who for much of the ’90s ran NBC’s entertainment division,…
Streaming issue in D.C.Washington–A dozen lawmakers Friday asked the Federal Communications Commission to protect broadcast television programming from being retransmitted without permission on the Internet.In a letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, they said the next wave of digital cable…
Perhaps not seen in any other sweeps period in history, a quartet of reality-based TV series all proved to be young-adult-demographic rating engines for their broadcast networks in the just-completed February sweeps.And as crucial as CBS’s “Survivor: The Australian Outback”…