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Despite a legal setback last week, the cable television industry is still hopeful it can sway the courts to grant at least partial relief from federal cable ownership regulations.The industry was dealt a blow Feb. 20 when the U.S. Supreme…
NBC’s “experiment” with airing “Saturday Night Live” in prime time on West Coast-based affiliates came to an abrupt end this past weekend. Citing potential “cannibalization” of “SNL’s” primary 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. runs in the Pacific time zone, NBC…
There has been a lot of buzz lately about the state of the advertising market as the forces of a technology shakeout and an economic slowdown come together. The consensus: It won’t be as robust this year as it was…
After disappearing from the ranks of the national ratings lists, Western International’s action hour “The Immortal” was all but pronounced dead by a number of industry pundits.But according to company Chief Operating Officer Chris Lancey, not only is the Lorenzo…
Drug’s maker couldn’t have planned it betterAmerican Home Products, which developed Prevnar, a meningitis vaccine, last spring bought time in a variety of 2000-01 programming-from Lifetime’s lineup and CBS’s “JAG” to Fox’s “Ally McBeal” and NBC’s “ER”-to advertise the drug.After…
Charter Communications’ subscribers may soon find a little piece of Las Vegas in their living rooms.The St. Louis-based multiple system operator said earlier this month it will start trials integrating Digeo’s interactive services into its lineup. One such offering being…
A small-town mayor’s wife is shot in the head, and the search for justice rips open a close community with its revelations of embezzlement and intimations of a marriage that was not what it had seemed.The story is made for…
Jeffrey Sine is starting all over again … kinda.After building Morgan Stanley Dean Witter’s Global Media and Telecommunications investment banking business from scratch into the dominant deal-maker on Wall Street, Mr. Sine has agreed to jump to UBS Warburg, where…
The steep drop-off in XFL viewing since its debut three weeks ago has put the rookie football league on the offensive to do all it can to make sure advertisers get their money’s worth.The XFL insists the free extra runs…
With the first full week of February sweeps wrapped, producers of weekly hours and newsmagazines had the biggest grins on their faces when the dust settled, according to Nielsen Media Research for the week ending Feb. 11.Among the weekly competition,…