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Significant new accounting and other business issues are confronting media companies in an economically uncertain, increasingly competitive marketplace. A recent survey of 125 media executives attending a panel on such issues, sponsored by KMPG, underscores just how weighty and complex…
IIn 2001, the phrase “new media industry” became a paradox. This isn’t an industry, this is a rout, or, as Vince McMahon so memorably puts it, a melee.If you were one of the brave-or foolhardy-souls who decided to jump from…
Much has been made of the impact a strike by writers and/or actors might have on Hollywood this summer, but scant attention has been paid to the potential effects on a summer ritual: the preseason press tour mounted by the…
It’s ironic that the team of Jean-Michel Michenaud and Chris Cowan, who have won Emmy Awards for their documentaries and other narrative nonfiction work, should be getting the most attention of their careers for the salacious Fox series “Temptation Island.”Mr….
Valentine’s Day promo pulls its weightSome viewers in the Green Bay, Wis., market may have to put in a little extra time at the gym this month. Three times a day during the first two weeks of February sweeps, Fox…
The History Channel is looking to add more young viewers to its mix.The cable channel, whose viewership has a median age of 50.7 years, is out to corral more young male viewers by introducing contemporary series that still stay true…
Keep it simple, stupid.That pretty much sums up the philosophy of interactive TV providers who attended last week’s Milia conference in regard to attracting new customers.Interactive TV providers are discovering that consumers aren’t really motivated by sales pitches touting Internet…
“At least at the present time, I don’t think the allegations have any significant effect on the viewing audience. You know how it is in America-you can sue anybody for anything you want. What may well be the case here…
Cablevision Systems’ ambitious digital box rollout plans have hit a pothole.The Long Island cable operator’s decision last week to postpone its much-heralded digital rollout for six months worried investors, who pushed the company’s stock down 7 percent after the news.Cablevision…
This WeekFeb. 19-22, Monte Carlo Television Festival and Market, at the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel, Monaco. Information: Liliane Vitale, 201-869-4022.Feb. 21-23, BCCA Credit Conference, sponsored by Broadcast Cable Credit Association, at the Omni Hotel, Houston. Information: Mary Teister, 847-296-0200, mteister@bcfm.com…