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HBO’s biopic “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers” and its neo-Western drama “Deadwood” led the 2005 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday night. “Sellers” took six trophies and “Deadwood” won five, contributing to HBO’s 20 overall wins.ABC was…
HBO renewed its drama “Rome” for a second season, the network said Monday. Production of the 12-episode second season will begin next March, with the debut set for fall 2006. The first season launched Aug. 28.
Station One of the First on Local Level to Offer Video of News, Sports, Weather Over Cellphones
By Laurel WentzAdvertising Age Anheuser-Busch knows that for the die-hard Latino futbol fan, the World Cup can never start too early.That’s why, months before Univision begins its all-soccer-all-the-time World Cup 2006 coverage across the Spanish-language network’s three channels, Budweiser is…
Marketers Follow the Money, Set Sights on Young Adults and Latina Heads of Household
Popular Genre Remains at Center of Programming Strategies for U.S.
By J. Russell A 1999 Federal Communications Commission study found that revenues for minority broadcasters were 63 percent lower than for their nonminority competitors. The primary reason was “minority discounts.” In short, advertisers paid less money to reach blacks and…
Music Choice Says Advertisers Pay Only for Spots Viewed
As the story of Hurricane Katrina got bigger and bleaker, TV journalists’ work got better. For TV news aficionados, that meant some silver linings amid a dark cloud of tragic circumstances and devastation. Legions of correspondents and anchors who have…
Foundation Creates New Awards That Recognize Achievers