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The Future for ‘This Week’ …
After a long search for a new executive producer for “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” The Insider hears that ABC News is about to put the glass slipper on Kathy O’Hearn, the network and cable news veteran who has been…
Univision Plans Late-Night Strip
Univision, the leading Spanish-language network, plans to launch its first late-night show, the network said at its upfront presentation Wednesday in New York. Other Spanish-language broadcasters also announced programming plans last week. Univision’s “Ay Que Noche” (“Oh What a Night”),…
UPN’s ‘Chris’ Rocks Buyers
Initiative’s Koerner Opines on Schedules
Tech Briefs: Time Warner Intros eBay on TV
Time Warner planned to roll out eBay on TV last week to its Austin, Texas, system. The auction capability, enabled on the television through technology from interactive technology player BIAP Systems, tailors the eBay experience to the TV, allowing viewers…
Upfront Ad Sales at Standstill
Unlike Last Year, Buyers Wait to Close Cable Deals While Shopping Broadcast
Upfront Navigator: Which Laughs Last
Comedy the Commodity 40 New and Returning Sitcoms Set for Fall; Fox Animates Sunday With the next big broadcast comedy hit as elusive as ever, the six broadcast networks last week announced fall 2005 schedules that increase the number of…
Lawrence, Kan.: Sunflower Blossoming Through Innovation
Compared with behemoths such as Comcast or Time Warner Cable, Sunflower Broadband is a small fish.Based in Lawrence, Kan., virtually equidistant from Kansas City, Kan., and Topeka, the cable operator has 30,000 subscribers in the historic city that is home…
Louisville, Ky.: Layered Marketing Strategy Provides Lift to Bottom Line
By Wayne KarrfaltSpecial to TelevisionWeek Louisville, Ky., the host city of the famed Kentucky Derby, is on pace to distinguish itself on the ad sales side. Insight Communications, the nation’s ninth-largest multiple system operator, is gaining traction in the market-Insight’s…