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ABC’s 2½-hour made-for-TV movie “Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God” was the highest-rated program Sunday night, more than doubling its nearest competition in its time period in the adults 18 to 49 demographic.“Their Eyes Were Watching God,” which…
In a move that could lead cable operator Insight Communications to follow the path taken by Cox Communications, Insight co-founders Stanley Knafel and Michael Willner and the private-equity firm The Carlyle Group on Monday announced a $650 million proposal to…
Cablevision Systems and Time Warner Cable are playing hardball as an interim carriage agreement for Cablevision’s Fox Sports Net New York and Madison Square Garden Network is set to expire at midnight tonight. A Time Warner spokesman said Cablevision has…
Sony Corp. on Monday named Sir Howard Stringer chairman and CEO of the consumer electronics giant, tasking the executive responsible for one of Sony’s better-performing businesses with the job of jump-starting a company that has stalled in recent years.Mr. Stringer,…
By Amy HelmesSpecial to TelevisionWeek Joining the work force fresh out of college, Michael Teicher had one goal: “I wanted a job in sports,” said the executive VP of media sales at Warner Bros. He succeeded in finding one-as an…
Cox, Blue Ridge, Others Agree to Carry On-Demand Service; WrestleMania in Cross-Promotion
By Wayne KarrfaltSpecial to TelevisionWeek NBC Universal’s Executive VP of Media Sales Chris Kager said he tells his team that making a successful pitch is all about understanding advertisers’ needs and matching them with the company’s products. To do that,…
By Amy HelmesSpecial to TelevisionWeek It was hardly déjà vu for Clark Morehouse in December 2000, when he returned to Tribune Entertainment as senior VP of advertiser sales, a post he first held from 1984 until 1993. When he originally…
By Lee Alan HillSpecial to TelevisionWeek As chairman of the SNTA for the past two years, Howard Levy has been one of syndication’s biggest boosters. “You get really involved in the programs you sell for,” he said, citing one reason…
By Lee Alan HillSpecial toTelevisionWeek Steven Hirsch, president of King World Media Sales, is so high on the syndication business that his sales rap can turn the form’s perceived limitations into advantages.“If you say it’s a disadvantage that there are…