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Poised to Grow in Midwest City

Comcast, Indy’s Largest Cable Provider, Reaps the Fruits of an Expanding Local Economy

COMCAST SERVICE DELIVERS HOT LEADS

Special to TelevisionWeek Eight months ago, Comcast’s Phil Paligraf and his team contacted Tony Grego, president of Budget Car Sales in Indianapolis, about signing on to test-market the cable company’s new Vehix.com program, which generates leads from subscribers for Comcast…

FOXX GLITTERS WITH THREE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING FX’S ‘REDEMPTION’

Special to TelevisionWeek Jamie Foxx, who got his break as a sketch player on Fox’s “In Living Color” and later graduated to serious film roles with “Any Given Sunday” and “Ali,” broke into the record books in 2004 by becoming…

Incoming Senate Commerce Committee Chairman

Incoming Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said he’s not ready to spell out the details of his legislative agenda on indecency or any of the other major media industry issues that his committee is charged with overseeing. But…

Just the Facts …Title: Chairman,

Just the Facts … Title: Chairman, Senate Commerce Committee How long in current position: In Senate since December 1968; Commerce Committee chairmanship began last week Year of birth: 1923 Place of birth: Indianapolis What to watch for: As chairman of…

Just the Facts …Title: President

Just the Facts … Title: President and CEO, E! Networks How long in current position: Six months Year of birth: 1955 Place of birth: New York What to watch for: Mr. Harbert’s programming influence will be on full display as…

FOR LORRE, IT’S ALL IN THE CARDS

At the end of each episode of “Two and a Half Men,” a card filled with type flashes by along with the credits. Those who tape the show and freeze-frame it will find that the flash is of a “vanity…

Free VOD Will Be Key

if Challenges Are Met At Magna Global, we believe it is in advertisers’ interest to actively experiment in on-demand environments by working with networks, multiple system operators and agencies to support the growth of free video-on-demand. That’s because FVOD will…

`Liberia: American Dream?’ Producers: MSNBC

`Liberia: American Dream?’ Producers: MSNBC and `National Geographic Ultimate Explorer’ When producer Scott Bronstein and reporter Michael Davie traveled to Liberia in the summer of 2003, they expected to craft a “National Geographic Ultmate Explorer” episode about a country going…

`Louisiana: Currents of Change’ To

Producer: Louisiana Public Broadcasting