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Dawn Ostroff, president, entertainment, UPN, announced Monday the network is giving full season orders to its two first-season dramas, “Veronica Mars” and “Kevin Hill.”Both “Veronica Mars” on Tuesdays and “Kevin Hill” on Wednesdays have helped UPN increase its ratings in…
DirecTV Group, in a bid to continue the momentum of its successful partnerships with telephone companies, on Monday struck an agreement with Cincinnati Bell to offer consumers a bundled package of voice, data and video services.The package, which is similar…
Voom, the high-definition satellite service being spun off from Cablevision Systems later this year, announced Monday that it has struck a deal with Miramax Films for the exclusive high-definition distribution rights to 193 films produced by Miramax and Dimension Films….
Young Broadcasting on Monday reported a third-quarter loss of $12.1 million, about flat with last year, even as the 10-station group generated robust political revenue growth.Revenue rose to $160.1 million from a year-earlier $145.6 million, driven by improvements in advertising…
Cable operator Mediacom Communications on Monday swung to a third-quarter loss, as stiff competition from satellite operators, coupled with the effects of Hurricane Ivan, offset gains in high-speed data customers.The Middletown, N.Y.-based company, which boasts 1.3 million subscribers, reported a…
What do you get the man who has everything? If he’s Tom Werner and his Boston Red Sox have just won the World Series, you get him a meticulously decorated, chocolate-mousse-filled cake and champagne and sing him a rousing chorus…
Two advertisers will be in the limelight during ABC’s broadcast of the American Music Awards show Nov. 14. T-Mobile and Kay Jewelers have bought integrated packages from ABC. Both had smaller presences in last year’s AMAs and are stepping up…
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As Card Game Shows Proliferate, Top Players Want Bigger Cut of the Action
Given that the median age in the Baton Rouge, La., designated market area is 32 and the population is 50 percent male, local TV stations are eager to find creative ways to deliver the 18- to 34-year-old male demo to…