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Charter on Move in On-Demand Ads
Cable Firm Rolls Out iWant More! as Entry Into Long-Form Space
FCC Primed for Hard Right Turn
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Fear and Loathing of Campaign Ads
Research From Initiative-CNN Finds Nonelection Spots Can Thrive in an Environment Heavy With Political Ads
Lower System Valuations Impact Charter’s Results
Paul Allen’s Charter Communications reported last week that it swung to a steep third-quarter loss as the debt-laden cable company booked charges related to the reduced value of certain systems. The company warned that it will need additional funding to…
Tech Briefs: Comcast to Add Music to VOD
Comcast plans to add another free content layer to its bulging video-on-demand service next month when it begins to roll out music videos on-demand from Music Choice in most of its VOD systems. The service, which will include music videos…
TelevisionWeek Selects 12 to Watch 2005
TelevisionWeek has selected a wide range of figures at the crux of major television industry developments to highlight in its 2005 installment of the annual news feature 12 to Watch. Profiles of these people, some of the most important decision-makers…
63 Million Viewers Watch Nail-Biter News Coverage
Last Tuesday’s hard-fought election produced the biggest voter turnout-approximately 120 million ballots cast-since 1968 and a prime-time TV audience of more than 63 million viewers, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. From 8-11 p.m., NBC was the choice of…
Danza’s Perfect Segue
“The Tony Danza Show” was on a commercial break. There was no need for the star to sing. But that didn’t stop the affable host of daytime TV’s newest talk show from crooning his version of “Good Night, My Love”…
GOP Wants News Organizations to Abandon Exit Polls
After early exit polls in Tuesday’s election inaccurately suggested that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry would trounce President Bush, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie is recommending that major news organizations pull the plug on the prognostications.In remarks Thursday…