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CBS Taps Google Marketing Executive
Google’s Patrick Keane has joined CBS Interactive as executive VP and chief marketing officer, the network said Wednesday. In the new post, he’ll report to Quincy Smith, head of CBS Interactive.Mr. Keane had been head of advertising sales strategy at…
‘5th Grader’ Gets A+ From Nielsen
The premiere of Fox’s “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” broke ratings records Tuesday night, becoming Fox’s highest-rated series premiere in 13 years. Powered by an “American Idol” lead-in, the half-hour game show scored an 11.2 rating among adults…
MTV Networks Restructures Ad Sales Arms
MTV Networks announced a new structure for its ad sales and affiliate sales divisions. The revised ad structure, as expected, focuses on three clusters, for kids, music and entertainment. Those clusters will work with specialized units called Digital Advertising Sales,…
MobiTV Touts Subscriber Increase
Mobile video company MobiTV said it doubled its subscriber base in less than one year and now counts more than 2 million customers worldwide.The growth is due in part to new content deals, overseas expansion and the additional $100 million…
‘Roots’ to Air on TV One
TV One plans to air the famed miniseries “Roots” beginning April 8. The 12-hour, award winning epic, which originally aired in 1977 and set ratings records on ABC, will be supplemented by original content produced by TV One. The network…
Uva Named CEO of Univision
Joe Uva, head of media buyer OMD and a former senior executive at Turner Broadcasting, was named chief executive of Univision.The largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the United States, Univision is in the process of completing a deal to be acquired…
Dingell Backs Return of Fairness Doctrine
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., offered a new call to revive the Federal Communication Commission’s fairness doctrine, which required broadcasters to offer competing viewpoints in a balanced manner when presenting controversial…
Exclusive ’24’ Podcast: Writers Take It One Episode at a Time
In TVWeek.com’s exclusive Backlot Talk podcast, Manny Coto — co-executive producer and the writer on Fox’s “24” — describes the logistics of how the writers plot each episode without being able to focus on an overall season arc.“On other shows…
‘CSI’ Backlot Talk
Greg Baumann: Hello everyone. Welcome to TelevisionWeek’s Backlot talk feature, and we’re happy to have the inaugural interview with Anthony Zuiker, who is the creator of the “CSI” franchise that appears on CBS. Anthony, welcome and thank you for joining…