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How Ads Are Measuring Up

Broadcast Nets Grow Angry Over Commercial Ratings

Smart Agents See Minorities as Future

By Dinah Eng Everybody in Hollywood wants an agent. If you’re a talented minority seeking representation, you may be seen as a good potential client or as the pink elephant in the room nobody wants to talk about. Diversity has…

Carat, Gotuit Join To Mine Comparable VOD, Web Data

Media agency Carat has locked in clients Norelco, Remax and Chase to participate in a pioneering market trial gauging consumer interaction with ads across video-on-demand and broadband. The effort marks one of the first instances in which advertisers can compare…

Hi-Def TV: Sports Is the Driver Behind HD Revolution

For Fans, Resolution and Aspect Ratio Add Up to Next Best Thing to Being There

Barrett: NBC Must ‘Play to Win’

Hearst-Argyle Chief Skeptical About Net’s Prime-Time Edict

Hi-Def TV: Turning Gadgets Into Thrills

Programmers Making the Most of New Technology

MyNet Flat for Sixth Week On-Air

MyNetworkTV’s prime-time telenovela block was flat week to week for its sixth week on the air, with “Desire” and “Fashion House” mostly even among households and adults 18 to 49. “Desire” was flat among total viewers (777,000) and down 6…

The Designated Talkers

The Insider, speaking for no one but herself, thanks ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson for triggering a change in the breakfast program scheduled by the International Radio & Television Society for Nov. 15 at Manhattan’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Until a couple…

ABC Stays Atop Ratings; World Series Disappoints

Fox, CBS Tie at No. 2 Spot, CW Marks Season Highs

Screaming to Be Heard

FEARnet, Others Find Their Way With Unusual Launches