Iraqi Cameraman Released
In a bittersweet ending to a year-long saga, an Iraqi criminal court has freed Iraqi cameraman Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, who was working in Mosul for CBS News when he was injured and then detained by the U.S. military for…
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National Show: Paul Glist
By Lee Alan HillSpecial to TelevisionWeek Paul Glist’s Vanguard Award for Associates & Affiliates breaks precedent-he’s the first practicing attorney working with the cable industry to be honored by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in this manner. Mr. Glist’s…
Lawmakers Fume at Cablers
Operators Using Legal Loophole to Deny Sports Access
National Show: David Watson
Looking back on David Watson’s career, two things have remained constant: change and competition.Whether it was in his previous life as a wireless company executive or today as executive VP of operations for cable giant Comcast, Mr. Watson is pretty…
Managing Assets Crucial as Content Demands Grow
Storage, Cataloging Systems Becoming Necessary Expense
National Show: How the 2005 Class Has Fared
By Natalie Finn Here’s a glance at what last year’s Vanguard Award winners have been up to since being honored a year ago.Decker AnstromDecker Anstrom, president and chief operating officer of Landmark Communications, chairman of The Weather Channel and winner…
U.S. Digital Plans Switch to MPEG-4
Summer Rollout Anticipated
Duda Joins ‘Tyra’ as Executive Producer
Alex Duda has been named an executive producer for the Telepictures Productions syndicated talk strip “The Tyra Banks Show,” joining the current executive producer, John Redmann, for the show’s second season, starting this fall. The announcement was made Thursday by…
Iraqi Cameraman Released After Year-Long Detention
In a bittersweet ending to a year-long saga, an Iraqi criminal court has freed Iraqi cameraman Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, who was working in Mosul for CBS News when he was injured and then detained by the U.S. military for…
News Corp. Shareholders Will Vote on ‘Poison Pill’ Measure
News Corp. will leave it to shareholders to decide whether the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company should keep in place a controversial measure that would prevent a stockholder from obtaining a controlling stake in the media giant.As part of a settlement reached…