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Vying to Guard the Superhighway’s Gate
This past June in Walnut Creek, Calif., an affluent community south of San Francisco, a city employee driving to a job site observed workers on a truck with a cherry picker blocking a bike path. That was a violation of…
A New Era for TV: AOL, Warner Bros. Set Major Program Deal
In a groundbreaking deal, America Online is expected to announce today that it has bought 30 TV series from the Warner Bros. library to launch a free ad-supported broadband TV network, to be dubbed In2TV.The AOL-Warner Bros. deal marks the…
ABC Takes Early Lead in Sweeps
‘Housewives’ Retains No. 1 Position
Affils Slighted by Big 3’s VOD Deals
Stations Want Info on How Revenues Will Be Split
Syndie Biz Braces for Latest Window
Broadband Platform Complicates Deal-Making
Douglass to Leave ABC News
ABC News’ chief Capitol Hill correspondent Linda Douglass gave notice Friday that she will be leaving the network at the end of the year to become a fellow at New York University’s Brademas Center and to work with the Rockefeller…
New Line to Offer ‘Masterminds’ in Syndication
New Line Television is planning to distribute the Court TV series “Masterminds” in syndication for fall 2006. The 26 hour-long episodes will be available on a weekly basis. Each episode of the show features two true stories taken directly from…
Tann Named Head of Current at Touchstone
Steve Tann has been named head of current programming for Touchstone Television. He will report to Julia Franz, executive VP of creative affairs. Mr. Tann will oversee the studio’s slate of 18 comedy and drama series. Touchstone Television has not…
ABC’s ‘Freddie’ Gets Full Season; End of the Road for The WB’s ‘7th Heaven’
ABC has picked up the Wednesday sitcom “Freddie” for a full season, while The WB announced 2005-06 will be the final season of its long-running family drama “7th Heaven.”“Freddie,” which stars Freddie Prinze Jr., is the third debuting series on…