Telco’s Offering Underwhelming
Pricing, Content of Verizon Video Package on Par With Cable, Satellite
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NAB Close to Selecting Rehr
Committee Chairman Stevens Said to Prefer Mitch Rose
NBCU, Broadway Renew Pact
NBC Universal Television Studio renewed its prime-time production agreement with producer Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video Television last week, according to an announcement by Angela Bromstad, president of NBC Universal Television Studio. Broadway Video is producer of the upcoming series “Thick…
35 Years of ‘MNF’: ABC’s Final Drive
Disney Keeps Advertiser Excitement High as ‘Monday Night Football’ Franchise Prepares for Move to ESPN
News Briefs: ABC Wins Two Technology/Engineering Emmys
The ABC Network is set to receive two Emmy Awards when The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences holds its 57th annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards Sept. 29 at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton, N.J., NATAS announced last week….
35 Years of ‘MNF’: Lennon’s Death Stuns Football
By Chuch Ross The most famous moment in the 35 years of “Monday Night Football” was not about a football game. It was the following, from Dec. 8, 1980. The New England Patriots were playing the Miami Dolphins. With millions…
Game Over for G4’s Hirschhorn
Comcast Brings in Neil Tiles as New President, Promotes Dale Hopkins to COO
35 Years of ‘MNF’: Roots of Radical Concept Recalled
As with any institution-and certainly “Monday Night Football” is an institution-people tend to forget how radical the idea was at first. The following account by former ABC Sports President Roone Arledge about the origin of “Monday Night Football” was originally…
Kane Named CEO of Viacom Stations
Companies Shuffle Executives in Preparation for Split
Analysts: News Corp.’s Web Plan Carries Risk
Murdoch Hopes to Capture Online Advertising Via $1 Billion Buying Spree