Deft Iger Calms Disney’s Waters
Conciliatory Nature Shines as Exec Prepares to Become CEO
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NAB Supports DTV ‘Hard Date’
Move Comes as Surprise; Group Open to Must-Carry Deal
Hot List 2005: Charlie Collier
Charlie Collier has been running ad sales departments since he was in his 20s. Now as executive VP of ad sales at Court TV, he may be leading the entire industry on the road to advertising accountability.During the recent upfront,…
Nick at Nite Nabs ‘Foxworthy Show’
New Life for Short-Lived ’90s Sitcom
Hot List 2005: Jeremy Allaire
Don’t expect Brightcove to be a household name next year. But it could weave itself into the vernacular within five years.Brightcove founder and Internet entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire is working on a five- to 10-year plan for his latest business venture….
PBS Says It Will Stay Its Course
Funds Restored, Pubcaster Hopes to Dodge Strings
Hot List 2005: Josh Berman
When Regency Entertainment President Robin Schwartz worked in development for NBC in the late 1990s, she often took pitch meetings with then-NBC Studios development executive Josh Berman. She recalled one pitch meeting with a writer she knew personally. When Mr….
PBS Sets Scorsese’s ‘Dylan’; Web Site To Get Downloadable ‘Nerd’
“NerdTV,” broadcast television’s first fully downloadable series, will become available via the Internet Sept. 6 on PBS.org, the public broadcaster announced last week during its Television Critics Association press tour presentations. Cable networks also presented last week. CBS makes its…
Hot List 2005: Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell has done Broadway, TV and movies for the big and small screen. She sings. She dances. She’s equally convincing as the girl next door-whether Mark Twain’s Becky Thatcher or bearing false witness in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”-or as…
Cable Execs Find Reasons to Smile; HBO Remains No. 1
Both pay and basic cable executives kept their chins up late last week after seeing the broadcast networks regain dominance over the Primetime Emmy nominations.Even with “The Sopranos,” “Angels in America” and “Sex and the City” out of its lineup,…