Time Warner planned to roll out eBay on TV last week to its Austin, Texas, system. The auction capability, enabled on the television through technology from interactive technology player BIAP Systems, tailors the eBay experience to the TV, allowing viewers…
Unlike Last Year, Buyers Wait to Close Cable Deals While Shopping Broadcast
Comedy the Commodity 40 New and Returning Sitcoms Set for Fall; Fox Animates Sunday With the next big broadcast comedy hit as elusive as ever, the six broadcast networks last week announced fall 2005 schedules that increase the number of…
Compared with behemoths such as Comcast or Time Warner Cable, Sunflower Broadband is a small fish.Based in Lawrence, Kan., virtually equidistant from Kansas City, Kan., and Topeka, the cable operator has 30,000 subscribers in the historic city that is home…
By Wayne KarrfaltSpecial to TelevisionWeek Louisville, Ky., the host city of the famed Kentucky Derby, is on pace to distinguish itself on the ad sales side. Insight Communications, the nation’s ninth-largest multiple system operator, is gaining traction in the market-Insight’s…
By Alan CarterSpecial to TelevisionWeek First-time winners and youth were the big story at the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards held Friday evening at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on CBS. The awards, which acknowledge excellence in…
Actress Tara Reid will host this summer’s season of the bawdy E! travelogue series “Wild On,” the network announced Friday. The hire has been expected for weeks (TelevisionWeek, May 16). Ms. Reid rose to fame starring in the comedy “American…
The National Association of Broadcasters on Friday released the copy for an advertisement the association plans to run in Capitol Hill newspapers next week urging lawmakers to proceed cautiously on a plan to force broadcasters to make the switch to…
FX is near a deal to order a fifth season of “The Shield,” sources said Friday. The police drama is having a strong year with the addition of Glenn Close to the cast. Though Ms. Close will not return for…
Mark Burnett Productions and Madison Road Entertainment have settled their legal dispute, executives said Friday.As part of their agreement, the companies have agreed to co-produce a future branded entertainment show. Additionally, Madison Road will sell a number of advertising opportunities…