‘Monday Night Football’s’ Future Could Be on Cable
| Sports | ABC-ESPN Swap Among Options
In Depth
Nets: More Reality and Less Laughs
Franchise Dramas, Spinoffs, Family Shows for New Season
NFL Net Adding Subs at a Fast Clip
| Cable | Comcast to Carry Channel; Blue Chip Sponsors Sign Up
Peacock Crowing About Olympics
| Network | NBC Sees Athens Dividend for Cable Nets, Stations
Recasting Content to Meet Demand
Providers Piggyback Productions and Use Discarded Tape Footage
Broadcast Revenues Spiral Ever Higher
How the Games Grew to Become Television’s Single Biggest Event
NBCU Embraces Syndicators
Distributor Headed Into SNTA Fold; Sony Last Remaining Holdout
The Inevitable Advent of All-Menu TV
In the early 1990s one of the true visionaries of television, John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Networks, invited me to a demonstration of a new technology he believed would revolutionize the world. It was called Your Choice TV. It…
Pauley a Firecracker
At the New York launch party for “The Jane Pauley Show,” Jane Pauley was a blithe spirit, executive producer Michael Weisman was uncharacteristically dressed up and NBC Universal Television Group President Jeffrey Zucker was so happy he even spent a…
Toyota Signs for ‘Pride’ Premiere
| Advertising | Commercial-Free Debut for CGI-Animated Sitcom