TRIBUTE: Bernie Mac
The first time I was on Oprah’s show our meeting was polite and general. The second time on her show, we began to connect and evolve a mutual friendship chock full of respect. Third time, we got down with the…
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Buena Vista Television has signed stations from seven additional station groups for the fall 2006 syndication premiere of “According to Jim,” reaching more than 50 percent total clearances for the sitcom. The new groups-Paramount Stations Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Granite…
Digital Weather Tools Showcased at NAB
As local broadcasters continue to fire up their digital signals, many are planning to use the spectrum to launch 24-hour local weather channels. To serve that need, at the National Association of Broadcasters convention this week in Las Vegas several…
TRIBUTE: Roger King
Oprah Winfrey is on a mission, and she is a gift to the world; everyone knows that. But you have no idea how much good this woman does outside the public eye, how much giving she does. I’m not going…
TRIBUTE: Ellen DeGeneres
What can I say? You’ve seen it all, you’ve done it all, and now, you have it all. You truly are a role model for women who want to make their own way in life, do things the way they…
Starting the Day With ‘Sunrise Earth’
When it comes to high definition, less is more. At least that’s what Discovery’s Clint Stinchcomb, the company’s HD shepherd, believes. Discovery HD Theater began production late last month on a new HD series that will reveal one of the…
Mission: Possible
Her 20-year impact on the media is reason enough for the National Association of Broadcasters to bestow its Distinguished Service Award on Oprah Winfrey during the opening dinner of its convention April 19. But for Ms. Winfrey’s vast network of…
NOT YOUR FATHER’S NAB
When technologist Gavin Schutz attended his first NAB convention a little more than two decades ago, the big controversy was over which videotape format would overtake film as the medium of choice for most TV stations, television producers and post-production…
TRIBUTE: Maria Shriver
Oprah and I both worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore and lived in the same apartment complex when we were just starting out. We were girlfriends-two people kind of the same age, colleagues, working girls, single. We were struggling with a…
ABC-Marshalls $25 Mil Deal
Marking its first major entree into network TV advertising, department store chain Marshalls has inked a $25 million marketing deal with ABC Unlimited, The Walt Disney Co.’s integrated advertising sales and marketing unit.Focusing on an association with the sport of…