Satellite operator Pegasus Communications last week reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss to $37.7 million, or $6.63 a share, from red ink of $60.6 million, or $10.25 a share, a year ago. Revenue slipped 3 percent to $220.9 million. For the…
In the TV advertising business, even seemingly innocuous changes in the methods used by Nielsen to gather and report its TV audience ratings can have a profound effect on the way advertising is planned, bought and sold. With Nielsen now…
As Adelphia executives shepherd the multiple system operator’s emergence from bankruptcy and move it toward profitability, they are focusing on the company’s video-on-demand service. To that end, Adelphia has struck a deal with VOD software company Everstream to help it…
In the aftermath of the war between EchoStar Communications and Viacom, one thing is certain: Content is king, and as Mel Brooks put it in “History of the World, Part I,” it’s good to be the king. The general consensus…
ROLESJudy Davis, above left, and Richard Dreyfuss, above right, will star in Showtime’s “Coast to Coast.” The drama-comedy centers on a couple exploring the ups and downs of their out-of-control marriage during a cross-country road trip. Selma Blair, Saul Rubinek,…
At last week’s CTAM Digital & Broadband Conference conference, companies debated, plotted and prophesized what the future of television navigation will look and feel like. Companies such as TV Guide Interactive, SeaChange, nCube, Gotuit and Navic Networks demonstrated cutting-edge program…
Indecency? It’s hard to define but easy to find examples of. Congress passing an unconstitutional indecency bill last week, for instance, was indecent. It’s indecent to hold the entire broadcasting industry responsible for the earth-shaking exposure of Janet Jackson’s nipple…
Sci Fi Channel President Bonnie Hammer threw the cable network’s staff an impromptu party last week complete with Vampire Bloody Marys, Big Foot-long Hot Dogs, Chicken in a Casket and Chocolate Chip Doherty Ice Cream. Ms. Hammer assembled the refreshments…
Lee Gaither has been named executive VP of programming and production and Michelle Rice has been named VP of distribution strategy and operations for TV One, the new entertainment network targeting African Americans. Mr. Gaither will be responsible for TV…
In a bizarre and still unexplained occurrence earlier this month, KPLC-TV’s two 1,600-foot television towers came down. On the evening of March 4, employees of the Liberty-owned NBC affiliate in Lake Charles, La., discovered the towers in a crumpled heap…