In the jungle that is the media and entertainment industry, The Walt Disney Co. has become the equivalent of a wounded animal stalked by predators. Thanks to a combination of shareholder outrage due to perceived intransigence on the part of…
The Wichita Falls-Lawton designated market area makes up a split-state market known as “Texoma.” Wichita Falls is in north Texas, a mere 15 miles from Lawton, Okla. All of the area TV stations and other local media came together with…
Advertising Amy Hanno to VP, affiliate sales, Mediapoint Network, Inter/Media Advertising, from marketing manager, Cornerstone Media Group. Broadcast Bert Contestabile to national sales manager, WVBT-TV, Norfolk, Va., from account executive, Blair Television, New York. Melanie Jones to senior VP, media…
Viacom Digs In for Retransmission Fight Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone said Monday that he and his executive team are “prepared to hang tough” against EchoStar Communications in the retransmission fight that could result in the satellite operator removing…
The powerful new head of a key congressional committee that is already ramping up efforts against broadcast indecency is now turning his attention to the cable and satellite TV industries. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said last week he’s planning to…
Adding to The Walt Disney Co.’s problems, longtime promotional partner McDonald’s is seriously considering phasing out or ending its long-term promotional partnership under a contract that runs through 2006, according to a report by Advertising Age. McDonald’s is distressed over…
The way content providers deliver programming and advertising to tape machines or servers at local stations is of key interest to those who manage the process and a growing list of vendors who want to be involved. Stations are beginning…
Take the White House out of the mix and what’s left is an interesting list led by a holdover: former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who “won’t leave his house on Sunday,” so every interview becomes a remote production complete…
Fox Sports Net is going shorthand. Beginning a gradual rollout this week, the name will be changed to simply FSN. During the transition, promotions will include both FSN and the full name, Fox Sports Net, underneath, according to Advertising Age….
If Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner’s daily necktie choices are an indication of how he thinks his day might go, the tie he chose to wear for last Wednesday’s annual shareholders meeting suggested he was bracing for the worst….