Comcast Corp., the nation’s biggest cable operator, is looking to shine a spotlight on its advertising sales division.In fact it’s renaming the unit Comcast Spotlight. And it’s making a bold promise. While admitting spot cable let down customers in the…
When it comes to industry jargon, media planning seems to have more than its fair share of business gobbledygook. And with good reason: Given the dynamic nature of the marketplace they are entrusted to evaluate, media planners must quickly develop…
HBO took seven of the 11 TV prizes at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards.Five of the pay-TV network’s wins were for miniseries “Angels in America,” which won best miniseries and four acting nods. HBO’s two other awards went to “Sex…
Creative Artists Agency partner Kevin Huvane was one of the most-thanked people onstage at the Golden Globes. Sarah Jessica Parker, winner of the award for actress in a comedy or musical TV series, walked to the podium and said, before…
This will be the year of Michael Jackson, Robert Blake, Martha Stewart, Princess Diana, Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant and, no doubt, many other celebrities whose scandals have yet to materialize. As American journalists can stray across the line into the…
As young viewers headed back to school after the winter holiday, syndication numbers dipped for nearly every genre. The exception was, however, weeklies, with each of the top seven shows showing improvement for the week ending Jan. 18, according to…
“Friends” producers ran everyone but essential personnel out of the sitcom’s Warner Bros. studio home of the past 10 seasons while final scenes of the finale were shot and tears were shed. But on Saturday, Jan. 24, grins were in…
Now that Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., has taken himself out of the running to succeed Jack Valenti as head of the Motion Picture Association of America, the man to beat is said to be Sen. John Breaux, D-La.-if he will…
“The highly viewed award shows cannot help but influence our viewing choices. Not that we stop watching our favorites when they lose, but we are encouraged to sample the winners that we may not have seen before.”Bill Carroll, VP, director…
Food Network has teamed with the exhibition company DMG World Media to launch “Food Network’s Great Big Food Show,” a consumer exhibition scheduled for Nov. 5 to 7 in Philadelphia and Nov. 12 to 14 in Cleveland. The live food…