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Digital File System in Works at Ascent
Ascent Media Management Services plans to introduce a new digital delivery system for syndicators by April that’s designed to facilitate the technological transition from videotape to a file-based world.
Dennis Swanson: Where Are They Now?
Within hours of being named executive VP and chief operating officer of Viacom Television Stations Group in July 2002, Dennis Swanson began remaking the executive ranks in the 35-station group. Soon he will have added 18 new general managers to…
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Martin Scorsese to Oversee USA’s ‘Frankenstein’ Director Martin Scorsese will executive produce an adaptation of “Frankenstein” for USA, the network announced Friday. Pre-production has begun in Los Angeles on the two-hour pilot for a limited series. Other executive producers on…
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Shock Jock Stern Gets Prime-Time ABC Special Syndicated radio shock jock and self-declared “king of all media” Howard Stern has an order for a prime-time special on ABC. According to an ABC spokesman, the hour will feature Mr. Stern, “not…
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Liberty Increases Stake in News Corp. John Malone’s Liberty Media became the largest shareholder in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Wednesday, purchasing an additional 9.15 percent stake in the media company with a combination of cash and share swaps. Englewood, Colo.-based…
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UPN Sixth Night of Programming Under Consideration Optimism about ground gained emanated from the weekend UPN affiliates advisory board gathering in Las Vegas, where CBS President Leslie Moonves, who oversees UPN, said expansion to a sixth night of programming will…
A BROKEN DATE WITH APPOINTMENT TV
Too many choices-that’s what one psychological scholar says is a factor in more and more people becoming depressed and confused in today’s society. We have too many choices in superficial and frivolous things like breakfast foods and automobiles and not…
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards
Time: 8 p.m. (ET) Jan. 25Network: NBCLocation: Beverly Hilton HotelHost: NoneMiss Golden Globe: Lily CostnerTotal number of awards to be presented: 25; 13 for motion pictures, 11 for television, 1 special awardPresenters: Confirmed presenters include Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Dustin…
The Ratings Wizard
Monday, Jan. 5, 2004-Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004TV Season Week No. 16“The Simpsons” and “The Simple Life” combined with a football playoff overrun helped propel Fox to victory in adults 18 to 49 last week with a 4.9/13. In total viewers…