Next year, it will be different for TV stations.Thanks to a confluence of events that are certain to cast the value of stations in a more flattering light, many people who follow station sales activity predict that 2004 will be…
Only minutes after his company announced the launch of new cutting-edge channels offering movies on demand and in high definition, John Sie was musing about competing media. As founder and chairman of the Starz Encore Group, much of his focus…
Former USA Networks Chairman and CEO Kay Koplovitz has been named chairman of the board of directors of Reality Central, a channel devoted to reality programming that plans a mid-2004 launch. Ms. Koplovitz told TelevisionWeek she was drawn to the…
NBC Enterprises’ rookie daytime reality show “Starting Over” and Procter & Gamble’s Clairol Nice ‘n Easy have joined for a rare multimillion-dollar, seven-month marketing promotion.The arrangement is atypical for TV syndication marketing. Most syndie deals are with proven off-network shows…
Some NBC Affiliates Won’t Carry Sharpton ‘SNL’ All four NBC affiliates in Iowa are at the head of a list of about 20 NBC affiliates in several states that are declining to carry “Saturday Night Live” this week because the…
Time Warner Cable Fires Back at AMC Time Warner Cable on Thursday filed a counterclaim against American Movie Classics Co. in answer to a suit filed last month. In its filing, TWC argues that the new American Movie Classics is…
Starz Launches Kids Channel At the Western Show on Wednesday, Starz Encore Group announced the launch of a movie channel aimed at ages 2 to 11. Called Starz! Kids, the channel will show G and PG-rated movies, commercial free, as…
Cox Continues Carriage of Fox’s Regional Sports Fox Cable Networks Group and Cox Communications are expected to announce Wednesday morning an agreement to continue to carry Fox’s regional sports networks on Cox’s cable systems. Cox had threatened to take the…
Another Resignation at Disney Walt Disney Co.’s boardroom showdown between some disgruntled directors and Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner heated up Monday afternoon when board member Stanley Gold resigned his post, joining Vice Chairman Roy Disney, who stepped down Sunday….
Monday, Nov. 17, 2003-Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003TV Season Week No. 9NBC won the week in adults 18 to 49 with a 4.5/12, while CBS scored a victory in total viewers with 14.2 million.Top Shows of the WeekAdults 18 to 49:…