Englewood, Colo.-The zenith of the Western Show’s reputation as a news-making event came Dec. 2, 1992. On that Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.-a typically balmy December morning in Southern California-John Malone, president and CEO of Tele-Communications Inc., then the largest cable…
My neighbor recently asked me for advice on buying a new high-definition TV. I told him that he should buy either a set that was “HDTV-ready” or that had a high-definition tuner inside. “You have to have one or the…
With an eye toward expanding its presence among strips, Byron Allen’s CF Entertainment has tapped former King World Productions president Stuart Stringfellow as the company’s new president of domestic sales.Mr. Stringfellow will take charge of the company’s sales team and…
“Monk” star Tony Shalhoub may have hoped he would be presenting the Funniest New Series of the Year award with Britney Spears at Comedy Central’s taping of “The Commies.” So he was ready for a hello kiss. But apparently per…
When word came down a few months ago that this year’s Western Show was going to be the event’s swan song, it became very clear to us here at TelevisionWeek who our Cable TV Executive of the Year must be:…
1972 After beginning as an informal gathering in 1968, the Western Show relocates to Anaheim, Calif., is professionally managed for the first time and establishes its identity as an industry event.1973 House Speaker Carl Albert addresses Western Show attendees from…
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to confuse Comedy Central with the History Channel. But what would a conspiracy buff make of Comedy Central’s choice of Nov. 22-the 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination-to tape its first awards…
Young Broadcasting’s KRON-TV has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a request by NBC-owned KNTV in San Jose to move its transmitter 40 miles closer to San Francisco, KRON’s city of license.NBC and Young Broadcasting have been at odds…
This week marks the final Western Show, as the U.S. cable industry’s second-largest gathering of the year came to be called. It is not hard to figure out why this once-important trade event is coming to an end. When it…
Here’s a quick roundup of where the top multiple system operators are in their digital video recorder deployments. Time Warner is the most aggressive and began its DVR rollout in July 2002. Since then it has introduced DVR service in…