Michael Douglas, whose career has included work in both television and movies as an actor and a producer, has been selected to receive the 2004 Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his “outstanding contribution to…
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An ongoing search for a president hasn’t kept organizers of the Syndicated Network Television Association from maintaining their priorities. While the SNTA makes plans for 2004, studio sources are hopeful that a replacement for former SNTA president Gene DeWitt will…
It is extremely rare for a network to start a new show between Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is one reason ABC is putting an unusual amount of marketing firepower behind the Dec. 2 launch of “Line of Fire.” The crime…
The fourth-quarter television ad market is ending on a whimper, and one major ad buyer is looking to take advantage of the weak market by asking cable networks to roll back rate increases gained at this year’s upfront.At the same…
Visible World, a TV technology outfit, wants to make TV advertising as efficient, flexible and targeted as online pop-ups. The firm recently launched a trial in several markets, including New York, of a software program called “Intellispot” that can create…
The marketing of TV’s latest off-network sitcom megahit began in 1998 on the living room set of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” when, with video cameras rolling, series star and co-creator Ray Romano sat down to write a letter about his show…
Viacom Going All Out to Market Super Bowl For CBS’s upcoming Super Bowl, which will air Feb. 1, 2004, the network will get help from all Viacom companies in a marketing effort, according to one executive close to the company….
‘Monk’ Heads Back to ABC ABC will replace the canceled “L.A. Dragnet” with repeats of USA cable network’s hit show “Monk.” “Monk” will air on Saturdays at 10 p.m., starting Jan. 17. In a unique deal with USA, ABC has…
Congress Ready to Roll Back Station Cap The Federal Communications Commission rules passed in June that increased the percentage of U.S. TV homes any one broadcast company can reach from 35 percent to 45 percent would be rolled back for…