The New York Times recently published a lengthy article on Microsoft’s new Windows XP Media Center. The story went on and on about how the software can turn your PC into a TV, playing DVDs and recording and rewinding your…
When most people think of big events and ESPN, they picture Wrigley Field, the Rose Bowl or the Fabulous Forum. Yet the sports network-its ad sales staff in particular-is suiting up for a big event at Lincoln Center, New York’s…
Edward R. Murrow’s power to send images over the airwaves preceded the advent of television. Unaided by satellite phones or hand-held cameras, the man for whom the Radio-Television News Directors Association named its prize for journalism excellence used the sounds…
The latest round of complaints by cable operators about escalating fees for sports programming is being viewed by some as an attempt to take the high ground in advance of a congressional report later this month that is likely to…
When a show is pulled as quickly as “Keen Eddie” was pulled off Fox over the summer, it is usually a curse everyone involved wants to forget. However, in this case the team behind the show considers its work on…
The numbers tell the story. The Radio-Television News Directors Association received 2,770 entries from 520 news organizations this year in contention for its annual Edward R. Murrow Awards. The number of entries is up 20 percent from last year’s 2,303…
During last week’s historic gubernatorial recall election in California, San Francisco’s powerhouse Fox station KTVU-TV continued its news dominance while independent KRON-TV showed it’s much more than an afterthought. The new kid on the block, NBC-owned KNTV, meanwhile, went out…
Jay Leno, what a sellout. Of course, that hardly makes him an oddity in Hollywood. Is he just a sellout for ratings-which hardly constitutes even a minor misdemeanor-or for some kind of political power, which would explain his making a…
It’s like the lottery. You can’t win if you don’t play.That’s the advice several of this year’s Murrow Award winners and judges offer to TV professionals.They also shared tips on how stations can win Murrow awards, from pre-assigning roles for…
NBC plans to introduce Internet sites for its 15 Telemundo stations within the next few months, a groundbreaking move that could position Telemundo as first out of the gate in the race to win the online Hispanic audience. Except for…