The Television Bureau of Advertising is challenging a Merrill Lynch forecast that local cable advertising revenues could double over the next several years. The Sept. 9 report by analyst Jessica Reif Cohen said growth would be spurred by the increasing…
The Sept. 27 appearance by Joan Kohn, associate producer and host of HGTV’s “Kitchen Design” and “Bed & Bath Design,” at Phoenix’s Fall Beautiful Home & Landscape Show was a revenue generator for the local arm of Cox Communications.A consignment…
Tricia Garrett Melton has been named senior VP, marketing, TBS Superstation. She is based in Atlanta and is responsible for the strategic and creative development of all marketing for TBS Superstation. Ms. Melton comes to TBS Superstation from Lifetime Television,…
The Iraqi Media Network, which includes a national TV station set up by coalition forces after the fall of Saddam Hussein and that is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Defense, has been drawing almost universally negative reviews. It…
Advocating media industry deregulation before hostile federal lawmakers can be a thankless job. That would appear to be the lesson that Victor Miller, senior managing director for New York investment banker Bear, Stearns & Co., learned last week while trying…
In “State of the Interconnect Business” in the Interconnect Showcase advertising supplement (TelevisionWeek, Sept. 29), the New York Interconnect is an LLC partnership between Cablevision and Comcast. It has its own sales operation in New York and uses rep firm…
The WB announced a changing of the guard last week, but incoming chairman Garth Ancier said not that much will change. “Jordan [Levin] and Jed [Petrick] and I have all worked together for a long time,” said Mr. Ancier, who…
Jesse Ventura’s MSNBC talk show finally premiered over the weekend, with California Gov. Gray Davis and Arianna Huffington as his first guests. On Tuesday “The Body” returns as pundit during coverage of the California recall hosted by Chris Matthews. Every…
DirecTV has raised its third-quarter and full-year guidance for revenue and new customers thanks to the strength of several customer promotions, including one aimed at football fans. The No. 1 satellite operator said last week it now expects third-quarter revenue…
In a development critical to the growth of the video-on-demand business, leading VOD services supplier SeaChange has partnered with Nielsen Media Research to provide ratings of on-demand audiences. The deal, announced Sept. 29, is a milestone toward the mainstreaming of…