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Zucker: NBC Close to Final Deal on Vivendi NBC should have a final agreement to buy Universal’s assets from Vivendi by the end of this month and close on the deal by the end of the first quarter of next…
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ABC, Touchstone to Continue Production of ‘8 Simple Rules’ ABC and Touchstone Television have decided to continue to produce sophomore sitcom “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter” after the unexpected death of lead actor John Ritter last week….
Jim Robbins
Jim Robbins does not head the biggest cable operation, but he has molded arguably one of the best. Mr. Robbins joined the company then known as Cox Cable Communications in 1983 as a division vice president. Within two years he…
Kaitz Fellows
In 1992, the Walter Kaitz Foundation collectively honored the Kaitz Fellows, members of the first eight fellowship classes. For most of its history, the Kaitz Foundation sought to recruit highly qualified minorities for management or professional positions in the cable…
2001 Honoree
Event was canceled due to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Deals in Limbo as Rules Debated
Television station valuations are in jeopardy as broadcasters wait a year or more for the courts, Congress and regulators to determine the fate of deregulation rules passed in June by the Federal Communications Commission.Many broadcasters said they expected court challenges…
J. Richard Munro
J. Richard Munro spent a lot of time at Time. Rising from magazine circulation clerk to publisher of Sports Illustrated and later head of the video division at Time Inc., Mr. Munro helped launch the television empire that would become…
Integration Front and Center as Alternate Revenue Source
Walt Disney Co.’s ABC Family cable network is finally getting into the family act-that of the integrated marketing and product integration deals with advertisers for which its parent company is known.Some two years after Walt Disney bought the network, which…
ABC Asks Affils to Boost Promos
ABC is asking its affiliates and its owned stations to contribute additional promo time to support one of the network’s most aggressive fall launch campaigns. The death of ABC star John Ritter forced the cancellation of a closed-circuit presentation Friday…
Decker Anstrom
Growing up in rural North Dakota, Decker Anstrom was more interested in baseball than in television. In fact, his family didn’t even get its first TV set until Mr. Anstrom went away to college.A graduate of Macalester College in St….