Gerald Levin
Gerald Levin has been hailed as visionary and denigrated as a derelict executive. Born in Philadelphia in 1939 and trained as a lawyer, Mr. Levin joined Time Inc. in 1972 as head of programming for Home Box Office. His determination…
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THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT THE FALL SEASON
`Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of fall.”OK, the quotation is really “let loose the dogs of war,” but we’re repurposing it to apply to the new TV season. Not that all the shows are dogs-no, just a majority….
`Access’ improves its Access
The changes to “Access Hollywood’s”station lineup have NBC Enterprises executives pumped up for the strip’s eighth season.With nearly 50 upgrades in local markets for the newsmagazine this fall, including more than a dozen new access time periods, “Access Hollywood” entered…
New Software Fine-Tunes Product Placement Values
The art of product placement valuation just got a little more precise.iTVX, a New Rochelle, N.Y.-based company that launched a product placement valuation tool more than a year ago, has released a new version of its Instant Access software that…
John Goddard
The Kaitz Foundation in 1995 honored John Goddard, a co-founder and later president and CEO of Viacom Cable. Mr. Goddard’s cable roots run deep. His father built a system in Aberdeen, Wash., in the early 1950s. After earning his MBA…
Thomas Wheeler
The Kaitz Foundation chose as its first honoree Thomas Wheeler, who was then in his final days as president of the National Cable Television Association, as it was then known. Mr. Wheeler led the NCTA through eight turbulent years and…
Brian Roberts
Fortune magazine recently dubbed Brian Roberts the new “king of cable,” a title earned perhaps by virtue of his being president and CEO of Comcast Corp., the biggest cable operator in the United States. Far from flamboyant in nature, Mr….
Diversity at Cox Communications
As VP and chief people officer, Mae Douglas is the highest-ranking minority executive at Cox Communications. She provides leadership and strategic direction for the company’s human resources functions, including its diversity initiatives. TelevisionWeek correspondent Lee Hall asked Ms. Douglas to…
Ted Turner
It took the Kaitz Foundation until its fourth year to get around to honoring Ted Turner for his contributions to the cable industry. Mr. Turner was merely chairman of Turner Broadcasting when cable’s glitterati convened on a windy September day…
A Host of Comics
The decision to have a round-robin of comics anchor the 2003 Emmys instead of a single host was the byproduct of the new Emmy broadcast deal, which gives greater editorial control to the producers and television academy, insiders said. “We…