Just as film and television productions go outside the United States in search of lower production costs, Madison Avenue is shooting Hispanic TV commercials in Latin America. Though sending productions to foreign soil may cut costs, there hasn’t been a…
Paul Allen’s Charter Communications announced it will sell some of its cable systems to Atlantic Broadband for nearly $765 million in cash as the troubled cable operator continues to try to reduce its debt load. The systems, located in Florida,…
It’s all about the future of the children at KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. The Hearst-Argyle-owned CBS affiliate gets sponsors for four children- and education-related promotions: Teachers Aid, Read Me, Toys for Tots and School Net. Under Teachers Aid, sponsor…
Maybe the shows themselves aren’t all that tantalizing, but promos for the new fall programs certainly don’t lack for sound and fury. Blam, blam, blam-and without so much as a thank you ma’am-the promos try to drive home the idea…
Since the NBC/Vivendi deal was announced, there has been a lot of speculation about a clash of cultures between NBC parent General Electric’s way of doing business and the more freewheeling Hollywood style. However, when NBC executives met last week…
What are the odds two TV station executives with connections to Jackson, Miss.,would have daughters competing to be Miss America 2004? Ask Stuart Kellogg, GM of Hearst-Argyle’s ABC affiliate WAPT-TV in Jackson, and Tim Lynch, the Communications Corp. COO, who…
It would take more than the space The Insider is allotted to list all the VIPs, whether Very Important Personalities or Very Important Pals, who were wedged into the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center in New York on Sept. 3…
NBC will seek to use “Law & Order” episodes and other Universal library product to launch subscription on-demand services on USA Network after it acquires Vivendi Universal Entertainment early next year. It’s part of NBC’s plan to radically reshape the…
A weather forecaster can answer the question, “Why is the sky blue?” only so many times. That’s why Tribune-owned WB affiliate WGN-TV in Chicago expanded its Tuesday “Ask Tom Why” segment, in which viewers can submit questions to the station’s…
Clip-driven series and a focus on popular culture will be at the heart of VH1’s new programming strategy, VH1 General Manager Christina Norman told TelevisionWeek last week. Ms. Norman rewarded three executives last week with promotions for setting the network…