Wright Resigns as SBCA President The Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association said Friday that its president, Andy Wright, will be stepping down from his post effective Sept. 30. The trade group, which represents the interests of the satellite industry, said…
‘Reality Awards’ to Air on ABC Broadcast and cable prime-time reality shows will face off during the first “Reality Awards,” set to air on the ABC Network this fall. Don Mischer, who will produce his eighth “Primetime Emmy Awards” telecast…
Court Stays FCC Ownership Rules In a major blow to the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia late Wednesday stayed the agency’s new media ownership rules pending court resolution of court challenges. Without court intervention, the…
Study Says Public Wants Nets to Buy More Stations Affiliate and watchdog group representatives today blasted a network-sponsored study that claims that, contrary to the conventional wisdom on Capitol Hill, a vast majority of the U.S. public supports a network…
Our invitation to Michael Jackson’s Sept. 13 gala at his Neverland Ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., in honor of Brazilian painter Romero Britto, coinciding with his 45th birthday, must have gotten lost in the mail. But then, we probably couldn’t…
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will pay tribute to “35 Years of `60 Minutes”’ at a symposium and lunch Wednesday, and with a Lifetime Achievement Award to be added to the vast collection of awards won by creator…
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has forged a partnership with The Discovery Times Channel to telecast portions of the News & Documentary Emmys ceremony in September 2004.The awards ceremony was last broadcast on ABC in 1973 and…
TV industry execs, buyers and critics agree that this year there are no obvious hits along the lines of last year’s “CSI: Miami” and “Everwood.” The closest TelevisionWeek could find to a consensus hit was CBS’s “Two and a Half…
When the NFL tosses the coin to start a new season this Sunday, DirecTV will kick off three new interactive TV applications. The new services usher in a wave of next-generation interactivity at the satellite provider as it prepares to…
Jim Robbins, Cox Communications’ mild-mannered CEO, has become an unlikely superhero.For cable system operators under siege by satellite rivals, he has come to be a champion of the tiering of bottom line-busting premium sports programming as well as the digital…