After a train-wreck series of failed attempts at chain-store retailing, networks are downshifting their brick-and-mortar pursuits, having learned to leave risky storefront experiments to the experts.Fox, CNBC, Turner Classic Movies and Nickelodeon are among the networks currently finding success by…
“The John Walsh Show,” NBC Enterprises’ sophomore syndicated daytime strip, will re-launch Sept. 8 with a broader focus and a younger, more hip look and sound.Frank Radice, East Coast-based senior VP of advertising and promotion for the NBC Agency, solicited…
The weekday syndicated edition of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” added five ABC-owned stations to its 2003-04 lineup, filling the “Port Charles” slot on those stations. The stations that will be airing “Millionaire” at 12:30 p.m. this fall are…
Effective Sept. 1, Nielsen Media Research’s official estimate of the total number of TV households in the United States rises to 108.4 million. The new estimate, up from 106.7 million TV homes in the 2002-03 season, means each national rating…
“ABC’s `20/20,’ because of Barbara Walters, whom I respect enormously both for her journalistic achievements and as a role model for women throughout the television industry.”Meredith Wagner, executive VP, public affairs and corporate communications, Lifetime Entertainment Services“`60 Minutes,’ because I…
Advertisers are poised to waste $5.5 billion in television ad expenditures in 2007 if television networks don’t adapt to the rising penetration of the personal video recorder, with its ability to zap commercials.That’s the conclusion of a new Yankee Group…
As broadcasters and cable networks find good news in the summer ratings data, a debate is quietly brewing among some cable channels over whether original programming is key to continuing ratings momentum.Cable networks and broadcasters alike came to rely on…
The fact that NBC is worth an estimated $35 billion today-and generating a record $2 billion in annual profits-is solid evidence that corporate parent General Electric is capable of creating as much as $15 billion in new value from a…
YES Sues AOL Time Warner YES Sues AOL Time Warner: The YES Network sued AOL Time Warner Friday, accusing the media giant’s cable unit of breach of contract for allowing cable subscribers the option of not paying for the sports…
‘Dateline’ Cuts Staff “Dateline NBC” last week laid off approximately 15 producers, associate producers and other off-air personnel. Sources say the reduction was forced on the newsmagazine show because it is being cut from three regularly scheduled nights (Sunday, Tuesday…