The Ratings Wizard
Monday, August 11, 2003-Sunday, August 17, 2003TV Season Week No. 47NBC (2.6/9) edged out Fox (2.5/8) and the “Big Brother”-fueled CBS (2.4/8) for its 12th weekly victory in a row in adults 18 to 49. CBS won the week in…
In Depth
Blackout Reveals Weak Spots in News Ops’ Preparedness
At 4:11 p.m. Aug. 14 Gabe Pressman was driving through Central Park toward upstate New York for a vacation when the city’s lights went out. Within the hour, the veteran reporter was on the balcony of the sixth floor of…
Netflix.com Provides Model for Cable VOD
Ed Forman poses a timely question.“Who is the leader in delivering on-demand video to consumers?” Mr. Forman, the senior VP marketing at interactive television company ICTV, asks.His answer is not iN Demand, which delivers VOD content to cable systems serving…
Breaking News Archives
Judge Denies Fox News Channel’s Injunction A judge in New York has denied Fox News Channel its request for an injunction to block humorist Al Franken from using the Fox slogan “fair and balanced” in the title of his new…
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KTVU to Air California Candidates Forum Cox-owned Fox affiliate KTVU in San Francisco will air on Sept. 3 what it bills as the first candidates forum in the state for California’s upcoming gubernatorial election. But leading contender Arnold Schwarzenegger has…
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Insight Communications Intros HDNet Movies Cable operator Insight Communications expanded its high-definition service with the introduction of HDNet and HDNet Movies. The networks are currently available in Insight systems with HDTV service, known as HDTV Pak, in Louisville, Ky.; Evansville,…
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Sagansky Resigns From Paxson Board Jeff Sagansky, former president of CBS Entertainment, has resigned as vice chairman and as a member of the board of Paxson Communications nearly three-and-a-half years after he took on the challenge of launching the family-friendly…
Sealed with a kiss
Fashion guru Carson Kressley, left, of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” is shown here with gay Republican “Rod” backstage at the Broadway show “Avenue Q” in New York last week. While they discussed puppet makeover, last week’s episode of…
Guest Commentary: The Television Mystique
People in television tend to lose sight of how TV looks to the rest of the world, the ordinary Americans, rich and poor, who have accepted it as part of their lives but still, after more than half a century,…
News Briefs
Citing weakening attendance and industry consolidation, the California Cable & Telecommunications Association is pulling the plug on The Western Show after this year’s event in December. The association blamed market conditions and the need by cable operators, suppliers and programmers…