In a reversal of the typical strategy used to create merchandise based on its characters, Nickelodeon plans to sell products based on a character not from a television series but from a video game.The cable channel at this week’s Licensing…
Fox Cable Networks Group has promoted Rob Evanko to VP, sales operations. Mr. Evanko will relocate from Fox Cable’s Dallas office to the Los Angeles headquarters. He previously served as VP, sales and marketing, for Fox Cable’s Southwest and Rocky…
1. Turning out for the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation benefit May 29 in New York are, from left, Spike TV’s Kevin Kay, actor Mario Lopez, actress Ali Landry, pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Fred Epstein, Nickelodeon’s Leigh Anne Brodsky and folk singer…
Angry lawmakers, including a clear majority of the Senate Commerce Committee, last week vowed to block a new set of Federal Communications Commission rules on media ownership that they said will give a handful of media industry conglomerates undue power…
June3-13 NAB/Howard University Media Sales InstituteSponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters and Howard University, at Howard University, Washington. Information: Howard Marcantel, 202-775-2550 or hmarcantel@ nab.org; or www.nabef.org.8-11 CTAM Broadband Opportunity ConferenceSponsored by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing,…
As usual, there will be difficult issues to explore, affiliate promotions, theft of service campaigns and technical sessions galore-though this year’s National Show looks light on programming announcements. But what would a cable convention be without parties, hoopla and glittering…
BroadcastingAndrew Finlayson to news director, WSMV-TV, Nashville, Tenn., from news director, KTVU-TV, San Francisco.Stephanie Aaronson to senior director, media relations and program promotion, PBS, Alexandria, Va., from director, corporate communications, Hallmark Channel.Jeff Maloney to VP, sales, WTVT-TV, Tampa, Fla., from…
The Television Critics Association announced its 2003 last week. The awards, which honor work telecast during the 2002-03 season, are voted on by the association’s 200 member critics and journalists. The winners will be announced July 19 in a ceremony…
The case isn’t closed on the futuristic legal drama “Century City.” Although the pilot failed to make the fall schedule, CBS is now thisclose to picking up the Universal Network Television production for midseason, sources said. Set in a law…
“Cable programs can push the envelope of edginess, with shows that are risky, provocative and daring. Production dollars in broadcast allow for programs that feel `bigger,’ are more promotable and appeal to a broader demo.”Ray Murray, president, Banyan Productions“Although many…