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Editorial: Syndication could use a new attitude
Synergy, consolidation and vertical integration will be on everyone’s mind this week at NATPE, where a downsized syndication industry gathers to shuffle through its annual business and, more important, to try to find the formula for success in a troubled…
To catch a star
After a two-year downturn, star watching and partying will once again be in force at NATPE as distributors bring out their talent to meet and greet potential clients. But convention-goers better bring those walking shoes this year, since the trip…
James McNamara
James McNamara, CEO of Telemundo, has spent the past year under its new ownership by NBC feeling a little like a kid in a candy store.
Tony Vinciquerra
Tony Vinciquerra, 48, is a man with an expanding portfolio. Hired in December 2001 to run the business operations as president of the Fox Television Network, he more than doubled his responsibility six months later when he was given a…
Get ready for TelevisionWeek
On March 3 Electronic Media will observe its 20th anniversary. We have very special plans to celebrate this milestone, but that is only part of some very big news we want to share.
U.S. nets take shine to Murdoch projects
U.K.-based production company Shine has completed a hat trick in the U.S. market, closing deals with a broadcast network, a syndicator and a cable network.
Jeff Zucker
NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker started off the new year with a bang-he was handed the additional responsibility of overseeing Telemundo after NBC President and chief operating officer Andy Lack quit earlier this month. In the past year, he was…
‘West Wing’ picked up for 2 more years
The votes are in and NBC has made it official. Despite lower ratings this season, “The West Wing” has been picked up for two more years with an option for a third, NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker told TV critics…
Michael Jackson
When you’re personally recruited by Barry Diller, co-chief of Vivendi Universal’s entertainment group and one of the most formidable media moguls in the world, is failure an option? Lucky for him, Michael Jackson hasn’t had to answer that question.