As a new wrinkle for its ongoing sponsorship of ABC’s Sugar Bowl, Nokia is tapping into the comedic talents of Jimmy Kimmel with an on-field halftime quiz that touts its Nokia 3650 digital-camera phone.Nokia worked with Omnicom Group’s The Marketing…
These two revelers at the Television Publicity Executive Committee holiday party in Los Angeles are TPEC Vice Chairwoman Pam Golum, left, and TPEC Chairwoman Sharan Magnusson.Viacom’s Dennis Swanson, right, receives the John Reisenbach Foundation’s Distinguished Citizen Award Dec. 10 at…
If you think it was tough to promote a dog of a show like “Push, Nevada,” try pushing a series NBC put on back in the ’80s called “Buffalo Bill.”“Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses come into [my office] one day…
Title: President, Malachite Media, an independent sales company representing the Executive Airline Clubroom Network, featuring CNNfn. Recent interesting deal: “We began a relationship with AIG, American International Group, the largest insurance company in the world, as an extension of their…
A number of leaders from top multiple cable system operators, including Brian Roberts and Glenn Britt, will meet with executives of the consumer electronics industry early next month to see if both sides can devise ways to make products more…
Adelphia Communications Corp. reported a net loss of $111.5 million, or 44 cents a share, for November, compared with a loss of $104.6 million, or 42 cents a share, for October, according to a monthly operating report filed last week…
NBC’s deal to renew “Friends” for a 10th season for up to $10 million per episode, sealed a few days before Christmas, will likely wind up a winner, financially, for NBC overall.The new deal keeps the most popular show with…
Fox Cable Networks Group has promoted both Mike Hopkins, left photo, and Sean Riley to senior VP, affiliate sales. Mr. Hopkins was elevated from VP, national accounts, and Mr. Riley was bumped up from VP, sales operations. The two promotions…
HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” created by and starring Larry David, got a big promotional boost with nods for best comedy series and best actor when nominations were announced for the 60th annual Golden Globe awards.Tony Shalhoub also received a best…
A sea creature named SpongeBob and a card-playing boy named Yu-Gi-Oh have helped kids TV market champs Nickelodeon and WB turn in strong ratings performances during the fourth quarter. Overall, the kids TV market saw a nice bump in ad…