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Merger is talk of BroadbandPlus

Anaheim, Calif.The state of the union was topic A at BroadbandPlus, a k a The New Western Show, the tech-heavy 35th edition of the annual cable convention sponsored by the California Cable & Telecommunications Association, which was held last week…

The New Television: Sex and the new TV

Nicholas Steele, the director of “Sex Spell” and “Whispering Hearts,” says that high-definition TV could be the best thing to happen to the adult industry since Viagra.“When you’re dealing with skin tones and bodies and things like that, you want…

A legend remembered

The world without Roone? Some of us were talking about that very thing as it became clear in the way things always became clear about Roone-by indirection-that he was not only sick, he was terminally sick and would be gone…

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Friday, Dec. 6 Millennium cuts staff Some 10 people at various levels of Millennium Sales & Marketing, the largest of Katz Television Group’s three TV divisions, lost their jobs this week in a restructuring that hit hardest in New York,…

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Thursday, Dec. 5 Legendary ABC News Chairman Roone Arledge dies ABC News Chairman Roone Arledge, who built powerhouse star-filled and ground-breaking sports and news divisions for ABC, died Thursday afternoon after a long battle with cancer and other health complications….

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Wednesday, Dec. 4 FCC Chairman Powell to hold hearings on media ownership Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell announced late today that the agency will hold a field hearing on its media ownership regulations sometime in February in Richmond, Va….

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Tuesday, Dec. 3 ‘Rob Nelson Show’ staffers let go Staff members at Twentieth’s struggling rookie strip “The Rob Nelson Show” have been informed they are being let go while the series remains in hiatus, sources tell ELECTRONIC MEDIA. That move…

Ratings

see publication for the following charts:Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndicationNight by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Nov. 18-24Ratings for the week of Nov. 18-24

Editorial: Media won’t be bullied by NYSE rules

The New York Stock Exchange is proposing rules that would penalize a Wall Street analyst if he or she talks to a reporter and the reporter does not disclose in the resulting article whether a stock the analyst mentions is…