Sharon Osbourne’s jump into the ranks of potential syndication players for 2003 caps a wild season of development for distributors. NBC Enterprises continues to be an aggressive player in the development tug-of-war. The studio is readying “Let’s Make a Deal”…
Terry Wood has been promoted to executive VP, programming, for Paramount Domestic Television. She will continue to report to Greg Meidel, president of programming for the division. Ms. Wood was the senior VP of programming. She will continue to spearhead…
BroadcastingArnie Routson to general sales manager, KRQE-TV, Albuquerque, N.M., from local sales manager, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh.Donn Collee to station manager, WPEC-TV, Palm Beach, Fla., from director of programming and station marketing.Dominic Mancuso to station manager, WGN-TV, Chicago, from director of sales….
Sportsville USA-In yet another stunner, Women’s Sports lost a critical matchup with the American consumer when AOL Time Warner released up-and-coming player Sports Illustrated Women from its roster. The defeat extended Women’s Sports 21st century losing streak to a level…
The long-awaited launch of Movielink is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 11. The Internet-based movie rental service, a partnership of Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, MGM and Paramount, will begin a 90-day soft launch of the service, which allows consumers to order…
Big media has got a big problem. It must intensely focus on and deal with at least two sea changes-technology-enabled consumer control and pervasive broadband-that are poised to destroy what’s left of the status quo and initiate a profound power…
In “Content, services must counter cable erosion” (EM, Nov. 4), Jason Bazinet is an analyst with JPMorgan.
Aaron Kaplan and Greg Lipstone have been named co-heads of network television at the William Morris Agency, where they will join the leadership team of William Morris Television along with Sam Haskell, executive VP and worldwide head of TV, and…
see publication for the following charts:Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndicationNight by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3Ratings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
ABC’s owned-and-operated stations in the three largest television markets captured the ratings crown for local election night coverage on Nov. 5. WABC-TV won the ratings race in New York with a 5.4 household rating, representing 394,000 homes, from 11 p.m….