In this season of the witch, when media mergers such as AOL and Time Warner and Universal and Vivendi definitely seemed hexed, comes news that ABC News and CNN want to ride off on a broomstick together. But attention Messieurs…
Posted Friday, Sept. 27 NBC wins Thursday despite CBS gains Kicking off year two of the Thursday night battle of the networks, NBC held on to win the night in demos and total viewers, but CBS, fueled by “Survivor” and…
Posted Thursday, Sept. 26 AOL TW may sell stakes in Comedy Central, Court TV AOL Time Warner is in talks to sell its 50 percent stakes in the cable channels Comedy Central and Court TV, as the company indicated it…
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 25 Tauzin DTV plan comes under fire In a sharp turnabout of political momentum, leading lawmakers today publicly criticized a legislative proposal by Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., that would force broadcasters to switch to digital television by…
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 24 CNN, ABC downplay talk of merged news operation CNN’s quest for a broadcast news partner to help cut news-gathering costs reached the stage where the idea of a free-standing organization made up of ABC News and…
NATPE suffered yet another blow last week when it learned that the Syndicated Network Television Association has secured Feb. 26 at the New York Sheraton for a day of presentations to the media advertising agency community. As the annual convention…
It’s not like the big TV networks to overlook a potential franchise. NBC’s tireless milking of the “Law & Order” cash cow and CBS’s recent leap onto the franchise bandwagon with “CSI” are just two illustrations of their fondness for…
In the second or third wave of emotional aftershocks from 9/11, after the first tremors of disbelief, horror and outrage it seemed there might be certain ironically positive residual effects. People both in and out of the television business predicted…
While the controlling Dolan family is sending the strongest signals yet that it is ready to discuss selling its choice East Coast cable systems to an eager buyer such as AOL Time Warner, don’t expect a deal soon.Founding chairman Charles…
Title: Senior VP, interactive and online entertainment, Game Show Network.Background: Mr. Roberts worked for Paul Allen’s Vulcan Programming II as senior VP of Internet and ITV development. He has also served as VP of new media for Fox Family Worldwide,…