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This WeekSept. 23, CABLEready Graduate Award, sponsored by CABLEready and Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, at Lubin House, New York. Information: Sophie Beaurpere, 203-425-2136, Ext. 371.Sept. 23-24, 16th Annual NAMIC Conference: Digital Media & Diversity, sponsored by…

New program set for Pioneer guide

Pioneer plans to launch Monday a third-party developers program for its Passport interactive program guide. The company hopes the program, known as Compass, will foster the growth of interactivity and the use of its guide.Since Passport runs on Scientific-Atlanta, Motorola…

Kaitz Foundation: focus on diversity

Ask Spencer Kaitz, the founding director of the Walter Kaitz Foundation, what the No. 1 diversity issue is today and he will tell you it is the necessity “to break the old hiring patterns. … You have to break the…

Ratings

See publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of Sept. 9-15Ratings for the week of Sept. 9-15

Kids back to Saturday a.m. TV in a big way

A year after the chilling and disruptive effects of 9/11, children are flocking back to Saturday morning kids networks-particularly to Kids’ WB, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and such emerging players as Fox Box, ABC Family and Nick on CBS.Almost all the…

Breaking News Archives

Posted Monday, Sept. 23 NBC, HBO dominate Emmys NBC and HBO each brought home 24 Emmy statuettes at the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards last night. NBC’s”Friends” got its first win as outstanding comedy series, while NBC’s “The West Wing”…

Advertisers examine post-Sept. 11 priorities

Welcome to the New Normalcy, the post-Sept. 11 world in which advertisers try to connect with consumers who are busy “re-centering” and making “connections” with their local communities and families and are suspicious of corporations and their advertising claims.As they…

The Insider

Memo to Matt Drudge: Get new ABC sourceIn a breathless Drudge Report story, posted at 10:14:37 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, reigning Internet gossip Matt Drudge solicited “three cheers to embattled DISNEY Chair Michael Eisner and his deputy Bob Iger after…

Tech Briefs

NDS to protect MediaHawk contentConcurrent has aligned with NDS to integrate NDS’s VideoGuard content protection into Concurrent’s MediaHawk video server. The partnership will enhance the security of VOD services by protecting the content as it is delivered, the companies said.15…

Close-up: Del Mayberry

Del Mayberry, a senior-level accounting and finance executive at Fox-affiliated companies, has been promoted to executive VP and chief financial officer for the Fox Networks Group. Mr. Mayberry will continue to oversee finance, information systems, network operations/commercial administration and human…