Posted Wednesday, Sept. 18 Comcast-AT&T review period expires Comcast Corp. and AT&T Broadband announced that the review period during which the Department of Justice would normally challenge a merger expired Tuesday night, essentially clearing any antitrust hurdles for the companies…
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 17 ‘Dr. Phil’ premieres to huge numbers King World’s “Dr. Phil” was expected to get off to a strong start to the syndicated season-and it did, to say the least. The freshman series opened Monday with a…
Clearing the way for the potential merger of such media industry giants as AOL Time Warner and NBC, the Federal Communications Commission last week announced that it will make no effort to resurrect a regulation that barred broadcast-cable combinations in…
There are three letters that together instill fear in the advertising community. They are “PVR.”The emotional and sometimes jittery attitude toward personal video recorders is not without basis, but nevertheless requires a more studied and level-headed analysis-one that hopefully leads…
Posted Monday, Sept. 16 ‘Osbournes’ wins for reality; HBO, NBC head the Emmy pack MTV’s “The Osbournes” was named outstanding reality program at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which focus primarily on the tech categories. Leading the network pack…
The knot in her throat was audible on air last Wednesday as WCBS-TV correspondent Penny Crone said she would rather be inside praying at one of the many memorials held on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept….
What it is: Optibase’s MGW 2000, a TV streaming platform that enables the delivery of video over IP networks.Product genesis: The MGW 2000 grew out of Optibase’s expertise in PCI cards and in streaming software. The company, based in Boston,…
In a morale booster for network affiliates, the Fox Television Affiliates Association last week formally endorsed the effort of the Network Affiliated Stations Alliance to persuade the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on alleged network abuses.NASA, which represents the…
Title: Principal and executive creative director, Belief, a visual communications company in Los AngelesBackground: Mr. Goedecke founded Belief in 1994 after obtaining an MFA degree from the Cinema and Television Program at the University of Southern California. He invested in…
If Gemstar’s stranglehold on the interactive program guide market is to loosen, the time is now. The incumbent, with its entrenched TV Guide Interactive, has found itself on the receiving end of unfavorable decisions regarding its patents. Those patent woes,…