The Insider
Adelphia woes hit another stage While the show will undoubtedly go on at the National Cable Television Center and Museum’s theatre, nobody knows who will pay the remaining $500,000 due to the Center for the curtain to be raised. Five…
In Depth
Brainstorming about an America Online recovery
Jonathan Miller’s first congratulatory phone call last week was from the vacationing Jamie Kellner, chairman of Turner Broadcasting Systems. “That just tells you going in, if you conduct yourself right, the opportunities inside this company are huge,” Mr. Miller said…
How is your television station planning to commemorate Sept. 11?
“We’ll be replacing our early-fringe syndication and producing a special 90-minute news block to cover the unprecedented changes our local communities have undergone over the last year. Our reporting will complement the coverage of ABC News.”Scott Libin, news director, KSTP-TV…
Breaking News Archives
Country-music idol search With “American Idol” riding high in the ratings, USA Network’s “Nashville Star,” the new series that will launch a nationwide grass roots search for the next great country music singer/songwriter, seemed all but inevitable. The contestants’ personal…
NBC firms up alliance with DreamWorks
NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker’s effort to create a new studio “pod” production system at NBC had the network formally sealing a two-year series development deal with DreamWorks Television last week. Under terms of the deal, NBC will have first-look…
Business Briefs
Disney to consider buying Vivendi assetsThe Walt Disney Co. Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs tried to counter the latest tide of bad news that has included more stock price and earnings declines and a possible credit rating downgrade. Mr. Staggs…
Oh behave, ‘Anna’: ‘Austin’ draws more
Turner Network Sales is saying “Yeah, baby” when it comes to “rolled up” or aggregated ratings, making the argument to advertisers that its recent multiple runs of movies such as “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” on TBS and…
Clarification
In “24: High noon for Fox, affiliates” (EM, Aug. 5), Fox Networks Group President Tony Vinciquerra was referring to the possibility of Fox affiliates covering network commercial spots with local spots when he said, “Any station that does that is…
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Convention plans are again suite for NATPE
Warner Bros. and Carsey-Werner-Mandabach lead a list of domestic syndicators that once again will not be exhibiting on the NATPE convention floor in January. Although other syndicators have yet to commit one way or the other on a return to…