Dating shows are heating up the summer screens and in turn heating up the rating charts, with each of the genre’s rookie crop nailing a ratings spike, according to Nielsen Media Research, for the week ending June 9.“Elimidate,” “The Fifth…
Brit and Kim Hume, the husband-and-wife power duo at Fox News in Washington, are joking about the Barbeque Country restaurant in rural Warrenton, Va., not far from their modest getaway home in tiny Delaplane, Va.“This is a genuine, legitimate, authentic…
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, with Comedy Central’s Larry Divney and host Jon Stewart on the “Daily Show” set in New York June 12.Proctor & Gamble’s Dave Cowan, left, NATPE’s Peggy Kelly and The Game Show Network’s Richard…
TiVo, the commercial-zapping personal TV service consumers love but which sends chills down the spines of Madison Avenue executives, is quietly luring marketers to experiment with extended-form ads and promotions. The aim is to get viewers to actually choose to…
What it is: NewsLink, a newsroom automation system from Sundance Digital in Irving, Texas.How it works: NewsLink integrates the equipment involved in the production of broadcast news. It links the newsroom computer system, still stores, character generators, video servers and…
Gemstar loses patent battle over set-topsWashington-A U.S. International Trade Commission judge Friday ruled that set-top makers Pioneer Corp., SCI Systems, Scientific-Atlanta and EchoStar did not infringe upon Gemstar-TV Guide’s patents when building set-top boxes that included their own interactive program…
‘Shipmates’ sails to second season“Shipmates,” the syndicated reality show that follows two strangers through a three-day, two-night date aboard a luxury cruise ship, will return for a second season in fall 2002. The strip will start its second year with…
Title: President, Buzztime Entertainment. Buzztime is an interactive 24-hour play-along trivia games channel.Background: Mr. Lam assumed the post of president of Buzztime in 1999 when the company was founded. He previously worked with Buzztime’s parent company, NTN Communications, on interactive…
Created by author and comic book artist Kazuki Takahashi, “Yu-Gi-Oh!” originally gained early popularity in Japan and internationally through the publishing of paperback-size comic books called manga, which are now being embraced by American fans of anime and pulp novels.Through…
Pageants take a walk from CBS to NBCNBC is replacing CBS as Donald Trump’s 50-50 partner in the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants and plans to capitalize on the beauties business by telecasting the pageants on…