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Chap. 11 looms for Adelphia
A bankruptcy filing by Adelphia Communications that could come as early as Monday would not only begin to bring much-needed clarity to the company’s scandal-racked situation but also help begin restoring investor confidence in other battered cable stocks.Cable operators, whose…
Who Is News
BroadcastingCandy Altman to VP, Hearst-Argyle Television, from news group executive. Also, Brian Bracco to VP, from news group executive; and Gary Griffith to VP, from Washington bureau chief.Gordon Peppars to general sales manager, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, from local sales manager.Larry…
Guest Commentary: Media companies need boardroom watchdogs
Post-Enron and post-Adelphia, major public electronic media companies are hearing the loud rings of a wake-up call regarding corporate governance. With proper attention to concerns voiced by regulators, shareholders and others, cable companies and broadcasters should address these concerns before…
Stock sale a bad thing for Martha
Martha Stewart, who has traded on her wholesome reputation and ability to make life more comfortable in creative ways, is being investigated by federal prosecutors.They are examining whether Ms. Stewart, founding chairwoman of Martha Stewart Omnimedia, had insider knowledge when…
TVB: Data led to cable overspending
Some advertisers have been buying cable programming locally based on potentially misleading Nielsen data, according to an analysis of Nielsen Media Research numbers by the Television Bureau of Advertising.But that perennial problem-what TVB considers advertiser overspend for local cable-is about…
Interconnects in a growth mode
Interconnects work.That is the message that Tom Olson and National Cable Communications are trying to disseminate, and they’ve got some compelling data to back it up.Mr. Olson is the CEO of National Cable Communications, a spot cable advertising rep firm…
Talent seeks limit on show ownership
The Caucus for Television Producers, Writers & Directors has asked the Federal Communications Commission to adopt regulations limiting the ability of national broadcast and cable TV systems to take financial interests in the programming they carry.Absent any limits, the major…
Program access survives
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-1 last week to extend its cable access regulations for five years.Under the rules, cable operators are required to sell their satellite-distributed programming to competitors. Without FCC action, the regulations, mandated by the Cable Act…
The Insider
For someone often positioned as a bridge-builder, PBS President Pat Mitchell has left a lot of her former stablemates at CNN doing a slow burn after her June 11 op-ed column in USA Today in which Ms. Mitchell said that…