What it is: Panasonic AK-HC931, a multiformat digital camera system. Panasonic plans to introduce the new camera, the latest in its HC900 series of camera products, to the public at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters convention.Handles high definition and…
An unusual February sweeps brought a bevy of bad news to talk shows, with all of the veterans down compared with the book one year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research.Although the Winter Olympics on NBC caused a number of…
McGrath to head MTV Networks Music GroupNew York-Viacom Veteran Judy McGrath has been promoted from MTV Group president to president of MTV Networks Music Group, a broad new position that adds responsibility for VH1 and CMT and all of the…
“We have one that we are using at The Worcester Telegram and Gazette. We have a couple of old systems at The Boston Globe, and at the Boston Museum of Science we’re installing two new cameras. It’s less expensive, and…
With talk show distributors plodding methodically and tinkering with new financial models, one upcoming strip, “The Wayne Brady Show,” could have all the elements to stick-a well-known host, a successful producer and a distributor who’s being picky.After clearing the ABC…
I didn’t cry. I expected to cry. I think I even wanted to cry. Why didn’t I? Was it me? Or was it that I felt too manipulated, too overhyped and too disappointed to cry? Whatever. The much-ballyhooed CBS special…
Entertainment pundits were quick to pronounce the death of talk shows last week following announcements that Oprah Winfrey has retirement in her sights, “Sally Jessy Raphael” is being canceled and Jerry Springer was in court for antics on his show….
To interconnect or not to interconnect? That is the question for the local-market advertiser.The Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau, which represents national and local cable, says yes, enthusiastically. The Television Advertising Bureau, which represents local broadcasting, says no with just as much…
EarthLink to offer Web via AT&T networkAT&T Broadband has agreed to let EarthLink offer its high-speed cable Internet service over AT&T Broadband’s network. The first two markets in which EarthLink will launch its service are Boston and Seattle. More cities…
In the most far-reaching strategy connecting a marketer to broadcast network promotional material, Verizon Wireless is incorporating its advertising message into promos for more than a half-dozen prime-time shows on multiple networks.Since early February, the Verizon “test man” has repeated…