Viacom President and Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin says he’s just getting started on a deregulation-spurred buying binge.Topping his list are big-market TV and radio stations-preferably among the top four in any city-cable program services and a second major broadcast…
Investors didn’t argue last week with the logic of veteran Lehman Brothers analyst Holly Becker, who has downgraded her rating on AOL Time Warner, warning of negative to marginal growth of its Internet service.And AOL Time Warner executives didn’t even…
Time Warner says YESNew York-Time Warner Cable will carry the Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) on all its cable systems in New York state and New Jersey. The deal, which was announced Friday, goes into effect next month. Time…
Video-on-demand appeal rises as age fallsCable operators should focus their pitch for video-on-demand on those viewers most likely to order the service-male teens and women 18 to 34, according to the Yankee Group.The technology research and consulting firm’s Digital Home…
The media mergers and acquisitions sure to be spawned by imminent ownership deregulation has even heavily in debt players sprinting toward a new finish line.Last week’s liberating U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that lifts restrictions against same-market TV, cable and…
BroadcastingTerry Ferber to traffic manager, WBZL-TV, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, from assistant traffic manager. Also, Lauren Levius to account executive, from sales account executive, Harrington, Righter & Parsons, New York.Rick Henry to president and general manager, WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, from president and general…
Meredith Broadcasting Group President Kevin O’Brien has declared war on Paramount Domestic Television Distribution. Mr. O’Brien sent a letter Feb. 11 to Paramount Domestic TV President John Nogawski-sending copies to 132 of his TV peers-stating that no Meredith station would…
Cable cannibalization is a myth.At least that’s what Turner Entertainment Networks President Bradley Siegel thinks. While conventional wisdom holds that the new niche cable networks are eating the broad-based outlets’ (TNT, TBS, USA, TNN and FX) share of audience, Mr….
Members of the ABC affiliate advisory board were peeved on the morning of Jan. 24.They had been notified the night before that ABC did not plan to discuss any of the issues-among them the NFL agreement that expires this summer-the…
Title: VP of marketing, Navic Networks, Boston.Background: Ms. Swartz joined Navic in March 2000 after serving as VP of product marketing for MoreCom, where she helped position the company for its acquisition by Liberate Technologies. She also worked at General…