NBC and CBS may have firmed up their late-night schedules, but tensions are starting to build as ABC, Fox, UPN and syndicators weigh their options in the daypart.After word leaked out that Fox was pursuing Conan O’Brien for a late-night…
Sesame Workshop, creator of such brands as “Sesame Street,” “Dragon Tales” and “Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat,” has named Tamra Seldin VP of marketing, global consumer products and international TV distribution. Ms. Seldin will be responsible for developing product-marketing strategies…
Advertising & AgenciesKevin Joyce to local sales manager, St. Louis City, Central West End and Jefferson County, Charter Advertising St. Louis, from account executive, KDNL-TV, St. Louis. Also, Larry LeCompte Jr. to local sales manager, Metro East area, from senior…
The broadcast lobby has slain its fiercest election reform dragon but left some small dragons unscathed.The National Association of Broadcasters’ battle last week to kill language in the Shays-Meehan campaign finance bill that forced television stations to sell political ad…
Viacom’s $650 million acquisition of KCAL-TV in Los Angeles isn’t the only news on the long-dormant TV station front signaling an onset of deals and events that will reshape the broadcasting landscape.There is lots of activity occurring just below the…
Former WCAU-TV News Director Steve Schwaid is at the center of the hectic world that is KNTV, San Jose, Calif. He is the leader of the 18-person transition team, which is overseeing the now NBC affiliate and soon to be…
Posted Sunday, Feb. 17, at 8:08 a.m. (PT); last updated Monday, Feb. 18, at 12:01 a.m. NBC Enterprises partners with MGM on ‘B.A.I.T’ action hour Just as NBC is considering an added summer 2002 network platform to springboard the launch…
Posted Friday, Feb. 15, at 12:05 p.m. (PT); last updated at 5:15 p.m. RealNetworks to service NASCAR.com Turner Sports Interactive and RealNetworks, the Internet company known for its audio- and video-streaming software, have reached a multiyear deal to provide RealNetworks…
Posted Thursday, Feb. 14, at 8:25 a.m. (PT); last updated at 11:50 a.m. dick clark productions purchased for $140 million Dick Clark, the longtime host of “American Bandstand,” is whistling a happy tune. A pair of major investors — Mosaic…
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 8:40 a.m. (PT); last updated at 5:05 p.m. Valentine settles with UPN Former UPN President Dean Valentine was unavailable late Wednesday to comment on reports that he and Viacom had settled the lawsuit he’d filed…