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Posted Thursday, Feb. 7, at 11:10 a.m. (PT); last updated at 2:20 p.m. Mediaedge gets Payless as a client Add Payless ShoeSource, the giant retailer that operates 4,964 footwear stores in North America, to Mediaedge: CIA’s list of clients. Payless,…

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Posted Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 4:45 a.m. (PT); last updated at 2:20 p.m. NBC wins key demo in tight Tuesday night race After a one-week hiatus due to President Bush’s State of the Union address last week, the most heated…

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PROFILE: Rob Bednarek

Title: Executive vice president and chief technology officer of PanAmSat Corp., a provider of global video and data broadcasting services via satellite. PanAmSat’s Webcast Services, formerly known as NET-36, provides a satellite-based Internet broadcast network that leverages the company’s global…

Quick Takes: What WB programs would you show in the netlet’s new 5 p.m.-to-7 p.m. Sunday block?

“They have pretty much said that it’s going to be repeat programming, so if that is the case, I’m voting for `Gilmore Girls’ and `Smallville’ because those are my favorites and they do really well. We have `7th Heaven’ as…

I take most of it all back

With Armageddon apparently just around the corner, one is inclined to (A) resume smoking, (B) drink heavily and (C) make amends. This was going to be the first in a series of approximately 1,748 columns under the umbrella title, “Things…

Liquor move could change whole game

NBC’s maverick decision to air hard-liquor ads is triggering discussion on Capitol Hill of a highly charged idea: imposing curbs on all televised alcohol ads, including beer and wine spots.The notion of restricting beer and wine ads, such as banning…

KABC corners L.A. market on Doppler

While people in other markets joke that Los Angeles has no weather problems, KABC-TV takes it very seriously. For the past year, the station has been planning and building a tower for its own “Live Doppler 7000” radar system. It…

CLOSE-UP: Amy Introcaso-Davis

Amy Introcaso-Davis is bringing a wealth of programming experience to her new position as VP of production and development at Bravo Networks. Shows she will be responsible for include “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Bravo Profiles,” and the live presentation…

Editorial: Promax deal a good start for NATPE

Last month’s NATPE conference made clear what the television industry has known for some time: The National Association of Television Program Executives needs to make a few changes.With the big studios setting up shop at the Venetian Hotel and the…