If you want proof that media buying relies heavily on caffeine, just talk to Angelo Lomonte. Mr. Lomonte, promoted in August to VP and connections associate director at MediaVest USA, leads the planning work on Kraft’s coffee brands. Earlier in…
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The latest figures from the Nielsen Co. show that 13.7% of U.S. TV households are equipped with both a high-definition television and a tuner capable of receiving HD signals. Nielsen said 11.3% of U.S. TV households have HD sets and…
Discovery Communications’ Animal Planet has made a deal with CNN to re-air the news network’s series “Planet in Peril.” “Planet in Peril” is co-hosted by Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin. The two-part, four-hour series will run Dec. 2-3 on Animal Planet,…
Bernie Prazenica has been promoted from president and general manager of ABC-owned WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., to president and general manager of ABC-owned WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. The move, announced Tuesday by ABC Owned Television Stations Group President Walter Liss, is…
Online video shops from Break.com to Revision3 are launching marketing and promotional initiatives to expand their audiences during the television writers strike. Internet TV network Revision3, which produces the popular weekly Web show “Diggnation,” plans to increase the number of…
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John Edwards have issued statements of support for striking Hollywood writers. “I support the Writers Guild’s pursuit of a fair contract that pays them for their work in all mediums,” Sen. Clinton said. “I hope…
Writers may be in for a long wait to return to the negotiating table, if the latest verbal volley from Nick Counter is any indication. In a Q&A conducted on the first day of the writers strike, the president of…
Marg Helgenberger, actress on CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” is currently walking the WGA picket lines at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif. Mrs. Helgenberger is married to Alan Rosenberg, current president of the Screen Actors’ Guild. Click here for…