ESPN360 Adds Champs Channel
World Championship Sports Net to Create Broadband Outlet
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National Geographic Takes Global Approach
International Focus for Both Production, Ads
Gwynn Revved Up for Playoffs on TBS
Hall of Famer Is a Team Player at Turner
Matt Frei is Keen on U.S. Politics
“BBC World News America” anchor Matt Frei comes to the assignment with the sort of international experience U.S. newsmen seldom have the luxury to accrue. The German-born 43-year-old has covered Asia for the BBC, as well as the first Persian…
Guest Commentary: Main Titles Rapidly Becoming Endangered
I enjoyed Marty Wall’s Guest Commentary about the importance of TV show main titles (“Cutting Main Title Short Shortchanges the Viewer,” TelevisionWeek, July 8). Specifically, he said main titles were critical in “building up a relationship with the viewing audience…
QuickTakes: Did ‘Kid Nation’ live up to all the hype?
“Personally, I feel that these kids aren’t ‘suffering’ or experiencing anything more than I did while away at sleep-away camp. We lived in tents and cabins right alongside spiders and mice, had chores to do each day and formed a…
Price Lands Key TVWeek Post
Crain Veteran Named Online General Manager
HubFX Links Cable to Web
Ubisoft Signs on as First Sponsor of FX’s Online Promo Site
Lussier Expands Into Live-Action Production
Hollywood entertainment marketing agency Lussier has launched a live-action production group and, through a strategic partnership with Zinger! Creative, added full-scale print advertising to its client services. Concurrently, the company has restructured itself into seven operating groups: on-air, print, live-action…
Digital Dealmakers: Roman Arzhintar, SideReel
The player: Roman Arzhintar, SideReel co-founder and CEO The play: SideReel.com is a new search and community site for television shows. The site is designed to serve as a “dashboard” for fans of TV shows because the pages for each…