Broadcasting & Cable

1. Cola war keeps on bubbling: Coke, Pepsi efforts rely less on traditional...
Call it beverage as entertainment. With celebrities like the Osbournes, Beyonce Knowles, Courtney Cox and Penelope Cruz guzzling, dreaming, singing and even burping their way ...
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2. Trickle down aids syndication. (Ebb & Flow).(Brief Article)
Look for double-digit advertising rate hikes for syndication in the second quarter. With network scatter going through the roof, media executives say syndication will benefit ...
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3. Let's take a meeting: SNTA next week; other ad confabs home in on tech.
Does TiVo spell the death of the traditional advertising on TV? What's the latest with product placement? Is syndication worth a look? Should the upfront ...
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4. The Antiwar Video Fund. (Hot Spots: Campaigns).(gets mixed results from...
The ANTIWAR VIDEO FUND has had mixed results getting local TV and cable outlets to run its ads. The Fund said it has purchased time ...
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5. Initiative Media. (Hot Spots: Research).(reports that reality television is...
The reality-programming trend isn't going away any time soon, says INITIATIVE MEDIA in an analysis of the genre in primetime. FOX's American Idol and Joe ...
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6. Cablevision gets good 4q report: but company gives up on the Wiz chain.
Cablevision's financial crisis is pretty much over, but, despite strong cash-flow growth, investors remain nervous over many issues, including the company's DBS plans. The company's ...
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7. Changing hands. (Business).(list of radio stations acquisitions)
Combos WBGB-FM Ponte Vedra Beach, WJGR(AM), WZNZ(AM) and WZAZ(AM) Jacksonville, Fla. PRICE: $9.25 million BUYER: Salem Communications Corp. (Edward G. Atsinger, president/CEO); owns 84 other ...
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8. Cable systems top 100 annual the listing.(Directory)
WHAT IS ONE of Comcast's solutions to fixing the mess at AT&T Broadband? Push power out into the field. AT&T is legendarily all about centralizing, ...
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9. Foes say spectrum fee will fall: but it may be tougher to get out of the...
Like gardeners fighting a tenacious weed, broadcasters again will spend political capital this spring clearing a proposed spectrum tax from the federal budget. Nobody in ...
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10. Clear Channel beefs up in D.C. (Capital Watch).(two staffers added to new...
Clear Channel has added two Capitol Hill staffers to its new Washington lobbying offices. Robert Fisher, a Republican telecommunications aide with the Senate Commerce Committee, ...
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