Broadcasting & Cable

1. NAB seeks to delay people meters.(Breaking ...)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Broadcasters TV Board asked Nielsen to postpone the rollout of local people meters in New York. It's scheduled for ...
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2. United Paramount Network: where the girls are? The network is in the midst...
It's not surprising. Two years after Dawn Ostroff left womanly Lifetime for UPN, the network once known for brawny WWE wrestling and nerdy Trekkies finds ...
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3. Right hooks.(In The Loop)(Brief Article)
Conservative commentators usually attack liberals, not their own. So when radio host G. Gordon Liddy, of Watergate fame, recently duked it out with Fox News ...
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4. Indecent exposure.(fines on indecency telecast)(Brief Article)
Conventional wisdom says news and sports are traditionally exempt from indecency concerns. But in a climate of fear, station executives have discussed adding a tape ...
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5. Power to the people.(In The Loop)(Brief Article)
Public activists are taking it to the streets--and the suites. They kicked off a drive this week to sign up tens of thousands of citizens ...
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6. Stern und drang.(In The Loop)(Brief Article)
The FCC might blush at profanity, but they profit by it. B&C hears that its latest victim, Infinity Radio, will be socked with a six-figure ...
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7. Ad-ed value: Hallmark, Court TV tout sponsorship, audience quality.(Top of...
Cable works. That's the message the networks are pushing at their annual ad-market dog-and-pony shows this year. And they offer proof. Hallmark Channel execs, for ...
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8. USA wins, without a body slam.(Top of the Week)(USA Network Inc)(Brief...
USA Network is back. The channel hasn't been a cable champion since the World Wrestling Entertainment defected to TNN (now Spike TV) in 2000, taking ...
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9. Fox buying WPLG?(Station Break)(Fox 2000 Pictures)(Brief Article)
MIAMI -- Is FOX negotiating with Post-Newsweek to buy WPLG? That's the rumor swirling around Miami for a couple of weeks. However, sources at Fox ...
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10. Farewell to the news.(Station Break)(Peter Brown leaves Viacom...
BOSTON -- Peter Brown, news director for Viacom duopoly WBZ/WSBK in Boston, is hanging up his mike after 26 years in the business, the last ...
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