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Creator of Today Dies at 93
Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, pioneering television executive
and creator of NBC’s Today and The Tonight Show, died
of pneumonia at his home March 15. He was 93. More
Who
Will Fill ESPN’s NBA Roster?
The National Basketball Association figures to be well
into its playoff season before ESPN announces the on-air
talent it will use next year under its six-year, $2.4
billion rights deal. More
Dish,
Disney Postpone Hearing
The court hearing on the fate of ABC Family carriage
on Dish Network that had been slated for Monday has
been postponed for two weeks, EchoStar Communications
Corp. spokeswoman Judianne Atencio said late Sunday.
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Eisner
Didn’t Expect Letterman
Even before David Letterman decided to stick with
CBS, The Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner said he
had a feeling his network couldn't snag the late-night
star. More
Two-Thirds
of Stations May Miss DTV Deadline
Roughly 66 percent of the country’s 1,300 commercial
TV stations could miss the May 1 deadline for launching
digital TV, according to a crunching of Federal Communications
Commission data. More
FCC
Likely to Auction Licenses Sought by Northpoint
Northpoint Technology Ltd.'s wait for Federal Communications
Commission licenses may soon be over, but word is that
it won't be getting the result it wanted. More
ABC
to Restructure Sales Staff
Look for ABC to announce a major restructuring
of its network ad-sales unit. A source said the plan
is designed to address the consolidation on the agency
and client side. The sales unit is setting up teams
and assigning each to a different large ad agency. More
NAB
Accuses EchoStar of Hypocrisy
The National Association of Broadcasters is circulating
a letter on Capitol Hill that accuses EchoStar Communications
Corp. of hypocrisy on carriage of local TV signals.
More
Source:
www.tvinsite.com
Communication satellite by end of year: Dr Atta More
Source:
The Pakistan Observer
Broadast
revenue could hit 5 percent in 2002
Bear Stearns analysts said
Monday that 2002 will be a better advertising year than
Wall Street or broadcasters had expected. More
French
channel launches in New York
Say bonjour to French-language
TV5 Etats-Unis, which beginning Tuesday, will be carried
on digital Channel 555 on Time Warner Cable in New York.
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Philly
'cat fight' ends with firing
NBC-owned
WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, has gotten ink in local newspapers
for the wrong reasons lately. More
Comedy
Central teams with Tennis Channel on marketing efforts
When
it comes to affiliate sales and marketing, Comedy Central
will be playing doubles with the Tennis Channel. More
Source:www.emonline.com
Hislop
pens BBC1 comedy series
Ian Hislop, the Private Eye editor and Have I got News
for You? regular, has co-written a BBC1 comedy series
about a fictional British prime minister, told from
the point of view of the politician's son. More
Taylor
Nelson Sofres defies slump
Taylor Nelson Sofres, the company behind the UK's TV
ratings service, has reported a robust set of results
for 2001, shrugging off the ill effects of the economic
slowdown that have hit the marketing and advertising
industries hard. More
Advertisers
agree to meet ITV giants
The advertising industry has agreed to hold talks with
Carlton and Granada as concern grows about a possible
merger of the two companies. More
Trial
of former BBC man adjourned
The fraud trial of former BBC Worldwide executive Jeff
Taylor in Hong Kong was today adjourned for a week.
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Battering
ram
Talk show veteran David Letterman has CBS over a barrel,
which suits the aggressive and single-minded Aries just
fine. More
MTV
to cash in on World Cup fever
Instead of answering questions about training and their
performance on the pitch, some of the world's top footballers
will be revealing the contents of their record collections
and favourite nightclubs on MTV this summer. More
Top
Murdoch lawyer to fight hacking claim
Rupert Murdoch has called in his most senior legal adviser
to fight a $1bn (£700m) court claim that a subsidiary
of his News Corporation helped hackers spread across
the internet secrets about the technology used by his
pay TV rivals, including ITV Digital. More
Source:
media.guardian.co.uk
Gemstar-TV Guide co-president and COO resigns
Peter
Boylan on Monday resigned as co-president and chief
operating officer of Gemstar-TV Guide.
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US
TV networks balk at sports rights payments
After years of explosive growth in the cost of sports
programming, some US television networks are taking
another look at the role that American football, baseball
and basketball should play in their schedules. More
Taylor
Nelson Sofres confident of steady growth
Taylor Nelson Sofres said on Monday it was confident
of steady growth for the current year after the market
research group reported a 15 per cent rise in pre-tax
profit before goodwill charges in 2001. More
Source:
Financial Times
TV
political censorship not justified on the ground of
taste
The
freedom of political speech to be enjoyed by an accredited
party at a public election, especially a general election,
must not be interfered with save on the most pressing
grounds. More
Disney
plans 'real' TV film on Prince William
rince
William's life is bring turned into a Disney TV movie
that aims to show how he has dealt with the death of
his mother, Princess Diana, Hollywood trade paper Daily
Variety said in its Monday edition
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Dimbleby
warning over 'crazy ratings obsession'
DAVID
DIMBLEBY has defended the BBC’s political coverage against
claims by Gavyn Davies, the man who beat him for the
post of BBC Chairman, that the corporation was appealing
to a middle-class elite. More
Source:www.mediaconference.com
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