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Carter Dishes on 'Zippy,' 'Purple Steve'.(Bill Carter's Desperate Networks )
Edited by Joel Topcik When New York Times reporter Bill Carter 's hotly anticipated book on the TV industry comes out this spring, don't expect to see NBC Universal exec Jeff Zucker lining up for a signed copy at...
News investment pays off.(THE ROBINS REPORT)
First, there was the fawning profile of Leslie Moonves in the Sept. 4 New York Times Magazine--on a weekend when the country was preoccupied with the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina--in which the CBS chairman and Viacom co-COO outlined his prescri First, there was the...
The Katie Couric factor: media buyers rate the value of Dan Rather's anchor replacements in ratings and ad dollars.(AD Infinitum)
No wonder CBS Chairman Les Moonves is interested in Katie Couric. With Dan Rather exiting the CBS Evening News amid a nasty controversy, Couric is the best bet to restore order--and ratings (see B&C, 12/20/04, page 3)--even if Moonves has to wa No wonder...
Clash of the titans.(In The Loop)(Brief Article)
It's an aphorism to power centers like New York and L.A., and wherever Survivor is played: "It's not personal, it's business." But with NBC chief Jeff Zucker and CBS head Leslie Moonves, it's personal. And last January, Donald Trump ...
CBS sweeps blunder under ratings gains; Reagan biopic fiasco rare static for top network, but NBC pulls most ad dollars.(News)(CBS president Leslie Moonves under fire)
Byline: valerie block Last week, CBS stumbled into the crucial November sweeps with a massive black eye, the result of buckling to political pressure and pulling its controversial biopic, The Reagans. Looking past the scathing editorials, a radi Byline: valerie block...
Emmys certify CBS's Tiffany-Net comeback.
When Everybody Loves Raymond premiered in 1996, executive producer Phil Rosenthal was chided for making a sitcom that was so, well, so much like a sitcom, a throwback to the days when comedy on television was not necessarily sexy, bawdy or exclusiv When Everybody...
NBC adds an hour to a.m. franchise.(Brief Article)
'Today' goes later, 'Later Today' just goes from network Shortly before NBC executives unveiled their prime time lineup last Monday, they threw a bone to their affiliates--extending top-rated Today an hour, to 10 a.m., replacing the struggl 'Today'...
CBS, NBC claim victory.
Peacock preens over 18-49; CBS eyes total picture With the television season coming to a close last week, two networks came out claiming victory in the Nielsen ratings. NBC executives exited the May sweep last week proud...
Network heads find reward in risk. (broadcasters foresee intense competition in 1996-97 television season)(includes related article on resignation of ABC Entertainment Senior Vice President Michael Rosenfeld)
Facing launch of new season, executives agree that bold programing is key to success against cable competition A mid worries of cable encroachment, as well as major-league competition on Wednesday and Saturday, the race for the prime time pen ...
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New "Hero" Chosen by Fans in 'Create Your Hero' Campaign - New Micro-Series 'HEROES: DESTINY' Premieres Tonight on NBC.com, Hulu and Sprint Wireless Phones
Fans Select 'Santiago' as the #1 Fan Favorite to Star in Mobile/Online Series; Robert Urbina Set for the Role of 'Santiago' and Lina Esco, Andrea Thompson also Star BURBANK, Calif. -- After more than one million votes were cast, today NBC and Sprint announced the winning hero in...
Online Viewers at TV Network Web Sites Increase an Average of 155 Percent in September, According to Nielsen Online
Nielsen Online, a service of The NielsenCompany, today announced that all four television networks enjoyedmonth-over-month growth in online video viewers in September, coincidingwith the season premieres of many popular and new television shows (seeTable 1). NBC.com had the largest increase in video viewers, growing 312percent month-over-month, followed by FOX Broadcasting...
NBC Universal Selects Greystripe to Provide Ad-Supported Games for its Mobile Web Sites, Including Bravo, SCI FI Channel and NBC.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- NBC Universal NBCU, one of the world's preeminent media companies, has partnered with Greystripe, the leader in ad-supported mobile games distribution, to provide Greystripe's entire catalog of games to NBCU's mobile Web properties. In addition, Greystripe will distribute select NBCU mobile game titles from Bravo, SCI FI...
JumpTap Signs Deal with NBC Universal to Provide Mobile Advertising Services
JumpTap Named U.S. Mobile Web WAP Display Advertising Network for NBC Universal WAP Sites, Including NBC.com, SciFi.com, BravoTV.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- JumpTap, the leading mobile search and advertising provider, today announced a deal with NBC Universal to be their ad solutions provider for delivering and representing advertising inventory...
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Movies *The trailer for Leatherheads is at movies.yahoo.com. The football flick, starring George Clooney and John Krasinski, opens April 4. *Paramount has posted a five-minute scene from Cloverfield at comingsoon.net/news/movie news.php?id=40208. *A trailer for Horton Hears a Who is at apple.com/trailers/fox/hortonhearsawho. Steve Carell and...
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TV *NBC.com has launched an auction that includes paintings from Heroes at nbc.com/auctions. *Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ron Moore is blogging at rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Blog.html. *Writer/actor Robert Ben Garant (Reno 911!, The State) explains the writers' strike in his latest MySpace entry at myspace.com/deputytravisjunior....
NBC tests primetime on-demand with cox.(SHOW TIME)
NBC Universal has been busy making new deals and arrangements to ensure its programming is available on the Web both for a fee Amazon Unbox and for free with ads (Hulu.com, NBC.com). This week, the company announced an agreement with Cox Communications that let folks know that...
Web watch
TV *NBC.com is now streaming episodes of Late Night With Conan O'Brien the day after they air. *Anthony Bourdain traveled to Cleveland for his Travel Channel series, No Reservations. During the visit, he met comic-book creator Harvey Pekar, whose account of the visit is at travel.discovery.com/tv/bourdain/comic-book/cleveland-no-reservations.html....
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Movies *Yahoo has posted a trailer for Ridley Scott's American Gangster at movies.yahoo.com/feature/americangangster.html. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe star in the drama, which opens Nov. 2. *Claire Danes and Patrick Wilson co-star in Evening, a drama opening June 29. See the trailer at apple.com/trailers/focus_features/evening. ...
New game plan for 'Friday Night'
BEVERLY HILLS -- Now that it appears NBC is going to give the struggling Friday Night Lights a second chance, its tight-knit cast can shift from trying to save the show to getting people to watch it. Before an event at the Museum of Television & Radio this...
Media Morph: Tumri.(Digital)
Byline: abbey klaassen What it is: A start-up trying to bring branded e-commerce to the ad-network space. The idea is that by using traditional ad-targeting techniques and detailed information from e-commerce product databases, Tumri can push the right products to web surfers in...
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Printing Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing: 333293
