May
15
Advertising: It Was Open Mike at the Upfront Events
Posted in: UncategorizedThe professional comics were out, but so were network executives and actors who tried out their own bits.
Apr
01
Final Four Games Get Local Accents, Sort Of
Posted in: UncategorizedTurner and CBS scrambled to assemble announcing teams for Saturday’s Final Four teamcasts on TNT and truTV.
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Mar
29
TV Sports: Local Voices Aren’t So Eager to Go National
Posted in: UncategorizedTurner and CBS are approaching local radio announcers for alternative, hometown-style broadcasts of Final Four games, but loyalty and corporate obligations are keeping those announcers home.
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Jan
15
TV Sports: Small Deal for N.F.L. Games Has Major Implications and Potential
Posted in: UncategorizedThe league is interested in selling the rights to several of the Thursday night games that are now shown on NFL Network.
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Dec
01
Advertising: ‘Mob City’ Uses Twitter to Build Suspense for a Premiere
Posted in: UncategorizedThe executives behind “Mob City,” a series on TNT about Los Angeles mobsters in the 1940s, are taking a new approach to promotion by tweeting the first episode’s script.
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Aug
08
Profit at Time Warner Surges 87%
Posted in: UncategorizedInvestments in mythical kingdoms and alien invasions are paying off for Time Warner, which posted an 87 percent jump in income after it increased spending on original programming.
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Mar
12
Media Decoder Blog: J.R. Ewing Funeral Brings Season-High Ratings to ‘Dallas’
Posted in: UncategorizedWith the funeral of the famous character a centerpiece of the episode, “Dallas” attracted 3.6 million viewers, well above this season’s average of 2.6 million.
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