Broadcasting & Cable articles from January 2007

Broadcasting & Cable archives from January 2007

Can John Malone Remake His Cable Empire in the Sky?
January 1, 2007... By Mark Robichaux After acquiring DirecTV from News Corp., Malone's Liberty Media has new distribution muscle and a hunger for deals. The onetime cable cowboy talks about "triple play" via satellite, his new executive team and easing up...

Turtletaub's Nuclear Hit.(Jon Turtletaub)(Biography)
January 1, 2007... By Ben Grossman The film director and son of a TV man scores with CBS' Jericho As the son of a television producer, Jon Turtletaub grew up hanging around the sets of his father's iconic 1970s TV shows. But while Saul Turtletaub let...

Fates & Fortunes.(Cameron Blanchard appointed at Bravo)(Meade Camp appointed at NBC Universal Television Stations Division)(Matt Baxter appointed at Big Fish)
January 1, 2007... By Staff Broadcast TV Staff Greg Easterly , VP of news, WJW Cleveland, named VP of news, KTVT and KTXA Dallas-Ft. Worth. Tom Cury , director of sales, WBFS Miami, named director of sales, WFOR and WBFS. Andrew J....

OBITUARY.(Joseph Barbera)(Obituary)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... By Staff Animation legend Joseph Barbera , co-chairman and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Studios, died Dec. 18 at his Studio City, Calif., home. He was 95. Hanna-Barbera, founded in 1944, was subsequently sold and, in 1991, was...

Flash!(Fox 21 to produce reality shows for MyNetworkTV)(Kevin Sullivan)(television programs "Without a Trace" and "CSI: NY" not being filmed in New York)
January 1, 2007... Edited by Joel Topcik Fox 21 May Get Into the MyNetworkTV Mix Joel Topcik Now that News Corp. is looking to revive its dismally rated all-telenovela netlet, MyNetworkTV (MNT), with an injection of low-cost reality and game shows...

Stanton: Style and Substance.(Dr. Frank Stanton)(Obituary)
January 1, 2007... By Staff The CBS eye for detail, and for style, belonged to Dr. Frank Stanton. Stanton, who died last week at the age of 98, was the longest-serving president in the network's history, taking it from radio to TV. He was also one of...

The Net-Neutrality Spinners.
January 1, 2007... By Larry Honig To a spinmeister, a name can be a most flexible tool. Case in point? The term "net neutrality." "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more...

Syndication Takes Ratings Hit.
January 1, 2007... By Jim Benson Programmers retreating for '07 The syndication business is reluctant to roll out new shows for 2007, and it's not hard to understand why. Five genres, including talk, court and off-network sitcoms, suffered double-digit...

News Vets Infuse 'Jericho'.(Veteran CBS News producers, "Jericho : Countdown")
January 1, 2007... By Glen Dickson Lightweight, low-cost gear helps CBS quickly produce Web shorts Some unusual suspects are helping advance the storyline of the CBS post-nuclear war drama Jericho (see related Fifth Estater, p. 22), thanks to...

TECH TALK.(Hearst-Argyle Television Inc.'s purchase of Ikegami cameras)(Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.'s licensing agreement with British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... By Glen Dickson Hearst-Argyle Taps Ikegami Glen Dickson Hearst-Argyle Television has bought 17 high-definition Ikegami cameras for studio and point-of-view applications around the country. WCVB Boston installed five...

Fast Track.(Federal Communications Commission stands firm on idecency charges against CBS and Fox)(KRNV TV introduces high definition news)(Starz Entertainment sign deal with Eagle Rock Entertainment for concert films)
January 1, 2007... By Staff FCC Hammers Networks On Indecency Issues John Eggerton Agency stands by decision on Billboard Awards, Super Bowl By John Eggerton It was a busy year-end for the FCC , as the commission sounded off on both...

Northwest Station Pulls Signal In Retransmission Battle.(Spokane station)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... By Anne Becker Spokane station goes dark until Time Warner pays up--in cash In an escalating battle over retransmission consent, KAYU-TV , the Fox affiliate in Spokane, Wash., has yanked its signal from Time Warner Cable systems in...

McSlarrow Faces Changes.(Kyle McSlarrow of National Cable and Telecommunications Association)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... By John Eggerton NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow is a veteran Republican who faces a new Democratic majority in Congress. He is a free-market fan who is up against an FCC chairman who has hammered the industry on cable rates, tried to...

'The Golden Girls' Goes Global.
January 1, 2007... By George Winslow Studios are remaking U.S. hits abroad The future of American TV production took an international plot twist in mid December when two men named Vincent showed up at a sprawling Long Island, N.Y., mansion for the...

Mr. Schleiff Goes to Washington.(Henry Schleiff)
January 1, 2007... By John Eggerton The Hallmark Channel plans to open a D.C. front in its fight for higher sub fees Hallmark President Henry Schleiff, former president of Court TV, says he's looking to hire a high-powered D.C. lobbyist to capitalize...

'Wheel' and 'Jeopardy!' Renewed Through 2012.(Wheel of Fortune)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... By Jim Benson Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! , the top-two syndicated shows, have been renewed through the 2011-12 season in about a third of the country. Stations from ABC , CBS , Post-Newsweek , Hearst-Argyle and Sinclair...

Where to be and what to watch...(television program guides)
January 1, 2007... By Michael Malone Monday, Jan. 1 New Year's Day probably ranks around 365th in terms of which day we'd want to start a new job on. But we're not Nancy Dubuc , who takes over as president of History Channel today. One word of advice,...

Top Story of 2006: Iraq.
January 1, 2007... By Andrew Tyndall Nightly news focus returns to the war "Grave--and deteriorating" was the Iraq Study Group's grim diagnosis of the situation in Iraq. But anyone who watched the networks' coverage in 2006 knew this long before the...

Slinging Las Vegas.(dialogue with Jason Hirschhorn of Sling Media Entertainment)(Interview)
January 8, 2007... By Anne Becker Eight questions for Sling Media Entertainment President Jason Hirschhorn Jason Hirschhorn raised a few eyebrows when he left his post as MTV Networks' first chief digital officer in May 2006. Six months later, he...

TV Is the Star at CES.(Consumer Electronics Show)
January 8, 2007... By Glen Dickson Hi-def TVs, portable video devices, Web-to-TV convergence will be featured The biggest star at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week isn't Microsoft's Bill Gates, who will deliver the...

Syndication: The Value Proposition.(National Association of Television Program Executives)
January 8, 2007... By Wayne Friedman With NATPE approaching, media buyers size up the market As the National Association of Television Program Executives preps for its Jan. 15-18 convention in Las Vegas, five of the nation's top ad buyers talked to...

Deals.(Cable television broadcasting industry)
January 8, 2007... By BIA Financial Networks TVs KFTY(TV) Santa Rosa (San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose), Calif.; WKRC(TV) Cincinnati; KVOS(TV) Bellingham (Seattle-Tacoma), wash. Note: Station list includes only those in the top three markets where...

The Man Behind the Headliners.
January 8, 2007... By Joel Topcik Veteran TV agent Glantz keeps the volume low at Headline Media In his 20 years as a media talent agent, it hasn't escaped Michael Glantz that his profession has something of an image problem. "I often say to prospective...

Fates & Fortunes.
January 8, 2007... By Staff Broadcast TV Staff Vincent M. Manzi , VP/general manager, WLVI Boston, joins WTXF Philadelphia as VP/general sales manager, effective Feb. 19. Ward L. Huey , local sales manager, KFOR Oklahoma City, joins KTUL Tulsa,...

Obituary.(death of Noreen Welle)(Obituary)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... By Staff Noreen Welle , 57, VP, communications and marketing, for the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), died Dec. 29 at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. She had been battling multiple myeloma, a form of...

Flash!(Amanda Congdon)(Chevy Chase)(Jimmy Kimmel)
January 8, 2007... Edited By Joel Topcik Congdon, Not You, Is Person of the Year Joel Topcik Time magazine may have named You its Person of the Year for 2006, but ubiquitous online It Girl Amanda Congdon doesn't think you deserve the honor. ...

Slow Grow in East Pa.(Pennsylvania)
January 8, 2007... By Garth Johnston Tax breaks, interactive news boost optimism Though Wilkes-Barre-Scranton, Pa., is the 53rd-largest Nielsen market by population, covering 17 counties over nearly a quarter of the state, it dramatically underperforms...

Retrans War Redux in Spokane.(KAYU-TV)(Column)
January 8, 2007... By Paul Greeley When I read that KAYU, the Fox affiliate in Spokane, had yanked its signal from the Time Warner cable system in a retransmission fight [1/1, p. 5], I couldn't help but remember when Nexstar Broadcasting did the same thing...

Patriots on the Evening News.
January 8, 2007... By Staff In our June 5, 2006, edition, at the top of this page, we began reporting the number of journalists who have died in Iraq since the war began. At that time, as tabulated by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the number was 73....

Broadband Video Girds for Growth.
January 8, 2007... By Todd Spangler From Content Delivery to Syndication, Market's Hot for Internet TV Services Watch full episodes online for free !" So goes the ebullient pitch at ABC.com, which dangles 30 or so complete episodes of shows like...

The World Turns to U.S. TV.(Television dramas)
January 8, 2007... By George Winslow Domestic syndicators feast on $7 billion international market Last October, UK cable and satellite channel Sky One scored a major coup, outbidding broadcaster Channel 4 for the popular U.S. drama Lost. Final price:...

Upstarts Eye NATPE Stage.(National Association of Television Program Executives)
January 8, 2007... By Ben Grossman Conference turns to NASCAR, Naked News With so little new first-run programming on the docket for fall 2007, the chatter leading up to the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) conference, Jan....

Fast Track.(Cable television broadcasting industry)(Adelphia Communications Corp.)(Nancy Pelosi )
January 8, 2007... By Staff Ratings Race Begins Anew Ben Grossman Battle in 18-49 is likely to heat up beginning now By Ben Grossman The networks' return to new programming this week kicks off the back stretch of what should be another...

Fox Group Revamps Web Strategy.(Fox Broadcasting Co.)
January 8, 2007... By Paige Albiniak New station sites seen as standalone local businesses A year after the project began, the Fox-owned TV stations have finished the rollout of their new Websites. The sites are conceived as community-based businesses...

Hungry Like a Wolf.(Dick Wolf)(Interview)
January 8, 2007... By Jim Benson Dick Wolf, the outspoken executive producer behind the long-running Law & Order franchise, will be at the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) conference in Las Vegas Jan. 15-18 to promote the fall...

Washington Watch.(Bill Johnstone)(Federal Communications Commission)
January 8, 2007... By John Eggerton Blame the Messenger John Eggerton Oregon broadcaster says Portland paper got it wrong on TV study Bill Johnstone, president of the Oregon Association of Broadcasters, has a bone to pick with the Portland...

As NATPE Nears, Few New Programs On the Horizon.(National Association of Television Program Executives)
January 8, 2007... By Jim Benson Twentieth Television late last week appeared closer to greenlighting FremantleMedia's first-run game show Temptations. It's targeted for a fall 2007 launch on Fox and other stations. Beyond that and a handful of other...

Gannett's Ogden Is B&C's Broadcaster of the Year.(Gannett Broadcasting's Roger Ogden )(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... By Staff Broadcasting & Cable has tapped Gannett Broadcasting President/CEO Roger Ogden as its Broadcaster of the Year. He'll be honored April 12, when the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) holds its sixth annual marketing conference...

Where to be and what to watch--.(Consumer Electronics Show)
January 8, 2007... By Michael Malone Monday, Jan. 8 The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off in Vegas, as the sharpest minds in tech share their wisdom over four days. The keynote addresses are in the Palazzo at the Venetian, not the...

The FX Effect.(FX Networks L.L.C.)
January 8, 2007... By J. Max Robins I wasn't surprised when the new FX series Dirt opened big last week, averaging 3.7 million viewers. The Courteney Cox vehicle about the editrix of a sleazy gossip mag, her schizoid ace-paparazzi pal and the...

Bumper Crop of TV/PC Gizmos.(personal computer-to-television interfacing)
January 15, 2007... By Garth Johnston New devices take vastly different approaches to bridging the gap If last week's announcements are any indication, 2007 will be the year when the TV and PC finally start to settle their differences and make nice. ...

Five ways to fix syndication.(syndication of television)
January 15, 2007... By Jim Benson How stations and studios can deal with an industry in crisis It's moment-of-truth time for the television syndication business. As the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) gathers in Las...

Deals.(acquisitions)(Broadcasting companies)
January 15, 2007... By BIA Financial Networks TVs WHNT(TV) Huntsville, Ala.; KFSM(TV) Fort Smith, Ark.; WQAD(TV) Moline, Ill.; WHO(TV) Des Moines, Iowa; KAUT(TV) and KFOR(TV) Oklahoma City; WNEP(TV) Scranton, Pa.; WREG(TV) Memphis; WTKR(TV) Norfolk, Va....

A Fine Balance.(Oxygen Media, Gersh)(Biography)
January 15, 2007... By Anne Becker Oxygen's Gersh blends work and family at the pioneering cable network for women That relationship between family and hard work carried Gersh through college and law school, which she attended with financial help from...

Fates & Fortunes.
January 15, 2007... By Staff Broadcast TV Staff Barbara Wobbe , director of financial planning, Hearst-Argyle, appointed VP, finance, KTVI St. Louis. Kelvin Mize , local sales manager, WFLI Chattanooga, Tenn., promoted to local sales manager,...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 15, 2007... By Staff Yvonne De Carlo , who was one of Hollywood's glamour queens of the 1940s and '50s but will be best-remembered as TV's great vampire mom from The Munsters , died Jan. 8 at age 84. Playing Lily Munster in the series that became...

The Sunshine Market.(television broadcasting market)
January 15, 2007... By Garth Johnston Growth and diversity bolster Florida stations The forecast is sunny indeed for broadcasters in Florida's Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota. With a growing population, a wide variety of stations and a generally heated...

Beware the FCC"s New Kids-Web Rules.(Federal Communications Commission)
January 15, 2007... By Tarah Grant At the CES show last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger unveiled the next-generation of Disney.com. "This will be the digital doorway into Disney, both a destination and portal into a vibrant entertainment experience," he said during...

Alive and Clicking.(television broadcasting industry)
January 15, 2007... By Staff The message out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week was clear: Traditional television operators will do whatever they need to do to ride the mobile-phone, iPod-toting, Net-surfing media wave. The...

Flash!(CNN hosts)(HDNet)
January 15, 2007... Edited by Joel Topcik Larry King Sticks Up for Katie Couric Joel Topcik Count Larry King among Katie Couric 's fans. The venerable CNN host watches the new anchor of the CBS Evening News and thinks her ratings struggles have...

IMG Eyes Bunim/Murray.(Bunim/Murray Productions)(MTV Networks Inc.)
January 15, 2007... By Ben Grossman Management giant wants a U.S. TV outlet EXCLUSIVE! Sports, entertainment and media agency IMG is in preliminary talks to acquire Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), according to sources with knowledge of negotiations....

Will 'Deal' Launch In Syndication?(NBC Universal Inc.'s "Deal or No Deal")
January 15, 2007... By Jim Benson Fall '08 debut is a possibility Deal or No Deal , one of this year's most anticipated first-run candidates, could launch in syndication during the 2008-09 season but will bypass this week's National Association of...

Fast Track.(comedy show, Scrubs)(Parents Television Council)(advertising revenue)
January 15, 2007... By Staff "Scrubs" a Near Lock for Next Fall By Ben Grossman Creator says it could go to ABC NBC Thursday-night comedy Scrubs will be back for a seventh season on either NBC or ABC, according to creator Bill Lawrence....

Not Great News for Late News.(survey on 11 p.m. news watch)
January 15, 2007... By Paige Albiniak As 11 p.m. news plummets, newscasts at dawn flourish With late newscasts falling as much as 10%-20% in major markets from November 2005 to November 2006, stations are rethinking how they offer news. News consultants...

King Sounds Off.(Roger King)(CBS inc.)(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Interview)
January 15, 2007... By Jim Benson Roger King, CEO of CBS Television Distribution (CTD), is the blunt-speaking playmaker of the syndication business, and the annual National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) convention is his giant...

Where to be and what to watch….(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Conference notes)
January 15, 2007... By Michael Malone Monday, Jan. 15 A lot happens in a NATPE minute, goes the slogan of the National Association of Television Program Executives. So one can only imagine how much can happen in four whole days, as NATPE's annual...

Why NATPE Matters.(National Association of Television Program Executives)
January 15, 2007... By J. Max Robins You hear it every year about this time. As the industry converges on Las Vegas for the annual National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) confab, some network or studio honcho inevitably bitches: "Why are...

Robertson Is Toast.(National Association of Television Program Executives)
January 15, 2007... By Paige Albiniak A few fun tales about the dean of syndication bosses, with more to come at NATPE Throughout his 40-year career in television, Dick Robertson approached selling television shows the same way the avid sportsman...

In Honor of Tartikoff.(Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards)(National Association of Television Program Executives)
January 15, 2007... By Staff Four of television's most creative talents keep the tradition of NBC's programming legend alive Because he was so far in front of his television peers, it's hard to believe that it has been 16 long years since Brandon...

Harry Friedman.(Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards)(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Biography)
January 15, 2007... By Robert Edelstein He knows how to play the game In 1971, Harry Friedman decided to play Beat the Clock with his professional life. He arrived in Los Angeles at age 25 with no industry contacts and gave himself six months to find a...

Anthony Zuiker.(Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards)(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Biography)
January 15, 2007... By Stuart Miller He invented a franchise in one weekend Just summing up what it takes to be considered for a Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award makes Anthony Zuiker a natural choice. Tartikoff will always be remembered as an innovative and...

Bonnie Hammer.(Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards)(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Biography)
January 15, 2007... By Stuart Miller Great Achievements, Greater Expectations How would you like to be the one to put your reputation on the line by asking for a $40 million budget for a miniseries--for a cable science-fiction miniseries, no less? And how...

Stephen J. Cannell.(Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards)(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Biography)
January 15, 2007... By Robert Edelstein A Novel Approach to Life and television By 1983, Stephen J. Cannell, creator of The Rockford Files , Baretta , TenSpeed and Brown Shoe , and Greatest American Hero , had earned a reputation as one of television's...

With Few Choices, Top Groups Go Local.(local telecasting of television programs)(Statistical data)
January 15, 2007... By Paige Albiniak and Kevin Downey Station chiefs see a slow NATPE, decide to build their own shows Syndication executives are learning to focus on the growing areas of the TV-production business--digital, mobile and international--and...

Rosie Playing a Trump Card?(Rosie O'Donnell, Donald Trump)
January 15, 2007... By Anne Becker Rumors fly that she's eyeing syndication As the feud between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump raged on last week, daytime's hottest property was not a syndicated show. It was ABC's own talk show, The View . And the...

TV on the Go at CES.(consumer-electronics show)(mobile television)
January 15, 2007... By Glen Dickson Mobile-television breakthroughs dominate Vegas show While much of the hype at CES was about using the Internet to deliver video to TV sets, the biggest technology news at last week's giant consumer-electronics show was...

Musical Chairs: Dems Take Over.(democrats take on House proceedings)
January 15, 2007... By John Eggerton Former minority plans to flex oversight muscle Last week was the official changing of the guard in the House. Elected Democrats have taken over the committee and subcommittee chairs that will set the agendas for...

Violence: The New Indecency?(curbing television violence)
January 22, 2007... By John Eggerton Washington Considers A Crackdown On TV Gore A viewer surfing primetime broadcast TV last fall could find a woman's decapitated body hanging from a ceiling fan and a man with railroad spikes driven through his eye...

Deals.
January 22, 2007... By BIA Financial Networks TVs WQCW(TV) Portsmouth, Ohio; WOCW(LP) Charleston and WVCW(LP) Huntington, W.Va. PRICE: $5.25 million BUYER: Lockwood Broadcasting (James Lockwood Jr., CEO) SELLER: Commonwealth Broadcasting...

Top of the Heap.(New York No. 1 television market)
January 22, 2007... By Garth Johnston Flagships battle in the nation's No. 1 market With more than 20 million people and well over $1 billion in revenue, New York proudly claims the title of Nielsen's No. 1 television market in the nation. And in the past...

Nods to New Media in Syndication.
January 22, 2007... By Anne Becker Despite digital talk, deals focus on traditional distribution New-media executives were a conspicuous presence at last week's gathering of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE). But when it...

Flash!
January 22, 2007... Edited by Joel Topcik NBC"s Brian Williams Gets Dirty on "30 Rock" Joel Topcik Brian Williams , NBC Nightly News anchor, may be the most impeccably dressed newsman in the business. But in the alternate NBC universe depicted in...

NAPTE: Smoke but No Fire in Vegas.
January 22, 2007... By Jim Benson Station buyers reacted with a collective shrug to the modest crop of first-run shows brought to market at last week's gathering of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) in Las Vegas. In the end,...

Cable Upstart Challenges Big Boys.(NY1 News)
January 22, 2007... By Michael Malone NY1 targets broadcast with News at Eleven NY1 News prides itself as a scrappy hustler in a market dominated by broadcast giants WNBC, WCBS and WABC (see Market Eye, p. 16). But now the cable network, owned by Time...

Chandlers Bid For Tribune.
January 22, 2007... By P.J. Bednarski Family would spin off television stations Tribune Co. 's biggest (and angriest) shareholder offered to buy the Chicago-based company last week and, as part of the deal, proposed spinning off the company's 23 TV...

New Approach To Celebrity News.
January 22, 2007... By Jim Benson Telepictures Prods. President Hilary Estey McLoughlin has a new assignment: heading Warner Bros.' new syndicated TV series based on TMZ.com, the entertainment-news Website co-owned by Time Warner's Telepictures and AOL. ...

Fast Track.
January 22, 2007... By Ben Grossman and John Eggerton Sony Says CES Is New NATPE Ben Grossman Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is in 'early, high-level discussions' about shifting its strategy next year to concentrate additional resources and focus on...

CBS News Boss: Gender Bias Hurts Couric.(Katie Couric)
January 22, 2007... By Ben Grossman CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus says that, while the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric 'may have started off a little soft,' he is happy with where the show is today and doesn't plan any major changes in the...

Where to be and what to watch….(Calendar)
January 22, 2007... By Michael Malone Monday, Jan. 22 Are Mike and Juliet the next Matt and Meredith? The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet , starring Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy , debuts on 26 Fox-owned outlets. Also premiering is E! 's Boulevard of...

Harsh Reality.
January 22, 2007... By J. Max Robins In what has become a midseason rite of passage for network television, American Idol returned last week to the usual effect-record audiences for Fox and bitter resignation for its rivals. But lost in all the hoopla last...

The Chilling Field.
January 22, 2007... By Staff On that classic cop show Hill Street Blues , Sgt. Phil Esterhaus used to end his daily roll call with a stern reminder to the beat cops: 'Let's be careful out there.' As our cover story attests, it's advice that the...

The Movement in Memphis.(cry for media reform)(National Conference on Media Reform)
January 22, 2007... By Harold Feld More than 3,000 media reformers flocked to the Third National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) in Memphis, the weekend before the Martin Luther King Day holiday. They left filled with momentum. But the growing movement...

Bromstad"s Hit Parade.(Angela Bromstad)(Biography)
January 22, 2007... By Ben Grossman With House, Heroes and other smash series, the NBCU studio president is on a roll Angela Bromstad knew she had a knack for picking hits while working her first job in the business. As an assistant to Frank Konigsberg...

Fates & Fortunes.
January 22, 2007... By Staff Broadcast TV Staff Angela E. Betasso , director of sales, WFAA Dallas, named VP, sales. James Sweet , senior writer/producer, WEWS Cleveland, named creative services director, KNWA/KFTA Fayetteville, Ark. John...