Broadcasting & Cable articles from June 2003

Broadcasting & Cable archives from June 2003

Where the deals are; BIA: new FCC rules would make room for TV duopolies in 72 markets. (Media Ownership).(new regulations from Federal Communications Commission)
June 2, 2003... Cincinnati's WB affiliate is not the most watched station, but it may soon be drawing a lot of interest from other broadcasters in town. Thanks to the FCC'S vote on media deregulation today, Sinclair Broadcasting's WSTR-TV is the only station...

Dereg foes plan to fight on. (Media Ownership).(politicians, industry representatives react to new regulations from Federal Communications Commission)
June 2, 2003... Sweeping media-ownership changes slated to be approved by the FCC today will generate sound bites and headlines across the country, but the commission's decision won't be the last word. Both sides of the deregulation debate are gearing up...

Ted Turner blasts new dereg plans. (Breaking).(Federal Communications Commission plans)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... WASHINGTON--Speaking for himself and not as the largest shareholder at AOL-Time Warner, CNN founder Ted Turner blasted the deregulation rules likely to be approved when the FCC meets today. The new rules "will stifle debate, inhibit new...

Paxson completes liquidity plan. (Breaking).(Paxson Communications Corp. sells Albuqueruqe station, KAPX-TV to Telefutura Television Group)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.--PAXSON Communications on Friday completed the sale of its Albuquerque station, KAPX-TV, for $20 million, to Telefutura Television Group, a unit of Univision Communications. With the sale, Paxson Chairman and CEO Lowell...

Fed courts could get cameras: bill tied to judge pay raise is headed to the Senate floor. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... Broadcast and cable journalists are a step closer to a big victory on courtroom access. The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that will allow for a test of cameras and microphones in federal courts. Although similar bills have...

B&C Indices. (Top of the Week).(stock price indexes, cable broadcasting industry)(Illustration)
June 2, 2003... B&C INDICES WEEK YTD THE B&C 10 2.0% 7.4% BROADCAST TV GROUPS 2.1% 10.3% CABLE TV MSO'S 0.5% 12.9% RADIO 2.0% 6.0% CLOSE WEEK YTD Dow Jones...

CBS has a 5% solution for affils: it wants stations to pay for part of NCAA basketball package. (Business).(sports broadcasting and affiliate stations)
June 2, 2003... CBS is asking its affiliates to contribute as much as 5%, or $300 million, of the $6 billion the network agreed to pay the National Collegiate Athletic Association this year as part of an 11-year deal to carry the NCAA men's basketball...

Comedy to be part of MTV Music Group. (Top of the Week).(Comedy Central Inc.)
June 2, 2003... Opting to distance its two male-targeted entertainment networks from each other, MTV Networks is putting its newly acquired Comedy Central in the hands of Music Group chief Judy McGrath. McGrath, previously president of MTV Networks Music...

HDNet makes a deal. (Fast Track).(with National Cable Television Cooperative)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... HDNET last week signed a long-term carriage deal with the NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION COOPERATIVE that will bring HDNet and HDNet movies to RCN, MIOCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS and BLUE RIDGE COMMUNICATIONS subscribers as well as to those of more...

Magna Global USA. (The Biz).(comments on television viewer erosion)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... In its latest report, media buyer MAGNA GLOBAL USA blames some of the broadcast networks' viewer erosion on a decline in family programming. Magna traced that decline to 2000 or so, when, it said, the broadcast industry came to believe that...

TRIO. (The Biz).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Pop-culture cable net TRIO is pushing for a posthumous pardon of comedian LENNY BRUCE, who was convicted on obscenity charges for a 1964 performance. The plea coincides with the June 2 premiere on Trio of Lenny Bruce: Uncensored. To sign the...

Lifetime. (The Biz).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... LIFETIME has committed to VIACOM to produce 22 more episodes of original drama The Division, bringing it back for a fourth season. The Sunday-night police drama is pulling in an average 2.5 rating.

Comedy Central. (The Biz).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... COMEDY CENTRAL is committing to 13 episodes of animated House Arrest, about two twenty something slackers living under house arrest who spend their time watching animated shorts. The half-hour show, from DENIS LEARY and JIM SERPICO, is slated...

Bernie gets going. (Syndication).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Twentieth Television has cleared off-net Ideals for The Bernie Mac Show in 30% of the country, readying it for a fall 2005 rollout. Fox stations in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and Houston signed on. So did WCIU-TV Chicago, WPSG-TV...

Food Network. (The People Meeter).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Veteran programmer BROOKE BAILEY JOHNSON is returning to the cable industry as senior VP and GM of the FOOD NETWORK. She is charged with its daily operations and will report to Food President JUDY GIRARD. Previously, Johnson was EVP/GM for A&E....

AOL Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System. (The People Meeter).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Not unexpectedly, BRAD TURELL has returned to THE WB in Burbank, Calif., as executive VP of network communications. Turell is following his boss, JAMIE KELLNER. In a management shakeup at AOL TIME WARNER's TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, Keliner...

ABC News' John McWethy. (The People Meeter).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ABC NEWS' JOHN MCWETHY is leaving his Pentagon post to become a special correspondent. He has been ABC'S chief national security correspondent since 1984. State Department correspondent MARTHA RADDATZ is said to be the leading contender to take...

Corrections.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
June 2, 2003... The rollout of a digital affiliate transmission system by ABC will begin in fall 2004 and be completed in 2005. A story in the May26 edition on page 20 said it would be completed by fail 2004. Also the amount of money stations will be...

Syndication gets its share of upfront heat: total take is expected to be up 13% over 2002. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... Syndication got in on the heated upfront TV market, wrapping up most of its deals late last week after just a week of selling. "The sellers are very happy," said Gene DeWitt, president of the Syndicated Television Network Association. "Last...

Cable upfront warms up slowly but surely. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... The cable-network upfront market is expected to reach at least $5.7 billion, up 20% from 2002, with price hikes for the top-tier networks in the high-single- to low-double-digit range on a percentage basis. Second-tier networks will do less...

Karmazin sees no gold rush. (Regulation).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Mel Karmazin (pictured) isn't looking for a stampede following the FCC's expected June 2 decision to loosen media-ownership rules. The Viacom president recalled last week that, when the FCC last relaxed TV-station--ownership rules, in...

Superspots for sale. (Advertising).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Want to buy a 30-second commercial in the 2004 Super Bowl? Got $2 million? That's a good start at least. CBS started selling spots in the upfront at prices that one executive familiar with the terms said were "north" of $2 million. How much...

Askin' for a vote. (Atas).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chairman Bryce Zabel has decided not to run for another two-year term. That makes Tribune Co. syndication chief Dick Askin a favorite. The feeling is, "he's got a very good shot at it," says a source. A...

Going, going, not gone. (Nostalgia).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Now we know. The top price e-Bay bidders were willing to pay for Tonight show icon Johnny Carson's restored boyhood home in Norfolk, Neb., was $154,400. Unfortunately, that was not enough for the sellers. That bid failed to meet the floor...

Serve and volley. (Journalism).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... According to a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press report on subpoenaes served on the media in 2001, broadcasters are hit tar more often and are much more likely to comply. The 82 TV stations responding averaged 7.7 subpoenaes apiece,...

Promax aims to prove it's worth the trip. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... Promax&BDA, the awkwardly named association for television promotion, marketing and design professionals, meets this week for its annual convention, and--what else?--Promax chief Jim Chabin has been busy finding new ways to promote and market...

A load for Baer.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Mary Baer (above) health and medical reporter at WJXT(TV) Jacksonville, Fla., has added anchor duties to her resume. She replaces Deborah Gianoulis, who left the anchor slot to become the station's outreach and development manager, Baer will...

A sweeping view. (Station Break).
June 2, 2003... Here's a look at how news battles shaped up during May sweeps in some of the nation's largest markets. NEW YORK--The top two spots at 5 p.m. switched places from last May, with WABC-TV's 5.7 rating/12 share just edging out WNBC(TV)'s...

Finlayson moves to music city. (Station Break).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... NASHVILLE--Andrew Finlayson, is the new news director at Meredith's WSMV-TV. Finlayson, former news director at Cox's KTVU(TV) San Francisco, left there in January, the same time Mark Shafer left WSMV-TV The move reunites Finlayson with...

News at 7 with McGinty. (Station Break).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... WASHINGTON--Gannett's WUSA(TV) will introduce a 7p.m. news program this fall and has hired ABC News' Derek McGinty to anchor it. McGinty, currently anchor of ABC's World News Now, as well as a reporter in the network's Washington bureau, got...

New York tower gets a home: lost on 9/11, it will top World Trade Center replacement, after all. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... The Metropolitan Television Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding with Silverstein Properties last week that will place a new broadcast tower for NewYork-area television stations on top of the Freedom Tower, a 1,776-foot office tower...

Ad pro cunningham tapped for top cable post: Universal McCann executive replaces Joe Ostrow at CAB. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... Cable advertising has a new pitchman to lead the industry's effort to steal national and local ad dollars away from broadcast. Veteran media buyer Sean Cunningham, most recently executive vice president and managing director for ad agency...

Reilly to switch from FX to NBC? (Top of the Week).(Kevin Reilly)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... There was widespread chatter last week that FX's top programmer Kevin Reilly will move to a senior programming post at NBC when his contract expires later this summer. Reilly possibly could end up as head of NBC Entertainment, succeeding...

CBS, WB sprinkle summer with leftovers. (Top of the Week).
June 2, 2003... Summer on network television may not be the dead zone it was just a few years ago, but networks still use the season to get some of its unused programming on the air. These days, though, they couple it with series specifically intended for...

NBA stands tall for TNT in May: but most general-interest nets hurt. (Programming).
June 2, 2003... TNT grabbed the May cable ratings crown, thanks to an all-star performance from its franchise player, the National Basketball Association. Helped by the playoffs, TNT swept the cable competition with a 2.6 prime time average and nearly 3...

New boss to make travel's plans. (Programming).(Rick Rodriguez, Discovery Networks International)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Romano, Allison Discovery Networks International veteran Rick Rodriguez has been named executive vice president and general manager of Discovery's Travel Channel. Rodriguez, who joined Discovery in 1994, will oversee the network's...

Seacrest gets reward, too. (New Shows).(Twentieth Television to launch new show hosted by Ryan Seacrest)
June 2, 2003... With the 2003-04 TV season wrapped up, Twentieth Television is getting a jump on fall by giving slow rollouts to Classmates and possibly Ambush Makeover this summer. The syndicator also has begun actively selling a one-hour syndicated strip...

Walsh gets a second year. (Syndie Insider).(NBC Enterprises has renewed The John Walsh Show)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... NBC Enterprises has renewed The John Walsh Show in more than 86% of the country for a second season. The show has been cleared in 28 of the top 30 markets and 45 of the top 50 markets. "The John Walsh Show has proven to be one of the most...

Pyramid changes director. (Syndie Insider).(Bob Loudin to take over directing duties for Sony Pictures Television game show)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Bob Loudin will take over directing duties for Sony Pictures Television game show Pyramid when the show goes back into production in August. Sony also has cleared the game show on Post-Newsweek's ABC affiliate WPLG-TV Miami, where it will air...

Good sweeps for ET. (Syndie Insider).(Entertainment Tonight Weekend won its third straight May sweeps)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Paramount's Entertainment Tonight Weekend won its third straight May sweeps, finishing as the No. 1 weekly hour by a wide margin in the week ended May 18. That concludes the sweeps for weekend shows; strips are waiting for Nielsen to count...

Nielsen ratings.(Illustration)
June 2, 2003... NIELSEN RATINGS May 19-25 Week 35 abc MONDAY 7.6/12 8:00 8:30 9:00 26. ABC's 50th 9:30 Anniversary 7.6/12 10:00 10:30 TUESDAY 6.7/10 8:00 42. 8...

Zahn sets new exec. producer. (Market Focus: Norfolk).(James Miller will be new senior executive producer for Paula Zahn's upcoming prime time American Evening)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... James Miller, who most recently was a consultant for ABC News' Good Morning America, will be senior executive producer for Zahn's upcoming prime time American Evening, which should launch this summer. Zahn has been anchoring two hours in...

Vets' return aids market. (Market Focus: Norfolk).(return of sailors to Norfolk, Virginia, Naval Station is good news for local television stations)
June 2, 2003... The last two weeks have been busy, exciting ones in Norfolk, Va., Naval Station. Norfolk is the world's largest naval installation, with five battle groups (each comprising close to 10,000 sailors). After six months away, the sailors have...

Broadcast nets hit the jackpot: all dayparts, not just prime time, saw increases in a hot upfront market. (TV Buyer).(major broadcast networks sold their entire upfront advertising inventory)
June 2, 2003... For the second consecutive year, the major broadcast networks sold their entire upfront advertising inventory--across all dayparts--in one week-long frenzy. For a change, the blur of dollar signs extended through all the dayparts: from early...

Flat first half for local TV. (EBB & Flow).(advertising spending)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Second-quarter local TV advertising spending looks flat or down depending on the market. Given the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) 1st Quarter Report, released today, broadcast spot appears headed for the kind of flat-to-down year most...

Game Show Network plays 'find the product plug'. (TV Buyer).(product placement initiative to be launched)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Inspired by the success of product placement in shows like American Idol and its own programs, Game Show Network is going to upfront advertisers with a new proposition for sneaking products into its programs. The cable net is plotting a...

Fox cable's new tools. (Hot Spots).(new sales tools created by Fox Cable Networks Group executives)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... FOX CABLE NET WORKS GROUP executives have created two sales tools to help affiliates with their local efforts. One is its affiliate marketing Web site, which has reported nearly 2,000 registrants since its launch last January. About half...

Cross-platform deals go local. (Hot Spots).(Time Warner Cable is adapting cross-platform sales concept to local, regional use)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... TIME WARNER CABLE is one MSO adapting the popular national cross-platform sales concept to local and regional use. According to President of Ad Sales LARRY FISCHER, Time Warner has worked with such accounts as Oxford Health and Staten Island...

The Andrew Jergens Co. (Account Reviews).(advertising account )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... THE ANDREW JERGENS CO. account for personal-care and hair-care products is up for grabs. The review was spurred by the recent merger of incumbent INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS.' BOZELL with the LOWE agency, which already handles JOHNSON & JOHNSON...

America Online Inc. (Account Reviews).(advertising account)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... AMERICA ONLINE INC.'s corporate review has come down to OMNICOM's BBDO WORLDWIDE and DDB WORLDWIDE and WIEDEN + KENNEDY, Portland, Ore. BBDO produces AOL BROADBAND'S current TV spots, including one featuring actress SHARON STONE. The account is...

WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson Co. (Agencies).(Interpublic team of agencies has won Cablevision's DBS-service account)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... An INTERPUBLIC team of agencies has won CABLEVISION's DBS-service account. The service, tentatively called "Rainbow DBS," reportedly could get $100 million in ad support, although Cablevision execs have steadfastly declined to talk dollar...

Dr Pepper/7Up Co. (Agencies).(assigns creative for Sunkist soft drink to Brand Buzz)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Creative for SUNKIST orange soft drink, marketed via DR PEPPER/7UP CO., has been assigned to BRAND BUZZ, New York, part of the Y&R ADVERTISING unit of WPP GROUP. Y&R already handles other soft drinks for the marketer, including Dr Pepper, 7Up...

Campaigns. (Hot Spots).(Nike signs LeBron James to endorsement deal)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... NIKE stunned many in the ad business with last week's endorsement deal for high school basketball phenom LEBRON JAMES. The 18-year-old's multi-year deal, reportedly worth $90 million, was sparked in part by the likelihood that he will be the...

Cox Communications. (Promotions).(is focusing on custom-made network sales promotions)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... COX COMMUNICATIONS VP of ad sales BILLY FARINA said his MSO continues to steer toward custom-made network sales promotions. The newest is the upcoming promotion linked to TLC's A Makeover Story from DISCOVERY NETWORKS U.S. Scheduled for 13 Cox...

Fox Cable Networks Group. (Promotions).(is developing "Super SemiTruck Tour" for Speed Channel)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... FOX CABLE NETWORKS GROUP is at work developing the "Super SemiTruck Tour" that will hit the road for SPEED CHANNEL later this year.

Ridge take's the point: says Homeland Security department will coordinate emergency-communications planning at all levels. (Washington).(Tom Ridge)
June 2, 2003... Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge last week welcomed media executives' call for his agency to take the lead in coordinating their companies' emergency-communications planning with federal, state and local officials. Establishing a...

NABEF taps fellows. (Capital Watch).(National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation)
June 2, 2003... The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) has chosen the recipients of its 2003 Professional Fellowships to the NAB's TV- and radio-management and executive seminars. Attending the TV-management seminar July...

Azteca sees spots. (Capital Watch).(Azteca America may buy national spot advertising)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Spanish-language network Azteca America may purchase national spot advertising for its affiliates after winning a waiver to FCC rules forbidding nets from handling spot sales for affiliated stations. Since 1978, the FCC, on a case-by-case...

FTC circulates hispanic PSAs. (Capital Watch).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... The Federal Trade Commission is enlisting radio stations in an effort to inform Spanish speakers about the commission's consumer-protection efforts. It has begun sending two PSAs to more than 700 radio stations, including those in the top 100...

Dereg pitch punctuates pow-wow. (Capital Watch).(media deregulation)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... None of the participants appeared to take notice when the NAB's proderegulation message slipped into the FCC Democrats' roundtable against media deregulation. Gerard Waldron, attorney for the Network Affiliated Stations Alliance, called on the...

Breakfast with Torie. (Capital Watch).
June 2, 2003... NCTA has finalized plans for its National Show panel featuring embedded journalists and the architect of the embedding strategy, Pentagon spokeswoman Tone Clarke (above). Embed fans will have to get out of bed early. The June 10 session will be...

Adelphia funds rebuild efforts: also, revised accounting cuts subscriber count. (Business).(Adelphia Communications)
June 2, 2003... In new management's continuing journey toward more-normal operations, ailing Adelphia Communications has secured approval to spend $1.5 billion in large part to upgrade low-capacity systems. At the same time, Adelphia has drastically...

Changing hands. (Business).(radio station sales)
June 2, 2003... Combos KVON(AM) Napa and KVYN-FM St. Helena (San Francisco), Calif. PRICE: $3 million BUYER: Wine Country Broadcasting Co. (Roger 0. Walther, president); no other broadcast interests SELLER: CBM Napa LLC (Charles B. Moss III,...

Online news stations can use: Newsmarket taps IP to deliver content to clients' door. (Technology).
June 2, 2003... Television coverage of the war in Iraq stretched TV-network operations on the ground and in the sky as satellites often were overwhelmed with signals heading from the Middle East around the globe. Hard news ruled the skies, and soft news took a...

Proximity manages NBC operation. (Technology).(NBC Television Stations Division's centralized graphics operation )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Meeting the challenge of deploying a centralized graphics operation like that recently deployed by the NBC Television Stations Division requires more than just graphics and character-generator (CG) hardware and software: It requires a system to...

SCTE call for papers. (Cutting Edge).
June 2, 2003... If you're thinking of submitting a proposal for technical sessions at the Western Show from Dec 2-5 now is the time. The California Cable & Telecommunications Association (CCTA) and The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) have...

Dolby's got AOL. (Cutting Edge).(America Online, Dolby Laboratories introduce Dolby AAC technology)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... America Online and Dolby Laboratories have introduced Dolby AAC technology, an enhanced version of MPEG MC streaming technology. It's currently being deployed with new versions of Radio@AOL and Radio@AOL for Broadband. The new system is...

HD4 debuts. (Cutting Edge).(National Mobile Television)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... National Mobile Television's latest HD production unit, the $10 million HD4, recently produced its maiden HD/NTSC simulcast from Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. The truck, which includes Thomson Grass Valley cameras, was...

NEP taps Sony. (Cutting Edge).(DVS-9000 digital production switcher)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Mobile production company NEP has installed Sony's DVS-9000 digital production switcher in the Columbia 08 Mobile Production truck it purchased from Action Sports Cable Network. According to George Hoover, NEP senior vice president of...

VOD Gateway to provide more streams at less cost. (Technology).(Video Session Gateway from Artel)
June 2, 2003... Artel is introducing the VSG (Video Session Gateway), a video-on-demand transport system based on Gigabit Ethernet that it says allows for the transport of up to 30,000 MPEG streams on a single fiber. The company also says it will reduce...

Castle fortifies CCN's newsgathering ops: his task is to make sure the digital parts come together. (The Fifth Estater).(Gordon Castle)(Interview)
June 2, 2003... The digital revolution has transformed the broadcast industry and also the career of Gordon Castle, senior vice president, CNN Technology. He has helped CNN make the move from analog to digital and is now readying the news network for the next...

Broadcast TV. (Fates & Fortunes).(appointments, various TV stations)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... At KPIX-TV/KBHK-TV San Francisco: ROSEMARY ROACH, director, community relations, promoted to director, public affairs; JACK SCHWARTZ, business development manager, named director, development; SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ, producer/writer, KTVU-TV...

Cable TV. (Fates & Fortunes).(appointments at Comcast Media Center)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... At Comcast Media Center, Denver: DAVID HIGGINS, project development, The System Group, Hoboken, N.J., joins as VP, engineering and transmission operations; LESLIE COLACELLORUSSELL, senior director, sales, marketing and product development,...

Programming. (Fates & Fortunes).(appointments, various companies)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... STEVE GIGLIOTTI, senior VP, advertising sales, Scripps Networks, Knoxville, Tenn., promoted to executive VP, advertising sales and emerging media. At Court TV, New York: ANDY VEDERAME, VP, creative services, promoted to senior VP. 21....

Journalism. (Fates & Fortunes).(multiple broadcasting appointment briefs)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JIM MILLER, consultant, Good Morning America, ABC News, New York, named senior executive producer, American Evening, CNN, New York. At NBC News, New York; MARK LUKASIEWICZ, producer, named, executive producer, specials and special projects;...

Radio. (Fates & Fortunes).(two industry appointment briefs)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... DEBORAH PERUZZELLI, business manager, Big City Radio, Chicago, named regional business manager, Beasley Broadcast Group's five-station Miami cluster. CURTIS RAYMOND, sales manager, WBCN(FM) Boston, joins WQAM(AM) Miami, as sports sales...

Advertising/Marketing/PR. (Fates & Fortunes).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... TOM SASSOS, chairman, MediaEdge:CIA US, New York, appointed chairman, Cable Audit Associates, Denver. JOE DONDANVILLE, VP, strategic development, Publishing Group of America, Chicago, joins Intersport, Chicago, as VP, sales and marketing....

Technology. (Fates & Fortunes).(Joseph Pistacchio named regional sales manager, OmniBus Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JOSEPH PISTACCHIO, director, sales, Americas and Asia Pacific, Harris Automation Solutions, Palo Alto, Calif., joins OmniBus Systems Inc., Stamford, Conn., as regional sales manager, western U.S.

Associations/Law Firms. (Fates & Fortunes).(Dawn Hill elected vice president of American Women in Radio & Television)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... DAWN HILL, senior director; corporate marketing, American Urban Radio Networks, New York, elected VP, American Women in. Radio & Television Board of Directors, New York Chapter.

Obituary.(Andre Bernard dies at 78)(Obituary)
June 2, 2003... ANDRE BERNARD, former WNYC-FM New York radio host, died at his Manhattan home of a heart attack on May 22. He was 78. Bernard, a former theater and television actor, joined WNYC-FM in 1965. He was a newscaster, interviewer and...

Date book.(cable television industry events)(Calendar)
June 2, 2003... This Week June 1-5 Supercomm 2003 Georgia World Congress Center. Atlanta. Contact: info@supercomm2003.com June 4 Sesame Workshop 35th Anniversary and Benefit Gala. Cipriani, New York. Contact: Anita Hall, Linda...

NCTA schedule.(National Cable and Telecommunications Association convention schedule)(Calendar)
June 2, 2003... The National Cable and Telecommunications Association's Annual Convention and International Exposition will be held at Chicago's McCormick Place June 8-11. Here are highlights of the schedule, as of May 15: Sunday, June 8 Catching the...

An industry's best.(preview of Promax TV Century, Studio Marketer and Brand Builder awards)
June 2, 2003... Some of the TV industry's top promotion and marketing executives will step into the spotlight this week when Promax presents its first annual TV Century, Studio Marketer and Brand Builder Awards. The awards, to be presented at a pair of...

Building a network from the brand up: Sandy Grushow's hand can be seen in a string of successes at Fox TV entertainment group. (TV Century Awards).
June 2, 2003... In the early days of the Fox Television Network, when he was asked to build a marketing department from the ground up, Sandy Grushow made his first big branding splash. After being hired by Fox Broadcasting chief Barry Diller from the Fox film...