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NBA Western conference.(basketball notes)
Midwest Division
DALLAS MAVERICKS: C Wang Zhizhi joined the team after completing his basketball obligations in China but immediately was placed on the injured list with right Achilles' tendinitis. Wang missed all of training camp, and the stint on the injured list will allow him time to receive a crash course on rules changes. He showed flashes of long-range shooting ability at the end of last season but needs work on defense.... Coach Don Nelson signed rookie free agent PG Omar Cook to boost the team's athleticism. Cook was released by the Nuggets at the end of training camp, but the Mavericks think he has a chance to develop after playing only one season in ...
- Euro screen ad group acquired by rival.(RMB bought by Carlton Communications...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...www.rmb.be), currently owned by Belgian broadcaster RTBF and French cinema chain UGC (see also UK screen ad company teams up with UGC in this section), is present in 16 territories and dominant in many of them. Price is relatively low considering...
- IBM to help Viacom deliver digital content.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...media company to deliver its properties over digital platforms. IBM (USA; +1/978 493 5111; www.ibm.com) will deploy a team of consultants with expertise in media and entertainment to help Viacom to develop digital asset management solutions for PC...
- Overhaul to Euro TV soccer rights selling. (Finance & Business).(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest June 1, 2002 700+ words
...Internet companies to share in bidding. UEFA said previous contracts had effect of stifling competition and meant only large media groups could afford Champions League rights. New business model will be introduced from 2003/04 season.
- US `Big Four' networks overtaken by cable. (Entertainment & Leisure).(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest June 1, 2002 700+ words
...points, helped largely by Winter Olympics. Just over half of cable's top 20 prime time networks were unchanged or down this season. Furthermore, only seven cable networks managed rating of one point in prime time, with none reaching two.
- Digital terrestrial TV comes to Balkans. (New Products & Services).
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest August 1, 2002 700+ words
...public broadcaster Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS: Serbia; + 381/11 321 2020; www.rts.co.yu) has formed special project team to spearhead plans for DTT trials. Field study of two-site trial near Belgrade is scheduled for early 2003. Test will include...
- Internet advertising drops $1bn in a year: but signs are that worst of the...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest August 1, 2002 700+ words
...S'. As we noted last year, prospects for the start of the 2001 were not encouraging, given that a strong 4Q `holiday season' simply failed to materialise, as it had done in previous years. Revenues in 4Q 2000 were up just 22 per cent over 1999...
- US TV homes over 100m.(Nielsen Media Research estimated 106.7 million...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest October 1, 2002 700+ words
...total US television households to be 106.7m for 2002/03 season. One national rating point--ie, one per cent of that total...067m US television homes. Estimate is up by 1.2m on last season's figures and incorporates data from 2002 census.
- New codec threatens MPEG-4's ascendancy. (Technical developments).(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest October 1, 2002 700+ words
...digital video standard. Format, called H.264 or MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC), is being developed by Joint Video Team (JVT) partnership between the ISO MPEG and the International Telecommunications Union. JVT (USA; +1/425 703 5308;www...