Italo rivals working out digital pact
Top execs of Italo major broadcasters RAI and Mediaset, state-owned telco Stet and French pay TV giant Canal Plus will meet in Rome today to close an agreement for a single digital platform, industry…
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Shock to the system
For his first nomination David Hyde Pierce, who plays the quirky Dr. Niles Crane on "Frasier," had his whole family present for the awards. "When the limo came, I was still in my sweatpants," Pierce…
Talks rate I for inconclusive
The TV content ratings stirred up discontent in D.C. again Tuesday as a triumphant press conference was quickly announced and then even more quickly canceled, and industry mavens debated the trauma…
Kramer in for Lucy confab
Singer-dancer Katharine Kramer has been added to the list of performers at Loving Lucy '97, the second annual convention of Lucille Ball fans being held July 11-13 at the Burbank Airport Hilton.
Ad$ spur News, Liberty to team on sports nets
A potential windfall of new advertising revenues emerged as the key motive behind the deal by News Corp. and Liberty Media to buy 40% of Cablevision Systems Corp.'s sports networks for $850 million.
Ad spending looking better
A leading ad-industry forecaster projects a "marginally better" outlook for U.S. ad spending than predicted six months ago, but still figures on a modest 2% gain for network TV.
KNBC veeps Bauer-Gonzalez
As expected, Nancy Bauer-Gonzales has been upped to the post of VP news at KNBC, effective Saturday. She replaces Bill Lord, who announced last week that he was returning to KIRO Seattle.
4 kids series top PBS lineup
PBS on Monday announced four new preschool series as well as a new corporate underwriter for two of its kids series, "Barney & Friends" and "The Puzzle Place," during its annual meeting in Dallas.
Bulls bite syndies
The Chicago Bulls' "drive for five" in the NBA Finals helped drive down national ratings for most firstrun access strips in the week ending June 8.
Showtime aims at July for 'Gun'
Showtime has announced it will begin running 19 installments of the original anthology series "Dead Man's Gun" on July 13, four months after the show's debut in an original trilogy.
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