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Volume 23, Issue 164, Jim Carnegie, Editor & Publisher
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Wednesday Morning August 23rd, 2006
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TV News ®
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 Supremes turn deaf ear to EchoStar
DBS video entertainment provider EchoStar will have to abide by the provisions of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act and cease the importation of distant network signals into markets where they are otherwise available from local sources. EchoStar had its pleadings shot down at the Eleventh Circuit back in May, and now has failed to get an emergency Supreme Court injunction staying that court's ruling pending an appeal to the highest court. The original suit against the DBS MVPD was brought by the big four television networks. The Eleventh Circuit judge, William Dimitrouleas, was particularly firm in his opinion (5/25/06 TVBR #103), saying, "As if the magnitude of its ineligible subscriber base were insufficiently disconcerting, we have found no indication that EchoStar was ever interested in complying with the Act. Indeed, based on the district court's findings, we seem to have discerned a 'pattern' and 'practice' of violating the Act in every way imaginable." According to the Wall Street Journal, EchoStar has until 10/17/06 to file a Supreme Court appeal, with a ruling coming sometime well beyond that date. NAB President and CEO David K. Rehr hailed the original court ruling, saying, "This opinion affirms the importance of localism in television, and vindicates an eight year effort by TV broadcasters to stop EchoStar's blatant and massive abuse of copyright law."
 Couric goes airborne
CBS has cut a deal with American Airlines to have its quarterly entertainment magazine "Watch!" placed aboard all flights next month. The magazine will promote the CBS fall lineup and features Katie Couric on the cover. CBS already has a deal with American Airlines to produce an in-flight video entertainment feature, "CBS Eye on American," so an estimated 4.4 million passengers will get a double-whammy of CBS promotion in September - video and print. The September 2006 issue of "Watch!" includes a cover story on CBS News' new anchor, Katie Couric, who makes her debut as anchor and managing editor of "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" on September 5th. In the interview she talks about what she hopes to do with the broadcast as well as her thoughts on journalism, politics and current events. Also in the issue are features on "The Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan in Shanghai; "NCIS" star Michael Weatherly in Boston; secrets from the red carpet, and more. Don't be surprised that there is a tie-in to American Airlines in one of the stories. "We are especially excited about the September issue because it features Phil Keoghan enjoying our first class Flagship Suite on his recent flight from Chicago to Shanghai, American's newest international destination." said Mary McKee, American's Managing Director of Inflight Products.
Univision sale vote next month
Proxies are being mailed out inviting Univision shareholders to a September 27th special meeting to vote on accepting the 13.7 billion buyout offer (36.25 per share) from the group headed by Haim Saban. 60% approval is required and shares not voted are counted as "no" votes, so Jerry Perenchio is pushing for a strong turnout. "The failure to vote has the same effect as a vote against adoption of the Merger Agreement," Univision noted in the materials being sent to shareholders. Perenchio and his associates have signed a voting agreement to cast their votes in favor of the buyout, but since his shares, which carry 10 times the voting power of regular shares for most matters, don't have any super-voting rights when it comes to selling the entire company, they account for only about 11.5% of the total votes in this case. By contrast, Televisa and Venevision, whose directors voted against the sale, control 15.7% of current shares outstanding and could increase that to over 25% if they were to exercise all of their stock warrants. So, voter turnout could prove to be important. Perenchio and Univision management need to be sure that another 48.5% of Univision's shares are actually voted in favor of the deal.
TVBR observation: Those shares are spread far and wide. Besides Perenchio, Televisa and Venevision, Univision has no other shareholder with a stake of 5% or more. According to the prospectus, a Goldman Sachs investment fund, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has reported to the SEC owning 4.1%, so it may be the next largest shareholder. One way to look at the math, if we assume that Televisa and Venevision will continue to oppose the deal and vote "no," at least 75.7% of all outstanding shares will have to be voted, and all of the rest "yes," in order to clear that 60% acceptance hurdle. One note: That math could all change if Televisa cuts a deal to sell Saban & Co. its stake before the September 27th meeting. As of August 17, 2006, there were 306,206,334 shares of Univision common stock outstanding held by approximately 424 holders of record, the company said in the proxy.
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 Campaign money flowing
through broadcast outlets
TNS Media Intelligence's Campaign Media Analysis Group is keeping track of that most seasonal of advertising categories, political, and in keeping with all the tea leaves and crystal ball readings that have preceded them, CMAG is finding record amounts of money being spent on advertising in support of both issues and candidates. YTD, 311M has been spent already, a figure CMAG calls "stunning." And that's just for local television, and it constitutes a 150% increase over the comparable period in the last midterm of 2002. The battle for Congress is generating much of the heat. Advertising related to federal office amounted to a relatively modest 6.5M in Q1, but surged to 83M Q2, and only figures to get hotter as we move toward November. Although senate races usually involve the biggest warchests, so far the battle to finish the term of convicted Representative Duke Cunningham (R-CA) is the spending leader at 13M, with a rematch of the same candidates on the card for November. CMAG counts 44M in spending in the early stages of Q3 on certain senate races. Hot spots are said to include Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska, Virginia, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Big bucks is flowing in battles over governorships and ballot issues, with California spending expected to total 300M on its own by Election Day. Big governor battles are also expected in New York, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Texas. And its not just TV getting the action. CMAG noted, "Local cable, radio and the Internet have also seen gains in ad spending because of their ability to closely target voters, which has tightened inventory levels in many of the battleground stations in 2006..."
 Station goes nuclear
in upgrade attempt
Alexander Broadcasting has found a novel underpinning for an upgrade argument. The company owns and operates WRCR-AM in Spring Valley NY up the west side of the Hudson from New York City. It's in Rockland County, which is also home to the Indian Point nuclear energy plant. The plant is a potential terrorist target. WRCR is said to be the main station providing truly local programming to the county, which is otherwise well within the broadcast footprint of New York City, picking up many stations with bigger fish to fry. The problem will come if indeed there is a pressing need to broadcast local emergency information. Currently heard on 1300 kHz, the station only has 500 watts during the day and a mere 83 watts at night, both off a directional array, which Alexander doesn't think will cut it when push comes to terror. It had applied to move to the expanded band at 1700 kHz during the Auction No. 84 AM free-for-all, but EB stations weren't considered in that proceeding, and its request for a waiver was denied. On second consideration, and with bipartisan support from politicians with a stake in the area, the FCC has decided that there is merit to putting a local signal in Rockland County. The catch, and Alexander was fully prepared for it, is that the 1700 permit will have to go through normal allocation procedures. The successful applicant will have to choose a CP that covers at least half of the Indian Point Emergency Planning Zone, will have to be approved for full EAS carriage.
TVBR observation: Pretty crafty. But before you run out and start looking for potential terrorist attractions upon which to pin your own upgrade attempt, we'd have to think that this confluence of circumstance is relatively rare. The voices from the Big Apple drown out a lot of the surrounding areas, but there is only one Big Apple.
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 YouTube unveils
video ads, brand channels
YouTube, the popular online video sharing company, announced it is adding video ads to complement its existing banner ads, promotions and sponsorships. YouTube calls them Participatory Video Ads (PVA) and Brand Channels. YouTube's first Brand Channel partner is Warner Bros. Records for Paris Hilton around her debut album, "Paris." The Paris Hilton Channel is sponsored by Fox's "Prison Break," the second season of which premiered Monday. The pop singer has created an original broadcast for the YouTube community taking advantage of the new PVA offering on the YouTube homepage. Weinstein Company, in a campaign created by interactive agency Deep Focus, worked the first-ever PVA promotion on YouTube for the current feature film "Pulse." "Our vision is to build a new advertising platform that both the community and advertisers will embrace. Our announcement today is just the beginning of the many new ad concepts we will be rolling out over the coming year," said Chad Hurley, CEO and Co-Founder of YouTube. "This new medium requires finding a balance between traditional online advertising and new creative approaches that engage consumers in an active way. Advertisers now have a highly targeted opportunity for aligning their brands alongside the entertainment experience people are enjoying on YouTube." The PVA is a user-initiated video ad with all of the YouTube community features enabled. Consumers can rate, share, comment, embed, and favorite advertising content that they find interesting, informative and entertaining. Rather than interrupt a consumer's experience, we have created a model which encourages engagement and participation. To help marketers create deeper, more brand-centric video experiences on YouTube, they've created an enhanced environment called a Brand Channel. Brand Channels provide advertisers a place to showcase video content on YouTube with a look consistent with their brand imagery.
 Sara Lee launches
''The Joy of Eating'' campaign
Sara Lee Food & Beverage is celebrating "The Joy of Eating" with a multimedia campaign introduced this week, the first time the company has advertised its whole line of breads, deli meats, cheeses and desserts under one comprehensive platform. The campaign launched with television ads and thejoyofeating.com web site and will be incorporated into all of the Sara Lee brand's marketing programs. The campaign, via TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, is targeted to "food-lovers," people who are passionate about food and its role in their daily lives. The first ad, "Yummy," is a 30-second spot designed with stop-action photo montages of people mid-bite celebrating the joy of eating with shots of Sara Lee products used in personal creations, accompanied by the song Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy. There will be additional executions in packaging, point-of-sale, bakery trucks, online and other marketing communications.
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 FTC chair not worried about neutrality
The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission sees legislation guaranteeing Internet network neutrality as unnecessary. According to ZDNet.com, she told a gathering at a Colorado think tank event that market forces would prevent any abuse, and that consumers themselves would enforce access to a wide open Internet in which they would continue to be free to explore without restriction. Her remarks were similar to those expressed by FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell when meeting with reporters last month. Both the FCC and FTC claim jurisdiction over aspects of the Internet, and McDowell said the FCC certainly had the power to swoop in and correct abuses if any occur. But he contended it was premature to regulate until market forces have a chance to do the work naturally. Proponents of network neutrality, who are opponents of Ted Stevens' proposed legislation on the topic, argue that most consumers do not have competing Internet providers, leaving them no leverage with which to punish or reward providers.
TVBR observation: It will be interesting to see if this goes anywhere in the short time left to Congress before the final push toward Election Day.
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SNL to replace four cast members
According to a NY Post story, four cast members of NBC's Saturday Night Live are about to be fired: "they know who they are, but the public doesn't. Two others - including the undisputed star of SNL, Tina Fey - are gone." Auditions are about to begin for the signature spot on the show, anchor of the "Weekend Update." Lorne Michaels, the show's boss and guiding personality for nearly 30 years - and the producer of "30 Rock" - has less than six weeks to get it all done. "The history of 'SNL' has been that people step up," Michaels told the Post. "It's just been that way, at least so far. I think there are people there now who are going to be brilliant." The man who has shared the headwriter's job with Fey for years, Seth Myers, is expected to become the show's sole head writer. And Fey's second on "Weekend Update," Amy Poehler, is also expected to be back, even as Rachel Dratch leaves to work on "30 Rock" full time, the story said. "This will be one of the few seasons that he doesn't bring in at least one new cast member. Knowing that budget cuts were looming for this fall, Michaels last year hired an exceptionally large cast - so that when the ax fell, he would already have a fresh, experienced cast ready to go."
 MTV, Nick to take on
larger role at Paramount
Viacom announced that MTV and Nickelodeon will become full labels under the Paramount Motion Picture Group (PMPG) as part of a new structure designed to deepen their track record with their core target audiences. The two former production companies, which previously operated as on-lot producers, will now join several other labels under PMPG's umbrella, including Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Vantage and Paramount Classics. MTV Films and Nick Movies will continue to release films targeted to their respective demos; with Nick Movies releasing animated and family films, and MTV Films focusing on comedies, documentaries, urban fare and horror films for teens and young adults. "After successful 12-year stints as production companies at Paramount, we are going to upgrade MTV and Nick to full movie label status," said Tom Freston, Viacom CEO. "This will expand their role at Paramount, will better leverage their considerable talent and marketing capabilities, and will allow for smoother day to day management on the lot with strong connections back to the core brands. This move plays perfectly to our company's unique strengths and will surely increase the positive momentum that we're seeing at Paramount under the leadership of Brad and his team." Paramount and MTV Networks named veteran producer Scott Aversano President of MTV Films and Nick Movies, giving him responsibility for film development, production and acquisitions for the two film labels. Aversano will work on the lot, reporting to Gail Berman, President/Paramount Pictures.
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 "Today" makes live concerts
available via iTunes
NBC News announced it will for the first time offer one of "Today's" summer concerts on the iTunes Music Store. "Today's" Friday, 8/25 John Mayer live concert will be made available in its entirety - along with some special behind-the scenes footage - as part of "NBC News On Stage," which debuts on iTunes 8/29. In addition to the Mayer concert, the new "NBC News On Stage" section on iTunes will include extended conversations with some of the biggest legends of the music world from the NBC News archives. The initial list include The Rolling Stones: The Matt Lauer Interview; Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia Speaks, Volume One; Madonna: The Jane Pauley Interview; U2: The Rona Elliott Interview; Cash Talk: Johnny and June Carter Cash; Ray Charles: The Rona Elliott Interview; and Judy Garland: The Barbara Walters Interview. NBC News on iTunes was launched three months ago, and also features a wide selection of current and historical programming. NBC News programs on iTunes are priced at 1.99 per download; The John Mayer video, featuring three songs, an interview and behind-the-scenes footage is priced at 3.99 per download, and will be available for a limited time.
Fox streaming on more than O&O sites
Fox Broadcasting announced it will stream free episodes of select series on dozens of Internet portals and websites, as well as over its nine O&Os as we recently reported (8/21/06 TVBR #162). Starting yesterday in primetime, episodes of Prison Break and Vanished were made be available at no charge to viewers across multiple portals and websites, including the network's own FOX.com as well as AOL.com, Google Video, Yahoo!, TVGuide.com and IGN.com, among others. "To launch our two big thrillers - Prison Break and Vanished - both of which have continuing storylines, it is critical to get viewers invested out of the gate," said Chris Carlisle, EVP/Marketing for FOX. "Our strategy supplies as many opportunities as possible for viewers to sample the first few episodes across the Internet. Since the Internet is so communal, we also hope they will immediately buzz about them to their friends online."
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| Ratings & Research |
Jordan still a winner
A rerun of Ed Bradley's interview of retired NBA superstar Michael Jordan gave "60 Minutes" the #1 spot in the Nielsen ratings for the most recent week and helped CBS to an easy overall win, while Fox claimed the 18-49 title. In Household numbers, CBS scored a 5.0 rating and 9 share, with NBC at 4.3/8, Fox 4.1/7, ABC 3.9/7, Univision 1.8/3, UPN and WB tied at 1.2/2, i and Telemundo tied at 0.5/1 and TeleFutura 0.3/1.
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17M WCWN-TV Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY (Schenectady NY) from WCWN LLC, a subsidiary of Tribune Broadcasting Company (Dennis FitzSimons) to Freedom Broacasting of New York Licensee, a subsidiary of Freedom Communications Inc. (Doreen D. Wade). Cash. Duopoly with WRGB-TV. Freedom is seeking failing station waiver to own both stations in the market. WCWN is a WB-heading-to-CW affiliate, WRGB is a CBS affiliate. [File date 7/31/06.]
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Fed talks mixes up market
Chicago Federal Reserve President Michael Moskow said the Fed might have to do some more rate raising, which gave pause to Wall Street traders. The Dow Industrials slipped five points to 11,340, but the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 were up slightly - a classic mixed market.
TV stocks were also mixed. Saga had the best day, up 2.6%. CBS (Class B) rose 1.7% a day after selling some of its radio stations. Gray Television rose 1.8%. The worst performer was ACME, off 3.6%.
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Here's how stocks fared on Tuesday
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Acme
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ACME
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5.16
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LIN TV
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TVL
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6.52
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-0.01
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Belo
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BLC
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15.92
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-0.13
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McGraw-Hill
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MHP
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56.60
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+0.36
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| CBS CI. B |
CBS |
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28.18
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+0.47
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Media General
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MEG
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37.08
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-0.37
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CBSa |
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28.12
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+0.43
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Meredith
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MDP
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47.01
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-0.18
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Clear Channel
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CCU
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28.10
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+0.13
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News Corp.
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NWS
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19.55
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-0.19
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Disney
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DIS
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29.64
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-0.33
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Nexstar
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NXST
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4.50
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unch
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Emmis
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EMMS
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12.11
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+0.06
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NY Times
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NYT
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21.64
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-0.28
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Entravision
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EVC
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6.96
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+0.03
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Ion Media
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ION
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0.93
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Fisher
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FSCI
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40.02
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-0.01
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Saga Commun.
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SGA
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7.39
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+0.19
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Gannett
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GCI
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54.92
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-0.29
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SBS
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SBSA
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4.30
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Gen. Electric
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GE
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33.96
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unch
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Scripps
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SSP
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43.40
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Granite
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GBTVK
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0.13
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Sinclair
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SBGI
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7.77
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-0.08
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Gray
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GTN
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6.28
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+0.11
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Time Warner
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TWX
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16.58
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+0.08
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Gray, C1. A
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GTNa
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6.76
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+0.07
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Tribune
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TRB
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31.31
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+0.01
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Hearst-Argyle
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HTV
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21.84
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-0.10
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Univision
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UVN
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33.92
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+0.30
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Journal Comm.
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JRN
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10.74
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+0.07
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Wash. Post
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WPO
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750.00
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-3.01
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Lincoln Natl.
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LNC
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59.85
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-0.29
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Young
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YBTVA
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2.17
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-0.10
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TV Media Moves
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 Cuomo
to GMA
Chris Cuomo will be joining "Good Morning America" as news anchor, rounding out the cast for the ABC wake up show, which has Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts (formerly in the news chair that now goes to Cuomo) as co-hosts following Charles Gibson's move to the evening news anchor chair. Cuomo will continue as co-anchor of "Primetime" and as senior legal correspondent for ABC News.
Peacock promotions
NBC has appointed Vivi Zigler to the newly created position of Executive VP, NBC Digital Entertainment & New Media, making her responsible for leading the NBC.com digital team in strategic efforts to further connect NBC programming with Internet users. Also, Erin Gough, Sr. VP, Current Programs, will become the top executive in the NBC Current Programming Department as Ziegler moves to the new post. Meanwhile, NBC has re-structured its specials programming department as Craig Plestis, Senior Vice President, Alternative Programming, Development and Specials, will now oversee specials on the West Coast while Doug Vaughan, Vice President, Special Programs, News and Entertainment, will oversee East Coast-based specials. Additionally, Libby Hansen has been named Vice President, Alternative Series & Specials, NBC and USA Network, and Marina Manela has joined the company as Director, Alternative Series & Specials, NBC and USA Network.
Maushard to Orlando
Barbara Maushard has been named News Director of WESH-TV (Ch. 2, NBC) Orlando, joining the station from six years as News Director of WISN-TV (Ch. 12, ABC) Milwaukee. Both stations are owned by Hearst-Argyle.
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Son charged
in host's death
Local news reports say Margaret "Peggy" Wandtke was killed last week at her home near Stevens Point, WI and that her 19-year-old son has been charged. Wandtke's body was found when firefighters reported to her blazing home, but officials said she was dead before the fire was set. Wandtke, 54, had hosted the daily show "Springtyme Folks" on WLUK-TV Green Bay in the 1970s, but had not been involved in broadcasting in recent years.
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TVBR Radar 2006
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Fox buys up the blinks
Clear Channel Radio and Fox Broadcasting announced a first-of-its-kind national radio campaign that uses "blinks," the shortest-length radio spots available. "Blinks" will be used to support the fall season premieres of Prison Break, House and The Simpsons. Conceived by, and running exclusively on, 1,100 CC Radio stations, "the first "blinks" - running every hour from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Kaye Bentley, Fox Broadcasting SVP, tells TVBR they chose the blinks because they've got iconic shows like The Simpsons, House and Prison Break. "We figure at this point it's just a tune-in message, a real quick 'tonight-tonight-tonight' message.
TVBR observation: Good move on the part of Fox and Clear Channel. Now this is how a Radio Blink should be used. Listen to the audio Blink spots only in TVBR as we have the Audio Content. See Ad Business Report section in
08/22/06 TVBR #163
CC settles 'Shellhammer suit'
Clear Channel confirms to TVBR the company has settled a class action lawsuit (known as "Shellhammer suit") in San Francisco Superior Court relating to claims for overtime and expense reimbursement by a proposed class of current and former account executives in California. "The settlement occurred before trial, there was no judgment, and Clear Channel did not admit liability," a company spokesperson said. We heard the settlement was for 22 million, but could not get a confirmation. The settlement included a full gag order, so read the details in
08/22/06 TVBR #163
"Fox on Demand" launches on
select O&Os; Toyota is sponsor
Fox Digital Media is launching "Fox on Demand" on the MyFox Local websites of nine local Fox O&O stations. This historic offering marks the first time local stations will stream network programming on their local websites. ABC and CBS also offer free, streaming ad-supported episodes, but not via the affiliate sites. Taking advantage of the MyFox Local platform and video player created by Fox Interactive Media's (FIM) Stations Group, Fox Digital Media will offer free, ad-supported streaming of select episodes.
TVBR observation: Fox decided to stream via the O&O web sites because it offers the opportunity to target ads locally as well as nationally. While these Toyota spots won't be localized, the ability is there and will indeed be used. The just-announced deal to stream The CBS Evening News has affiliates sharing in streaming ad revenue. We asked Fox spokesperson Scott Grogin if outside Fox affiliates will get a revenue share as well. It will be a possibility. "Right now all the nine stations in the test are O&Os. When we go wide, that will all be resolved." See the Total Report in
08/21/06 TVBR #162
EchoStar and TiVo
keep lawyers busy
EchoStar announced Friday that a Federal Appeals Court had temporarily blocked an injunction issued a few hours earlier by a federal judge in Texas that would have prevented EchoStar from distributing any more of its digital video recorders and made it turn off those already deployed in 30 days. But TiVo still has in place a ruling that the EchoStar DVRs violate its patents and an award of nearly 90 million in damages and interest - all now heading to appeal by EchoStar. More to this read in TVBR
08/21/06 TVBR #162
Online simulcast for
CBS Evening News
"The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" will become the first network evening news broadcast to be simulcast live on the Internet, beginning September 5th when it debuts on the air. In addition, the complete broadcast may be viewed as an on-demand program any time after the live simulcast or, as has been the case for the last few years, viewers may build their own broadcast by choosing individual reports from each program. To access the simulcast, viewers will be asked to register so that they view it when the television broadcast is aired in their time zone.
TVBR observation: The model has been cast and reach will be improved. Believe it or not, eventually all television stations and cable networks will be simulcasting on the net. Some for free, some ad supported. We've all heard it before - it's not about how it gets to the viewer/listener anymore, it's about the content and getting it to them in as many ways as possible. Advertisers will pay for that exposure and the technology is there to show the exposure was made. We've made it a global marketplace, well, it's a global media marketplace too. When someone watches CBS Evening News while traveling overseas, it should be counted as part of the total reach and it will. Ad dollars from new and traditional media all add up in the same column. Congrats to CBS for taking the "live" plunge.
08/18/06 TVBR #161
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