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With the local advertising market in the tank, everyone knows times are tough for television stations. The problem is that business conditions aren’t likely to get better any time soon, and that has industry executives talking about more station owners declaring bankruptcy, getting taken over by their...
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Thanks for your recent editorial entitled “NATPE Take-Home: Change Is Imperative” (TelevisionWeek, Feb. 2). We understand that to be true. We are all dealing with economic stress and there is no segment of our business immune from the pressure of trying to find a better business model for the future...
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The slumping economy is forcing the new-media business to grow up fast. New-media producers and creators at last week’s NATPE conference in Las Vegas said they’re shedding some of the more speculative financial practices that defined the early days of digital production. Translation: They’re not going...
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Sometimes a TV theme song can say a lot. Last week, 20th Century Fox TV Chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman were sitting on a stage in Las Vegas at the National Association of Television Program Executives convention. It was just after 8 a.m., the room was a little more than half-full and NATPE chief...
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Anxiety is a common emotion at this year’s National Association of Television Program Executives conference in Las Vegas, as the shaky economy and thin station budgets threaten participation and attendance. Rick Feldman, president-CEO of NATPE, is well aware of that, but he’s tempering concerns with...
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When TiVo CEO Tom Rogers gives his Newsmaker Address on Wednesday at the 2009 National Association of Television Program Executives conference, he’ll be hoping it serves as an urgent call to arms for the television industry to avoid the Internet pitfalls that are currently swallowing the print and music...
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Monday, Jan. 26 Sixth Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards 6-8 p.m., Ballroom F Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney, NBC Entertainment & Universal Media Studios Co-Chairman Ben Silverman, actor-writer-director-producer Tyler Perry and Chuck Lorre, executive producer/co-creator of...
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Sometimes it seems as if the death knell for syndication has been sounding since the days of “Donahue.” Hand-wringers have been writing off the genre for years, declaring that daytime is dead or that off-net half-hours are endangered due to the drought of hit sitcoms on the broadcast networks. The only...
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There is a vital question you need to ask yourself if you’re headed off to the annual convention of the National Association of Television Program Executives in Las Vegas this week. Click here to take survey. No, it’s not whether to hit or stay on a 14 if the dealer is showing a 6. This is shaping up...
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Despite the National Association of Television Program Executives’ ambitious plans to draw exhibitors back to the trade show floor next year, high costs and the general atmosphere of the NATPE 2009 conference could cause some sellers to keep on living the “suite” life. While NATPE veterans agree that...
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GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE NATPE is expected to incorporate the most popular pieces of LATV into its annual January convention in Las Vegas. As the LATV Festival readies for its sophomore outing this week, executives at the National Association of Television Program Executives are looking at the gathering...