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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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Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television’s programming and production president, will continue to serve as chairman of the board of the National Association of Television Program Executives, the group announced today. Joining the 2009 NATPE board are Lisa Berger, executive VP of original programming and series...
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The biggest annual event in the syndicated television industry wasn’t so big this year, reflecting the struggles TV stations face as the economy contracts and local advertising dries up. Attendance fell 14% this year at the Las Vegas convention of the National Association of Television Program Executives...
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Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein distinguished themselves among syndicators at NATPE this year by being one of the few companies actually rolling out new product. Debmar is gearing up for the fall rollout of “The Wendy Williams Show,” and despite already sealing up a majority...
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Despite the concerns about attendance and interest, Ritch Colbert, principal with Program Partners, said he and his company have had a good year at NATPE 2009 in Las Vegas. The company announced sales of “Marie” in New York and Los Angeles at the convention. “We book all of our appointments in advance...
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NATPE President and CEO Rick Feldman estimates that attendance at the syndicated television industry’s biggest conference this year fell 14% to about 6,000 registrants. That represents a drop of nearly 1,000 from last year. Mr. Feldman said the attendance loss was in part the result of TV companies limiting...
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At a NATPE convention that has been light on news about new syndicated television shows for 2009, new sales for “Marie” and “How I Met Your Mother” made headlines at the show. What future do you see for the NATPE show? Vote in TVWeek's online poll. Click here to take survey. Those show clearances...
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ABC has learned that doubling the ad load from four to eight in its online primetime shows doesn't decrease consumer interest in watching shows online, said Albert Cheng, executive VP of digital media with the Disney-ABC Television Group, during an afternoon panel at NATPE. During its research, the...
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Marie Osmond’s talk show, “Marie,” picked up two crucial markets, Los Angeles and New York, as the Program Partners-distributed program reached a 70% national clearance level, company principal Ritch Colbert announced today. Program Partners hopes the newly added affiliate stations, Tribune’s KTLA-TV...
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One of the keys to online video success is to create videos that fit with what people are already talking about. That's the advice of Ben Relles, creator of the popular BarelyPolitical Web series, delivered during a panel at NATPE this morning. "My thinking about online video is if you can figure...
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The National Association of Television Program Executives is providing live streaming of panels from the convention in Las Vegas this week. Today's panel being streamed via Stickam, "Digital Studios: Where's the $$$?," is moderated by TelevisionWeek contributing writer and new-media...
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While most executives at NATPE said attendance at this year’s conference will be lighter than most, the sparsely populated convention floor is still a shocker for most veteran attendees. The floor itself, which opened Tuesday at NATPE ’09 in Las Vegas, appeared to have little foot traffic, while the...
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With the economic model for reality television shifting not just yearly but monthly, networks still want to be pitched just on the core creative idea and not on ancillary businesses that surround a show idea. "If a producer comes in with a pitch and a package like an ad model or products around...
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NBC's programming chief Ben Silverman has a solution to help broadcasters make more money. They should be able to sell to advertisers against the live-plus-seven-day ratings for shows, Mr. Silverman said during a morning keynote interview at NATPE in Las Vegas. "We don't get paid for live...
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Broadcast television as it was previously known is dead, said Lionsgate Co-Chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer during his keynote address this morning at the 2009 NATPE convention in Las Vegas. Mr. Feltheimer said the old model of television is deceased, and a new model that rewards new thinking, fresh ideas...