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Sen. Biden accepted the Dem. VP nomination last night.

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August 28, 2008

Sen. Joseph Biden on Wednesday night (Aug. 27) formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president in front of a national TV audience of 24...

TiVo Skips to Q2 Profit

TiVo president and CEO Tom Rogers on Wednesday told investors that while advertisers no longer had anything to fear from the company, the industry is ...

Arbitron Taps Steven Smith as Executive VP, Survey Ops

To strengthen survey operations as it rolls out the portable people meter radio service, Arbitron announced Thursday (Aug. 28) it had named Steven Smi...

FCC Survey: Most TV Stations Ready for DTV

The vast majority of active full-power TV stations, 96 percent, are ready or will be ready to make the transition to full digital service by the Feb. ...


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ABC Picks Up Another Pilot

Following ABC's pick-up earlier this week of five new series for next season, the network continues on the development path, giving a put pilot commitment to Back To You creators Steve Levitan and Chr...
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ABC Picks Up 'Cupid', 'Castle', And More

Having stalled its development process the longest of the four major networks following the writers strike, ABC announced it was picking up five more new series for the 2008-09 season, including three...

PTC Again Targets CW, This Time '90210'

The Parents Television Council is again going after one of its favorite targets,...

Lance Bass, Kim Kardashian, Cloris Leachman Join Cast of ABC's Dancing with the Stars

ABC has announced the 13 contestants for its new edition of Dancing with the Sta...


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With Denver playing host to the Democratic National Convention, opening today (Aug. 25), Americans may never look at the market or region the same way. Denver’s local media plan is to pull out all the stops to showcase its western pride.

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Rapid Report: Aug. 25, 2008

Drawing from topline circulation estimates filed to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Rapid Report service, this monthly feature looks at how titles in a given category are delivering on metrics like rate base performance, single copy sales and verified copies.

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With just 25 days to go until the official start of the 2008-09 season, here is an updated listing of series and season-premiere dates. Keep in mind that the return of Deal or No Deal and debut of America’s Toughest Jobs, both on NBC, was this past Monday.

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Mr. TV: Judge and Jury

I’d never seen a syndicated court show taped in person, so I was not about to turn down a recent invitation to attend an afternoon’s worth of episodes for upcoming Sony Pictures Television gaveler Judge Karen, presided over by South Florida judge Karen Mills-Francis.

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TLC has appointed Nancy Daniels as new senior vp of production and development, where she’ll oversee all strategic planning and execution for the network’s programming. Based in Los Angeles, Daniels previously served as senior vp of development and production for Discovery Studios—West Coast. Prior to joining the Discovery family, Daniels was vp of alternative-series development at CBS, where she had a hand in a number of hit unscripted series, including Survivor, The Amazing Race and Big Brother.

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Top 10 TV Programs in U.S. using Product Placement

January 2008 - June 2008

Rank Program Network Total # of Times that Brands Appeared in Program
1 AMERICAN IDOLFOX 4,636
2 BIGGEST LOSER (NBC)NBC 4,364
3 DEAL OR NO DEALNBC 2,122
4 EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITIONABC 1,776
5 APPRENTICENBC 1,646
6 HELL'S KITCHENFOX 1,596
7 BIG BROTHER 9CBS 1,514
8 ONE TREE HILLCW 1,308
9 AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL (CW)CW 1,259
10 LAST COMIC STANDING (NBC)NBC 1,206
Source: Nielsen Product Placement
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The Real Digital Revolution

—By Alan Wolk

The real digital revolution has nothing to do with advertising or marketing. In fact, it's the mortal enemy of both.

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Is the Nation's Richest Market Virtually Ignored?

—By Piet Verbeck

The advertising business seems to be way out of touch with one of the fastest growing and certainly the richest market of all: 65-plus.

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