Broadcasting & Cable - January 19, 2003

Business may be brisk at NATPE this week, and, indeed, television syndicators may find that much of the cynicism and anxiety present last year is far less evident this year. Overall, the top 25 broadcasters are optimistic about the future of syndicated TV, and some even think the television industry is headed for economic recovery.

• Business
• Jets Loss Stings WABC-TV
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• Editorials
• Two Cents
• Airtime
• About 8-VSB: Sinclair Told You So
• Jessell's Column
• Voices and Choices

• People
• Facetime
• Facetime
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• Capus Thrives on TV News' Trial by Fire

• Programming
• RTNDF Releases Bioterror Guide
• BET Is About To Get a Real Rival
• VTV Targets Gap Between Nick, MTV
• Syndie Insider
• Market Focus
• The Big Easy's New Energy
• Syndication Watch
• Oprah Wears Its Age Well

• Supplement
• NATPE 2003
• On With the 2003 Show!
• The Agenda

• TV Buyer
• How High Is Too High?
• Ebb and Flow
• Happy New Year, Says RAB's Fries
• Hot Spots
• Hot Spots

• Technology
• Sinclair Uses WAN To Share Content
• ABC Sports Turns to an Old Friend
• Real Tests Multiformat Rights Manager
• Harris Targets Station Control
• Cutting Edge
• Cutting Edge

• Top of the Week
• Don't Expect New Chairman To Change Everything at AOL TW
• Dotcom Scores With TV Web Sites
• A Weary Powell Gets Thumped on Dereg
• We Can Now Report That Voter News Service Has Lost
• ABC's Thursday Cure: More Reality, of Course
• He's Syndie's Prom King
• TCA Briefs
• Petry, Katz Grade Syndie Shows
• Test Lab Gets NAB Nod
• CNN Is Becoming Walton's Mountain
• Now, NAB Pushes Triopolies
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop

• Washington
• Critics Are Out for (No) Blood on TV
• Capital Watch