Broadcasting & Cable - February 9, 2003

Traffic systems traditionally have been a rather slowly advancing product area. The goal of a traffic system, ensuring that spot sales are properly tracked so that the spots are properly played, is simple in concept but difficult in execution. That difficulty has made the creation traffic systems an area that has seen few major leaps in capabilities.

• Business
• Bresnan's Back in the Cable Biz
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• Editorials
• Airtime
• Can the FCC Revive the Indies?
• Bednarski's Column
• The Error of Aaron
• Open Mike
• How To Fix NATPE

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• Scott Likes Working for Family Businesses

• Programming
• Syndie Insider
• Nets Deviate From the Fall-Launch Standard
• More Sex on TV, But Safer, Too
• Cable Looks for Ace With Awards Shows
• Market Focus
• It's Small, but It's Healthy
• Syndication Watch
• Cold Weather, Hot Ratings

• Special Report
• Traffic Systems
• A Growing Complexity Drives System Advances

• TV Buyer
• Media Giants Restructure Their Cross-Platform Units
• TechTV Transforms Itself
• Cable Wants Bigger Bite of Broadcasting's Pie
• PBS Turns 30…Seconds
• Ebb and Flow
• Broadcast Spot Cools Off
• Hot Spots
• Hot Spots

• Technology
• Another British Invasion
• Tektronix To Introduce Rasterizer at NAB

• Top of the Week
• NBC Keeps Olympics All in the Family
• Cable Takes to High-Definition
• Gannett's TV Unit Boasts Big Gains
• Copps Seeks Witness Protection
• Fox, NBC in Tight Sweeps Battle
• Ford Joins Parade Out of Discovery
• Saturn's Big Viacom Tie-In
• Sony pushes tapeless ENG
• ABC: We Blew It
• Local TV Gets the Story
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop
• Station Break
• Station Break

• Washington
• FCC Could Close Radio Loophole
• Capital Watch