Broadcasting & Cable - August 31, 2003

With nearly every corporation in the industry consumed with cutting costs and headcounts, it comes as little surprise that automation technologies continue to gain presence in local, network and cable TV newsrooms. Given the very nature of newsgathering, which requires personnel in the field reporting and filing stories, any advantage that frees up more folks for gathering news is attractive.

• Business
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• Editorials
• Airtime
• A Broader View of Broadcasting
• Bednarski's Column
• He Retorts. We Deride.
• Two Cents
• Two Cents

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• Managing Change in the TV-Ratings Biz

• Programming
• Ellen in a Different World
• ABC Uses Theme Park for Promo

• Special Report
• Newsroom Automation
• Less Tape, More Fulfilling
• Protocols, Standards Drive Development

• TV Buyer
• Hot Network Upfront Rotten for Local
• Ebb and Flow
• Network Scatter An Expensive Buy

• Top of the Week
• U.S. Ad Market Growing, Especially Cable
• People Meters Are Coming
• Philly Court Holds Fate of Dereg
• FCC Mulls $27K Fine For WNEW Sex Stunt
• Rivals Call WKMG-TV Show a Ratings Ploy
• Raycom Waits Out FCC Backlog
• Fear To Be A Factor Through '05
• Another Setback in ENG Backhaul Take-Back
• Sunburned
• Everybody Comes Back on Raymond
• No Labor Day Break for VUE Bidders
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop
• Station Break
• Station Break