Broadcasting & Cable - November 23, 2003

The war in Iraq and economic doldrums in the U.S. punched a hole in local and national spot TV sales this year, depressing results, in varying degrees, for both broadcast and cable TV. Station managers, who watched sales crater as early as February, slogged through tough second and third quarters, hoping for a reprieve in the fourth, but it was no-go: A rip-roaring network upfront had snapped u...

• Editorials
• The House That Tisch Sold
• Airtime
• Stop Looking for a Falling Sky
• Bednarski's Column
• My Television Pals
• Open Mike
• Open Mike

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• A Dream Job for an Entertainment Junkie

• Programming
• HBO's Brothers Re-Enlists on History Channel
• Is Playmakers Off to the Showers?

• Special Report
• Spot Cable Advertising
• A Candidate for Growth
• New Strategies Target Faster Growth for '04
• Operators Turn to Custom Campaigns
• Ratings Changes Fuel Broadcast and Cable Fight
• Local People Meters, Headed for More Cities, Have Changed the Game in Boston
• Healthy Growth at Regional News Nets
• Sports Nets Score Big

• TV Buyer
• SNTA Splits Its Show Into Three
• Ebb and Flow
• Radio: National Beats Local

• Technology
• DirecTV Clears iTV Deck
• Kramer Acquires SVS

• Top of the Week
• Sweeps! Eye-Yi-Yi!
• Cox Nears Deal With Fox, Renews Talks With ESPN
• Maybe Winter Will Be Better
• 3 Katz Radio Execs Lead Brief Exodus of 130
• Sony Delays Debut of Disc-Based XDCAM
• Feds Ponder Safeguard For DirecTV Takeover
• Gimme the Mike! to Belo, Cox
• Rollback Rolls
• CBS Strength in Prime Gives Boost to O&Os
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop

• Washington
• Infinity to FCC: We Won't Pay Fine
• Capital Watch