Broadcasting & Cable - January 18, 2004

The launch of digital television and the increasing consolidation of station groups have already forced many broadcasters to undertake a significant change in the way they manage their operations. As they peer into the future, most broadcasters expect the increasing penetration of digital television, whether HDTV or multicasting, to significantly impact their existing economic model.

• Business
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• The Powell Retreat
• Airtime
• Cable Should Pay for DTV Signal
• Two Cents
• Two Cents

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• The Accidental Television Executive

• Programming
• Showtime's New Chief Has Emmy Envy
• LeBron Lifts Ratings in Ohio
• Syndie Insider
• Market Focus
• The Big Apple Towers
• Syndication Watch
• Tony Danza Steps In

• Special Report
• Guide to NATPE 2004
• TOP 25 STATION GROUPS
• NATPE 2004
• Small Fries Find Spots in Syndie Marketplace
• Traffic Systems: Station Groups
• Consider This Before You Buy

• TV Buyer
• Relaxed Rules on Drug Ads Find Allies
• NBC Plans To Give Local-Cable Ads an Olympian Push
• Ebb and Flow
• Mixed Signals in Cable Business

• Technology
• Voice in The Valley
• Playjam Service Offers Fun Via Satellite
• HD Sets Slim Down, Are DLP-Based
• Cutting Edge
• Cutting Edge

• Top of the Week
• Friends Finale: It's Sitcom's Super Bowl
• Does Syndie Kill Net Hits?
• Girard's Going Shopping
• Haag, Legendary Newsman, Dead at 69
• Quit Crying, Friends
• McCain Nudges Nets To Let More Indies In
• Powell, Upton Talk Real Tough on Indecency Fines
• Robins Is New B&C Chief; Jessell Takes New Role
• Network Execs Search for New Formula
• NFL Net Plans Super Bowl Blitz
• Yager Is Back, and He's Buying Stations
• Last-Minute Moves in Syndie
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop
• Station Break
• Station Break