There were reports this past week that NBC profits were up 17% partly due to Co-Chairman Ben Silverman. He sold content based advertising (product placement) and developed some good new content. The caveat is that viewership is still down. I as well as others in the industry see this race to the bottom for […]
Tags: Ben Silverman, NBC, Sharon Ross, Value Added
Today in the New York Times, Brian Selter writes that NBC is planning a variety show staring Rosie O’Donnell, cleverly called Rosie’s Variety Show. Fox is planning their own variety show with the Ozzy Osbourne family. Surely this is a sign of the times when the networks resort to their successes from the days when […]
Tags: FOX, NBC, New York Times, Rosie
Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal told Reuters that his networks are loosing local advertising due to the economy. He says it is not on a national level yet. This is a good thing, but it may only be the beginning. NBCU, this past year made some moves to protect its interests and start investing […]
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