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ABC Strikes Gold With the Oscars Network sells out broadcast, fetching $1.7 million per :30

With just under three weeks to go before the film world descends on Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, ABC has sold the last available inventory in its broadcast of the 84th annual…

February 6, 2013, 11:57 AM EST

C-3POh No! Broadcasters Agitate for Better Ratings Currency Push to adopt C7 metric heats up as live ratings falter

Troubled by historically weak prime-time deliveries, broadcast executives have begun making a case for adopting a more expansive ratings currency, one that would wring more favorable results from time-shifting viewers. Speaking…

November 14, 2012, 5:26 PM EST

Iger: Lack of Blockbusters Is Putting the Hurt on TV Ratings Disney exec also cites time-shifting, Olympics disruption for ad market woes

While broadcasters have blamed everything from the DVR to the Olympics for a soft ad sales marketplace, Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Bob Iger on Thursday allowed that unspectacular…

November 8, 2012, 9:35 PM EST

Disney Studios Head Rich Ross Steps Down Veteran exec departs in wake of heavy ‘John Carter’ losses

Reeling from the John Carter debacle, Walt Disney Studios and Rich Ross on Friday abruptly severed ties with one another. A 15-year Disney veteran, Ross had served as the head of…

April 20, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT

ABC Sells Out Oscars At $1.7 million per :30, pricing flat versus 2011

On the heels of NBC’s lucrative Super Bowl sell-off, ABC has moved the last remaining advertising inventory in its 84th annual Academy Awards broadcast. Speaking to investors during the Walt Disney…

February 8, 2012, 8:35 PM EST

Disney CEO Iger to Step Down in 2015 New deal also makes Iger chairman of company

The Mouse will be getting a new chairman—and, come 2015, a new CEO. On Friday, the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company announced a new deal with CEO Robert…

October 7, 2011, 1:49 PM EDT

ESPN Powers Disney Earnings Sports leads 7% boost in cable revenues during third quarter

Add ABC to the list of broadcasters that have been nailing down their share of retransmission consent dollars, as Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger on Tuesday told investors the…

August 9, 2011, 6:21 PM EDT

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