ShopTalk | TV Trends Ad Revenue Nightmare By Erik Sorenson on Jul. 21, 2009 - 12:00 AM Not since 2001 has the network television upfront remained frozen this late in the season. And that was during a much “better” economy! Here it is, July 21, and no deal of significance has been made. As always, rumors ...
ShopTalk | TV Trends Live Coverage: Jackson vs. Sotomayor, Round 2 By Erik Sorenson on Jul. 15, 2009 - 12:00 AM There was plenty of response to Tuesdays Remote Control about TV coverage (or lack thereof) for the Sotomayor Hearing on Capitol Hill. Shoptalk reader Ron DePaulis retired from ABC News expressed his dismay with the decision of hi ...
ShopTalk | TV Trends Live News Programming: Jackson vs. Sotomayor By Erik Sorenson on Jul. 14, 2009 - 12:00 AM Some in the print media are mocking their broadcast brethren for not covering this week’s hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The major broadcast networks interrupted regular programming last week for the Mic ...
ShopTalk | TV Trends Joining the Retrovolution By Erik Sorenson on Jul. 7, 2009 - 12:00 AM Only fitting on the day of Michael Jackson’s memorial service to share some of the feedback we got after yesterday’s posting of an email from a frustrated midwest TV news veteran. Take it away, Shoptalk readers: … ...
ShopTalk | TV Trends A Turn-Back-The-Clock Revolt? By Erik Sorenson on Jul. 6, 2009 - 12:00 AM In posting here last Monday about a change in editors at Shoptalk and the momentous (if sometimes horrific) times in which we live, I blogged about the changing business model for the television industry and how technology was dri ...
ShopTalk | TV Trends Size Matters, But So Does Reach By Erik Sorenson on Jul. 1, 2009 - 12:00 AM Part 2 Yesterday I warmed up the issue of audience size versus audience reach, a subject being promoted by CNN and Turner’s head of research, Jack Wakshlag. Their notion–that there’s more than one screen being us ...
ShopTalk | TV Trends Size Matters, But So Does Reach By Erik Sorenson on Jun. 30, 2009 - 12:00 AM Part 1 Some purists in our community have been complaining about the seemingly endless Michael Jackson coverage on national broadcast and cable television outlets. They have pointed out to Shoptalk (and anyone else who will listen ...