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...America don't know it, but they have a problem. Sure, they make most of the money, hold most of the Senate seats and have most of the orgasms. But until now, there has been, scandalously, no cable network specifically set aside for them...
...also had a problem. Formerly the Nashville Network, in 2000 it decountrified and became the National Network. The name--which sent the resounding message "This network is available in all 50 states!"--left viewers unsure what TNN was, except those who thought it was still about Nashville and were surprised to find it running Blind Date instead of Tim McGraw videos. Once a perennial cable top 10, the network saw its ratings drop to 14th place...
...kind of tech lab. Equipment from IBM and Cisco is being used to turn the entire Wimbledon site into a wi-fi zone. Journalists will be able to file stories wirelessly from any location, and game statistics will be logged directly from courtside into the data-crunching network used by TV broadcasters. Perhaps the most useful innovation is the "Hawkeye" system that determines where a ball will land based on its trajectory. IBM and the BBC insist that they're not out to second-guess official calls - as if a mere machine could stop the John McEnroes of the sport...
...Peter Baylies is always a fine choice for father of the year. As the founder of the At-Home Dad Network, Peter continues on his nine-year quest to establish a bona fide home front for the more than 2,000,000 American dads who have left the cubicle for the small desk in their den. But when I called Peter to get the latest at-home daddy scoop, he glumly informed me that no new data exists. ""The Census tries to track us," he said, "but their efforts fall short. They never ask who the primary caregiver is." According...
This growth, along with the new economics of sports TV, brought the AFL and NBC together. After losing $300 million on the last two years of its NBA contract, the network exited the major-sports business last summer. To fill the weekend space, NBC offered the AFL a slot in its schedule, on the condition that the league waive a rights fee and let NBC broadcast games in perpetuity. Under the arrangement, NBC this year got the initial $10 million in advertising revenues to cover its production and promotion costs. The next $3 million went to the AFL. Both figures...