Word: studioful
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...counters. The fact that in 1994 his company produced the year's top movie, The Lion King; the top-rated TV show, Home Improvement; and the hit Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast did not prevent industry prophets from warning that, with the forced exile of his boy-genius studio chief, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Eisner's kingdom was losing the magic...
...appeal comes partly from the fact that since the networks have become ministudios under looser federal regulations that will allow them to syndicate their own shows, studio bosses are calculating that it's better to buy a network than compete with one. Add to that the passage of the sweeping telecommunications bill in the House last week--a final version has to be hammered out with the Senate--and bigger looks better than ever. With whiz-bang technologies--interactive video on demand, whoopee!--receding back into the future, the familiar and iconic television networks look almost sexy. "In a cluttered...
...late 1970s--the networks still reach 98% of American homes. Even in the face of declining audiences, the broadcast networks are looking at their best year ever in terms of advertising, with an expected $5 billion in revenues for the 1995-96 season. For a movie studio looking for a name-brand outlet for its product, the networks remain, as Raymond Katz, a media analyst at Bear, Stearns, puts it, "the most efficient marketing vehicle there...
EWTN's top draw is Mother Angelica, whose twice-weekly shows (with numerous taped repeats) are broadcast from a studio near the Irondale monastery. Mother Angelica gives new meaning to the phrase "winging it." On Tuesday's Mother Angelica Live, scriptless and sometimes armed only with a theme--youthful piety, for example--she rambles for 30 minutes or so about whatever enters her wimpled head. On Wednesday's installment, she chats with guests, usually priests or laymen who share her conservative views; both segments include calls from viewers. In video terms, it's totally retro, but it works. Says Jesuit...
...group of Episcopalians in Birmingham invited her to lead some seminars in Bible studies. Her growing fame as a spiritual teacher and writer led to 60 appearances on Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network. In 1981 she founded EWTN, which began broadcasting four hours a day from a primitive studio in a converted garage. Now the network has a staff of 134 and owns property and equipment worth $32.4 million. There is no budget as such. Mother Angelica believes God will provide, and so far he has: last year loyal fans contributed $13.2 million to keep EWTN...