Media; Asia's Newspaper for Media, Marketing and Advertising | March 25, 2005
- The media trend to watch in Taiwan is TV shopping.
- Taiwan's Eastern Broadcasting used to be a media group competing in a crowded field following Taiwan's liberalisation of cable TV a decade ago.
- The group offered news, movies, soap operas, variety shows, etc. It was hard to imagine then that EBC would ever lead in any of its offerings in such a highly competitive market.
Backchannelmedia | April 30, 2005
- April 29, 2005 ChampionsGate, FL David Leadbetter, considered to be the world's foremost name in golf instruction, with 27 academies in 13 countries worldwide, has selected Moulton Logistics Management (http://www.moultonlogistics.com) to provide fulfillment for the David Leadbetter "Swing Setter" practice club (www.SwingSetter.com).
- According to Jeremy Aisenberg, Ledbetter's Vice President of Business Development, the, the Swing Setter was invented by Leadbetter several years ago, with Leadbetter personally overseeing design, development, engineering and quality control.
- "In a sense, it's a way to provide access to a lesson from David, himself."
Backchannelmedia | April 30, 2005
- "DRTV Connected's high subscriber count, coupled with nearly 2,500 industry members on average that read DRTV Connected on a daily basis, indicates that the newsletter has filled a niche and achieved wide acceptance among those in the electronic retailing industry," said Michael Kokernak, president of Backchannelmedia.
- DRTV Connected is a daily email newsletter republishing the day's stories culled from over 3,000 licensed content providers comprised of newspapers, trade magazines, trade journals, and newswires. Backchannelmedia, Inc., publisher of DRTV Connected, projects 25,000 subscribers by January 1, 2006.
Greensboro News Record | April 30, 2005
- Lisa Cox gets her shot at faux fame at 1 a.m. Wednesday.
- That's when the Greensboro faux-finish queen gets a live 10- minute appearance on the Home Shopping Network.
- Cox, whose faux striping kits can be found in Greensboro's Sherwin-Williams stores, has tried for two years to get on Florida- based HSN. She'll travel to the studio in St. Petersburg to make her appearances.
News Sentinel | April 27, 2005
- A little more than a year after moving its headquarters to downtown Knoxville and spending $3.65 million to renovate the Crystal Building, BankEast is aggressively going after more prime real estate.
- This time it's for an expansion of its fledgling network of branch offices in the Knoxville region.
- In addition to an office at 8845 Kingston Pike, which is under construction, BankEast plans to open offices at 6000 Kingston Pike, just east of the heavily used Northshore Drive-Kingston Pike intersection, and 10304 Chapman Highway near Seymour in the fast- growing Sevier County market.
The Philadelphia Inquirer | April 30, 2005
- Apr. 30--Within the first few minutes of her blind date at South Philly's Mario Lanza Museum and Victor's Cafe, Maria Siegert knew she was in for a long night.
- And tomorrow evening, many Comcast Cable subscribers from Virginia to New England will get to share her disappointing rendezvous.
- Her date is the reality in a new reality show called Dating on Demand: On A Date, based on Comcast's voyeuristically popular Dating on Demand online and video dating service.
Backchannelmedia | May 02, 2005
- WEST CHESTER, Pa., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading electronic retailer QVC drew rave reviews with the success of its new Broadway-inspired jewelry line coined the SCOUNDREL COLLECTION(TM).
- Renowned jewelry designers Kenneth Jay Lane, Nolan Miller and Joan Rivers collaborated to contribute original pieces to the lavish SCOUNDREL COLLECTION(TM), which are worn by the cast of the hit new musical DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS.
- Pieces from all three designers sold out during the April 25 broadcast, which featured in-studio performances by cast members of the Broadway production.
Seattle Post - Intelligencer | April 29, 2005
- CHRIS CASHMAN'S BUSINESS card identifies him as "talent."
- Where that "talent" designation gets a person in Seattle, and at KSTW/11, is a different matter.
- In Cashman's case, being talent means producing and hosting a zero-budget Sunday matinee program called "Movies on the Run," which puts lipstick on cinematic pigs such as "Mannequin" and "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" - on the local UPN affiliate, no less.
Backchannelmedia | May 02, 2005
- Governor Manchin to Issue Proclamation, Learn Craft from Fenton Craftsman
- WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Fenton Art Glass, the largest manufacturer of handmade colored glass in the United States, will mark its centennial anniversary May 4, 2005, 100 years to the day since the company opened for business.
- "When my grandfather and his brother started Fenton Art Glass at the turn of the last century, it was their desire to enhance the glass making industry," said George Fenton, President, Fenton Art Glass.
Oregon Business | April 01, 2005
- Americans love to vote - on which beer tastes better, which candidate won the debate, which talented young thing should be the next American Idol.
- Broadcasters know this - so TV ads are full of entreaties to "Pick up the phone!
- Dalen Harrison, Ensequence's 39-year-old CEO, log-led 60,000 air miles in the first eight weeks of 2005, talking up his company to analysts and demo'ing cool new iTV shows to media executives.