The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) | November 08, 2005
- Nov. 8--Crown Media Holdings, owner of the Hallmark Channel, narrowed its losses to 63 cents a share compared with $1.01 a share a year ago.
- Losses for the quarter ended Sept. 30 were $65.8 million compared with $105.8 million a year ago.
- The cable channel also recorded $10.5 million in sublicense fees and other revenues.
Backchannelmedia | November 09, 2005
- LONGVIEW, Texas, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Summit Environmental Corporation, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SEVT) announced Monday, November 7, 2005, the exceeding of $1,000,000 in sales for 2005 of the company's unique aerosol can fire extinguishers.
- Summit spent seven years developing its unique, one-of-a-kind product.
- Validation and listing as a portable fire extinguisher and proper classification according to USDOT guidelines as a consumer commodity ORM-D were among the time-consuming, mandatory necessities needed in order to create a product in a niche market.
Associated Press | November 09, 2005
- NEW YORK--Will people pay to watch their favorite TV shows when they want to?
- The two networks delivered a major challenge to the half-century old business model of broadcast television Monday by offering on-demand replays of several top shows including "CSI" and "Law & Order: SVU" for 99 cents.
- The CBS shows will be offered to roughly 5 million subscribers to Comcast Corp.'s digital cable service, a company spokeswoman said.
Journal of Consumer Affairs, The | July 01, 2005
- An information intermediary is a human or a nonhuman party designed to assist consumers in information processing.
- The results indicate that a low level of perceived expertise in financial management, a large amount of total financial assets, and a high opportunity cost of time enhance the perceived value of information intermediaries, thus increasing the likelihood of using information intermediaries.
- Finally, the results of our study should be generalized with context specificity in mind.
Palm Beach Post | November 08, 2005
- Paxson Communications Corp. founder Lowell "Bud" Paxson is stepping down as chairman of his namesake network, giving NBC Universal a chance to take greater control over the beleaguered West Palm Beach-based broadcaster.
- "This is really the best of all worlds," said Brandon Burgess, an NBC executive vice president who will take the helm as Paxson's chief executive officer Thursday.
- However, NBC can't buy a controlling interest in Paxson because of Federal Communications Commission rules that restrict the number of TV stations one company can own, Burgess said.
Business Wire | November 08, 2005
- International Commercial Television, Inc. (OTCBB:ICTL) ("ICTV" or "The Company") is a premier, full-service international retail and direct response television (DRTV) marketing company targeting the multi-billion dollar health and beauty industry.
- The Company is pleased to inform its shareholders that Interwood Direct, a distributor for ICTV, has successfully tested the Derma Wand infomercial in the German DRTV market, and is continuing to expand the Derma Wand into other markets.
- The Derma Wand infomercial was recently broadcast on various stations in Germany and preliminary results are extremely encouraging.
MARKET WIRE | November 03, 2005
- Word of mouth marketing, more than just the marketing buzzword du jour, is quickly becoming an indispensable tool, helping marketers turn good customers into their best advertisers.
- eMarketer's new Word of Mouth Marketing report, published in association with the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), reveals a wealth of statistics and research that attest to the growth of word of mouth marketing.
- "Word of mouth is the 'hidden statistic,'" says Geoff Ramsey, eMarketer's CEO and author of the Word of Mouth Marketing report.
MARKET WIRE | November 09, 2005
- Innovative Communications Technologies, Inc., (OTC: ICTN) now provides its Global Private Telecommunications Network (GPTN) product to 5 of the 7 major TV network affiliates in Seattle with the inclusion of Tribune Broadcasting television stations KCPQ-TV (Q13 FOX) and KTWB-TV (Seattle's WB), to its existing list of media clients in the Pacific Northwest.
- "We are honored by this opportunity to provide Q13 FOX and Seattle's WB with both inbound and outbound private network products," says Joel Edwards, Director of Network Sales, Innovative Communications.
- it's what we do best."
Richmond Times-Dispatch | November 07, 2005
- Nov. 7--A faded sign crawls across the side of an old warehouse in Shockoe Bottom: F.H. Boehling Co. Feeds and Seeds.
- But on the other side of the brick wall, in an airy room with tall windows, sleek furniture and plenty of head space, they're planting seeds -- and working to feed a growing branch of Richmond's working class.
- The Creative Change Center -- everyone calls it C3 -- defies easy definition.