International Herald Tribune | May 13, 2008
- This week, the television upfronts - in which U.S. broadcast networks present their schedules to advertisers - will open with a mystery: Who stole six million viewers?
- The ratings for hit shows like "American Idol" and "CSI" have approached record lows.
- Where some of last May's 44 million viewers went is not a mystery, according to the networks.
Richmond Times - Dispatch | May 11, 2008
- Compulsive overshopper Elizabeth J. is learning to curb the habit.
- April Lane Benson is a New York psychologist who specializes in the treatment of compulsive buying disorder.
- Elizabeth J. - who did not want her full name used because friends and family would learn about her compulsive behavior - told how she is trying to curb the habit.
PrimeNewswire | May 13, 2008
- VALLEY STREAM, N.Y., May 13, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Raymond Padula Jr., a 19 year old Long Islander, founded Ray Padula(tm) Incorporated in 2006.
- Ray then got to work on designing new nozzles, hose connectors, hoses, timers, and just about any product that you could use with water outdoors.
- His factory, along with several others around the world work three shifts a day to create molds, attain materials, and produce the line of over 250 Ray Padula(tm) hose-end products.
Daily News; Los Angeles, Calif. | May 11, 2008
- I've got a terrific mom whom I love dearly, but I have to admit there are a few other mothers in my life -- on television, anyway!
- It was a great thrill to meet and chat with TV moms Marion Ross ("Happy Days"), Bonnie Franklin ("One Day at a Time"), Marjorie Lord ("Make Room for Daddy") and Meredith Baxter ("Family Ties").
- Last week, they gathered at the Television Academy in North Hollywood for a night of reminiscing and reunions with their on-screen kids.
Daily News; Los Angeles, Calif. | May 11, 2008
- While overall television viewership is up from last year, broadcast networks aren't celebrating.
- This is the week of the May upfronts, in which networks unveil their fall schedules to advertisers and the media.
- The presentations offer spectacle, comedy, music (The Who once performed for CBS) and a cavalcade of stars from each network's programs, followed by lavish parties with alcohol flowing copiously.
MARKET WIRE | May 13, 2008
- Dynamic Response Group, Inc. (OTCBB: DRGP), a leading innovator of strategic marketing solutions, today announced that the Company has surpassed the $10 million sales mark in the first quarter of 2008, an increase of approximately 130% compared to $4.3 million in the prior year period.
- The Company reiterates its revenue guidance of at least $40 million for full year 2008.
- We continue to successfully execute on our strategy and are well on our way to posting a record-breaking year for the Company."
The Philadelphia Daily News | May 14, 2008
- May 14--Soaring costs and lagging profits prompted EarthLink yesterday to say it will strip the city next month of equipment broadcasting Internet service to Wireless Philadelphia subscribers.
- Philadelphia and EarthLink partnered two years ago in an optimistic launch that envisioned more than 100,000 people logging onto low-cost wireless access across the city.
- EarthLink, in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday to break that partnership with the city and Wireless Philadelphia, complains that it spent almost $30 million to develop the system and has just 5,942 subscribers.
Business Wire | May 14, 2008
- itaas, Inc. and TVWorks, LLC today announced an agreement that broadens development opportunities for TV applications by adding the TVWorks tru2way and enhanced television (ETV) standards-based platforms to the itaas "istart" developer program.
- This agreement enables itaas, the leading provider of multi-platform solutions for MSOs, programmers and application developers deploying interactive technology in the digital media industry, to provide their support, expertise and resources to developers who are creating new and compelling applications for platforms delivered by TVWorks, a joint venture of Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Cox Communications Inc. Developers who join istart will gain access to tools, documentation, software upgrades and support for the TVWorks platforms, and can leverage itaas' expertise for complete product lifecycle assistance from concept through development, testing and post-deployment.
- "We are pleased to expand the developer community for TV applications by enabling itaas to include the TVWorks platforms in istart," said Greg Thomson, SVP Product Management & Business Development, TVWorks.