Word: networked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...pressure is on for the gymnast dynasts. "If they don't medal this time, Japan is going to have to completely rethink its gymnastics program," says Takeo Nakajima, who covers the sport for a Japanese TV network. "We're counting on them." So, no doubt, are their fathers, who hope these rising sons will raise Japan's gymnastics profile once more...
...show was instant hit when it premiered last fall. It is credited with rejuvenating the profit margins of the entire network, and undoubtedly helped its primetime line-up snag a Neilsen victory for the television season...
...South Park, laid off 20 last week from its staff of 170. A copyright lawsuit filed by the movie and recording industries has scared investors away from the Michael Ovitz-backed content-search engine Scour, which laid off 52 of its 70 employees two weeks ago. The Digital Entertainment Network imploded in May, and even the critically lauded short-films site Atom Films is in need of another round of financing...
...those tense synchronized-diving heats on the Net? Think again. The International Olympic Committee, at the behest of its well-heeled television licensees (principally NBC), has barred all video footage of the Games from the Web. Why? NBC won't be broadcasting any events live from Sydney, and the network chieftains don't want to be undercut by enterprising Webmasters. Now if only they'd ban those annoying Olympic mascots...
...report was released, Disney announced a package of new policies, including a promise that it would provide in its advertising explanations of why any of its films received PG-13, R or NC-17 ratings - for instance, for violence, sex, profanity or drug use - and that its ABC-TV network would no longer accept ads for R-rated movies during prime time before 9 p.m. Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, admitted to the committee that the FTC report identified some practices - like focus groups for 10-year-olds - that should end. But he insists that...