Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1959)

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Record Details:

Title:
Television digest with electronics reports
Date:
Jan-Dec 1959
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Radio News Bureau
Volume:
Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1959)
Leaf #:
000889
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television broadcasting -- Periodicals, Television -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A weekly digest of brief reports tracking recent developments in the U.S. television marketplace. Published out of Washington, D.C. with much more focus on the retail of TV sets than the other D.C.-based trade paper, BROADCASTING. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
September 05, 2024
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The authoritative service for executives engag^ed in all branches of the television arts & industries SUMMARY-INDEX OF WEEK'S NEWS ® ^ e 7953 I EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Talent agencies, chiefly MCA and William Morris, control — directly or indirectly — more than 40% of nighttime network TV (pp. 3 & 7). i Quiz Scandals QUIZ HEADLINES CONTINUE despite recess in hearings (p. 4). PROBE REVIVES network-control threats from Congress (pp. 1 & 4). DOERFER CHARTS PITFALLS of network control by govt. (p. 5). KINTNER (OF FTC) demands housecleaning. Code board acts (p. 6). i HAUSMAN TELLS NAB to face quiz setback realistically (p. 5). I STANTON purges quizzers, NBC "studies" similar action (p. 6). I I ETV h ■ STRATOVISION AIRBORNE AGAIN— for ETV— as influential educational group launches $7 million project to explore potential for mass instruction via flying TV stations (pp. 3 & 12). FCC NEW LOOK AT TV STANDARDS, in light of technical developments, urged by Bureau of Standards engineer William Coombs and FCC technical research div. chief William Boese (p. 9). [ Film d Tape ! ( "PARADISE" NOT QUITE LOST as 20th-Fox production boss Buddy i Adler takes over ailing "Adventures in Paradise." One sponsor ^ cancels, another looking for new show (p. 16). I ■ REACTION AGAINST VIOLENCE; More comedy series seen next season by Hollywood producers as reaction to all-time high in filmed violence (p. 16). j MOVIE MAJORS IN TROUBLE with new TV entries. Response by L critics & viewers indicates few of their series show potential (p. 15). I ' QUIZ PROBE REVIVES NETWORK-CONTROL THREATS: Despite much there-ought-to I be-g-law talk in Washington about purifying TV's programming practices, it's still good bet that no new . legislation outlawing deception in broadcast entertainment will come out of House investigation of rigged 1 big-money quiz shows (see p. 4). But TV networks may be in for rough time at next session of Congress. It's becoming more & more 1 likely that long-shelved proposals to put networks under direct FCC regulation will be dusted off after session opens in Jan. Along with FCC & FTC, they've been made chief targets of Commerce legislative oversight subcommittee in its attempts to finger those responsible for failure to stop quiz frauds before they spread. p NBC-TV & CBS-TV haven't fared well in House probe. And ABC-TV, although it was lucky enough ' not to have been involved with quizzes, won't be left out of any move for close govt, supervision of networks, which can be reached now by FCC only through their licensed o&o stations. Another factor in situation i which has nothing to do with TV or quiz scandals: FCC's inability to blow any whistles on MBS in alleged Dominican radio-news-for-sale deal (Vol. 15:41 p7). MBS doesn't even have o&o's. Manufacturing Distribution DISCORDANT SOUNDS from stereo market indicate that sales are lagging behind pre-season estimates. Set makers blame steel strike, overproduction, and dealer & public confusion for stereo's failure to blossom as anticipated (p. 17). DELAY IN FM STEREO probable; NSRC expected to ask FCC for 3-month extension of Dec. 11 deadline to submit proposals (p. 18). IS TV SAFETY GLASS on way out? Set and glass makers divided, as Corning, Kimble & Pittsburgh Plate Glass prepare to battle on merits of 3 TV tube approaches (p. 18). Networks ABC's FAST START in the competitive TV markets this season is reflected in the 24-market Nielsen reports covering prime-time periods for the week ending Oct. 4 (p. 8). Advertising NEW YARDSTICKS FOR ADMEN, in trio of research presentations, show that 30-sec. spots are gaining favor with agencies, daytime TV is good bet for tobacco firms, and TV viweing outpaces both newspaper & magazine reading (p. 13). Stations SLOWEST YEAR FOR NEW STATIONS sees only 20 starters to date, 10 of them educational (p. 4). New starters last week in N.D., Neb. & Ohio (p. 11).