Updated style for Emmy Awards

Sep 16, 2003
After 44 years as a glitzy black tie albeit an often ponderous event, the 45th annual local Emmy awards will be a much lower-key evening, perhaps in keeping with the lower-key t...
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Up and Down the Avenue 9/16/03

Sep 16, 2003
Y&R adds CD Tim Crawley from Carmichael/Lynch; senior art director Sonya Grewal as a senior A/D, from Cramer-Krasselt, and the A/D-writer team of Mollie Wilkie and Greg Christen...
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Ad spending higher in first 6 months

Sep 4, 2003
Although network TV lost ground, total ad spending grew 6.8% to hit $61.7 billion during the first half of the year. Total broadcasting rose 4.7% to $31.3 billion and print inc...
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Good spot production starts fall season

Sep 3, 2003
**X-Ray Productions' Lance Catania shoots/directs a new promotion featuring Ch. 7's 10 p.m. anchor team, Ron Magers, Kathy Brock, Cheryl Burton, Mark Giangreco and Jerry Taft. ...
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REELSCENE: News & Notes

Sep 3, 2003
MOVIE ROLE FOR BROADCASTER. Jerry Rose, the Chicago religious broadcaster and head of Total Living Network, is executive producer of "Hangman's Curse," a thriller based on Fra...
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Eightball opens new post division

Sep 3, 2003
Six-year old Eightball Films in early October will open a new post operation, to be called Island Nation and staffed with four full-time editors. A major addition to Island...
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Actors to get tips from Hollywood pros

Aug 14, 2003
Actors to get L.A. tips from Hollywood pros Seems like the way to L.A. is being paved by the pros. Over the Aug. 23-24 weekend, Star Caster Network hosts a worksho...
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Spot production up 70% over 2002

Aug 14, 2003
If it feels to you like the spot business has picked up over last year, you're absolutely right. The Chicago Film Office, which keeps track of these things, reports a who...
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