Programming Quotes (244 Quotes)



    Television viewers, they've been around a long time. They've been watching this thing now for 50 years. I mean, they know exactly what's happening when it comes to television programming. You can't put anything over on them anymore.


    Since June, we have offered the International Freedom Center (IFC) the time they needed to clarify their intentions and work with stakeholders to reach a consensus, ... Today there remains too much opposition, too much controversy over the programming of the IFC.




    UPN-BCS gives us another outlet for community service. For instance, the programming will be conducive to running announcements for March of Dimes or promoting our annual food drive.

    The cable industry disputes that conclusion and says it has already addressed indecent programming. We don't think a la carte is the most effective manner of addressing indecency, ... We think parental controls are the most effective manner of addressing that.

    The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central.

    Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.

    You always have a certain affinity to the programming you watch from the age of six, ... where your consciousness is formed, until high school, and anything that comes after that will be positioned in your psyche in a different way.



    What we need to know is the complete package. We need to know that our next conductor is not only a top-notch professional musician, but also someone who has a good sense for concert programming, for understanding and working with the strengths and limitations of this orchestra, and all of that.

    Viewers have another avenue of getting their programming. Obviously, it's localism. People want local news and local weather and this is just another way they can pick it up.

    A la carte is not good for consumers, and we have experience to prove it. Disney Channel was once offered a la carte, but only a privileged few bought it despite the tremendous strength of our brand. Today, Disney Channel is in 87 million homes on expanded basic, and instead of putting our money towards marketing to retain subscribers, we are instead investing it in high quality programming.



    My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.

    We're delighted by the third season pickup of WILDFIRE, which we see as one of the staples of our prime time lineup of programming. It is another example of our ability to generate quality programming with enduring appeal targeted to the specific needs of cable networks.


    There is a very tight race for No. 1 between ABC, Fox and CBS. You can't discount that. That's why they decided to go with original programming. This is about the competitive nature of our business.

    This new position speaks to his interests, his talents and the company's commitment to develop new forms of programming content that can be broadcast on network television or streamed across multiple platforms.

    A lot of people who are not familiar with film festivals need to see stars in their movie to make them want to see the film. Our hope is they'll see all the programming we have and want to see the other films, too.

    Monk is the cornerstone of USA 's original programming. It remains one of the highest-rated series in basic cable history. We are so proud to bring it to the next level.

    I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming.

    This year was interesting because a lot of the other networks decided to run very strong shows against the Olympics - so they almost went directly at NBC to sort of attack the programming by scheduling a lot of very colorful things right up next to it.

    This settlement would preserve competition and protect consumers from higher cable service prices and reduced programming choices by ensuring that competing cable operators, new technologies and future programmers can gain access to Time Warner-Turner's customers and programming,

    I think they Spike were getting out of the wrestling business. Once you've had what you perceive is the top of the game, you think, 'I don't think we're going to go there from a programming standpoint.' But they were interested enough to take the meeting with us. I think from the very, very first meeting, they were intrigued by the uniqueness of our product, how innovative it was, how different it was from what they currently had on their air. They felt like, 'We could stay in this business and grow a brand together with a company who wants to work hand in hand with us.' Man, what could happen if two partners work together. They've been believers from the beginning. They're as excited about us being on Spike as we are.

    We wanted to bring the branding and positioning of the network more in line with the actual programming content. We felt that the previous branding wasn't as reflective as it could be for the kind of programming on our network. We wanted to align the network clearly with the tremendous growth of soccer in this country, and one of the things we're focused on is bridging the gap between doers and viewers, getting people who may participate in soccer and bring them into the tent as viewers.

    Sinclair Broadcast Group's broad reach enables us to penetrate pivotal markets, lending significant depth to our audience. We have officially realized one of the very first applications of the new digital technology, and more importantly, are using it to deliver truly innovative content to consumers starved for intelligent programming.

    Xamlon Web allows developers to be immediately productive in new deployment scenarios with virtually no learning curve, ... Now developers can use the programming languages they already know to create seamless business applications that deploy via the Web on practically any device or computer in the world.

    We don't typically use sports programming, but the Super Bowl happened at a time of year when dieting is at a peak. It was a terrific opportunity to get real reach to a vast audience, of which females are a big part.

    This publication is a great way to extend the promotional reach of our stars and programming. Each quarter, we'll be able to showcase our primetime, late-night, daytime, sports and news programming to more than 400,000 TV fans across the country, who we think will enjoy reading about their favorite shows and talents in a slick, engaging celebrity magazine.

    People are definitely increasingly interested in live mobile content. The general consensus is that mobile video that's going to really be successful will be sports, news and adult programming, the same stuff that's been successful in cable TV.

    We wanted to develop a means to extend the way people watch our television programming. Taking that to the next level, we're stressing portability and choice. We wanted to provide an alternative solution, an array of different products for our customers to use.

    Over the years, CTV, Global, City and CPAC have covered Canada's last surviving Victoria Cross winner in our news and public affairs programming. His state funeral was extremely important to our viewers. In our democratic society, openness and access to public events are the foundations of our free press. On Saturday, unfortunately, we were censored and denied access to a news event of important national interest,




    Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.

    Nevertheless, I consider OOP as an aspect of programming in the large; that is, as an aspect that logically follows programming in the small and requires sound knowledge of procedural programming.

    The value of the programming is clear. Everybody knows how valuable San Diego State is to this market. Cox doesn't have 90 percent of the market because they don't know how to serve their local customers, so they know in order to best serve the local customers that this programming is very, very important.

    My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.



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