Syndication refers to the sale or distribution of television programs that are offered to multiple markets for non-network exhibition. As a practice, syndication stands opposed to network broadcasting where content and schedule are determined...

Syndication may mean: Television syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside of the network system Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips Comic strip syndication Web...

Recycling the cream of the originators' efforts, syndicators dominate certain time periods and reap greater revenues Television viewers laugh at the Seinfeld gang's antics m the early evening or in late night, and South Park and Rugrats draw children wherever they are...

By Jim Benson The first-run syndication business is broken. Stations blame syndicators for ignoring their needs. Syndicators stay stations won't invest in their shows. As talk shows tank, studios turn to cheaper game and court shows. With January's NATPE confab just around...

Local TV stations broadcast shows from three different categories: local origination, syndication, and network affiliate content. Most people recognize the local origination stuff when they see it. It consists mainly local news, weather, and sports, along local talk shows and the occasional community-oriented special program.However,...

It could be ivory concealed in a container, cans of caviar in a suitcase or baby chimpanzees in a crate. The smuggling of wildlife goods is a low-risk, high-profit enterprise proving increasingly attractive to crime syndicates.Exports of wildlife, including fisheries and timber, are estimated at...