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Warner Bros. International Promotes Rothblum

Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has promoted Sylvia Rothblum to senior vice president and managing director of German-speaking territories for the company. Under her new title, Ms. Rothblum will oversee the company’s operations in German-speaking Europe, overseeing the licensing of…

House Proposes Ban on Fairness Doctrine Funding

The House of Representatives moved today to ban the Federal Communications Commission from reviving the Fairness Doctrine, which required broadcasters to offer competing viewpoints in a balanced manner when presenting controversial issues. The House inserted a ban on government spending…

ABC Gives Malhotra Weekend News Oversight

Vinnie Malhotra has been named executive producer of ABC News’ weekend news content, ABC News announced today. Mr. Malhotra will oversee editorial content and production of ABC’s two weekend evening news broadcasts, “World News Saturday” and “World News Sunday.” He…

ABC, ESPN Shake Up College Football Announcers

A new lineup of voices will be heard during a majority of ESPN and ABC college football broadcasts this season. “Saturday Night Football” on ABC will bring in Kirk Herbstreit as an analyst for all games this season, along with…

Spencer to Run Development for Janollari

Former WB executive Clay Spencer has been named head of development at producer David Janollari’s newly formed production company. Mr. Spencer will develop comedy and drama series for Warner Bros. Television and Warner Horizon Television, where Mr. Janollari’s as-yet-unnamed company…

Lifetime Exec VP Picard Exits

After 13 years, Lynn Picard has left her position as executive VP and general manager of Lifetime Television. Ms. Picard is leaving two months after Andrea Wong was appointed CEO of the company. “This was such a difficult decision for…

‘Dance’ Leads Wednesday

Wednesday night ratings slumped for the top summer reality shows, with Fox’s leader “So You Think You Can Dance” and NBC’s runner-up “Last Comic Standing” both down a smidgeon from last week. Fox won the night with a 3.5 rating…

MySpace Revamps Video Section

To better compete with YouTube, MySpace today relaunched its video section as MySpaceTV, located at www.myspacetv.com. The renamed site will operate as a beta product for now and will serve as the primary destination for video on MySpace. MySpaceTV includes…

Amazon Vet to Head NBCU, News Corp. Online Video Joint Venture

News Corp. and NBC Universal named a veteran of Amazon.com to head their online video joint venture. Jason Kilar was named CEO of the unnamed venture, which will distribute content from NBC, Fox and other sources via sites including AOL,…

Madden Renews With Fox Studios

David Madden has renewed his contract as executive VP of scripted programming at Fox Television Studios. Mr. Madden is responsible for helping Fox Studios land three series on major cable networks this year – “The Riches” on FX, “Burn Notice”…