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Michele Ganeless was named president of Comedy Central. Ms. Ganeless had been executive VP and general manger of the Viacom-owned channel. She reports to Doug Herzog, president of the MTV Networks Entertainment Group. Comedy Central said Ganeless’ mandate in her…
Longtime tennis announcer Bud Collins has signed a multiyear on-air deal with the Tennis Channel. Mr. Collins, who spent years with NBC Sports, also recently signed to cover major tournaments on ESPN. Under his new deal, Mr. Collins will appear…
“BBC World News America” will be anchored by Matt Frei, an award-winning BBC correspondent who has spent the last five years covering the United States. The hourlong weeknightly newscast debuts at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 from the BBC’s bureau in…
Rah-rah for reality. CMT, which this week launched a reality show on the making of this season’s Dallas Cowboys cheerleader squad, said it plans to air a new makeover show called “I Want to Look Like a High School Cheerleader…
Craig Daitch, VP, director of interactive strategy at PHD, says it was his father’s beeper that first got him interested in the world of new media. “I was fascinated by the pager that my father had on his belt, because…
While the number of U.S. television households grew 1.3 percent last year, according to the Nielsen Co., the number of minority households grew more rapidly. In setting its television universe estimates for 2008, Nielsen said there are now 112.8 million…
In the wake of a falling out between NBCU and Apple, NBCU will sell episodes of shows such as “The Office,” and “30 Rock” through Amazon.com’s video-on-demand service, Amazon Unbox, the company announced Tuesday. Episodes are available through Unbox for…
As “Entourage” wrapped its fourth season Sunday with episode “The Cannes Kids,” creator and executive producer Doug Ellin said this season was the most complicated to write. “People kind of want the so-simple plot of ‘The goal is to get…
The Federal Communications Commission and the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Rainbow PUSH Coalition are getting together at least as far as the site of the next media ownership hearing. The FCC said today that it will hold its previously announced…
“The Martha Stewart Show” is going prime-time under a new arrangement that will put encore telecasts of the syndicated daytime show on Scripps-owned Fine Living at 8 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. PT the day after its initial broadcast. The…