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Travel Channel President Younge Departing

Patrick Younge will be leaving his post as president and general manager of the Travel Channel, effective January 2010. Mr. Younge said he’d been planning since 2007 to return to London when his youngest child entered high school there. His…

Granada America Changes Name to ITV Studios

Reality powerhouse Granada America is getting a new name: ITV Studios, Inc. The company behind formats such as “Hell’s Kitchen” and “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here” will immediately be rebranded to reflect its British owners, ITV Studios PLC….

Spike Presents ‘Guys Choice’

NBA scoring leader Dwayne Wade, UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen are Spike TV’s kind of guys. Those men will be among the winners and presenters at Spike’s third annual “Guys Choice” awards special. “‘Guys Choice’…

Chart: Monthly Time Spent Watching Video

Even as people view more video on the Internet, the use of television in the home continues to increase. Nielsen’s recent Three Screen Report found that Americans watch more than 153 hours of TV at home and another three hours…

DVR Research Institute Study: More Info Needed

When it comes to TV advertising there is, according to advertising executives (advertisers and agencies) that participated in a recent survey from the DVR Research Institute, no greater threat to effectiveness than the advent of digital video recorders (DVRs). The…

Web Firm Gets Revved Up by TV Commercials

Maybe it takes a company rooted in new media to really love the things that old media, like network television, can accomplish. Web hosting and domain name company Go Daddy was the sponsor of ABC’s coverage of one of the…

HBO Unveils Familiar Promos for ‘Blood’

HBO has teamed up with Digital Kitchen for a slew of advertisements using existing products with a vampire twist in order to promote the network’s second season of “True Blood,” Creativity Magazine reports. Among the ads recreated with a little…

NBC’s ‘Day One’ Adds Writers

“The Middleman” creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach will serve as a writer for the new NBC show “Day One,” io9.com reports. “Day” creator Jesse Alexander made the announcement on Twitter, where he revealed Grillo-Marxuach along with Erik Oleson and Angela Kang joined…

‘Wendy Williams’ Hires Gabel, Bass as Producers

“The Wendy Williams Show” hired Jason Gabel and Suzanne Bass as supervising producers, while Deb Miller is returning as director of the talk series premiering in July. Mr. Gabel previously served as a senior producer on Warner Bros. Domestic Television…

Warner Bros.’ Bart to Oversee Operations at Debmar-Mercury

Lenny Bart, formerly of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, has joined Debmar-Mercury in the newly created post of executive vice president and general manager, the distribution company announced today. In this role, Mr. Bart will oversee all of Debmar’s operations,…