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Dennis FitzSimons, Tribune Co.’s veteran “television guy” and newly elected CEO, is on track to make some bold program moves and acquire more big-market TV stations to become a top-tier media player.Mr. FitzSimons, 52, has demonstrated a keen appreciation for…
Byron Allen’s CF Entertainment will add to its programming larder with four new series slated for the fall, which will give it a total of 12 shows on the air. Not too shabby for a business started 10 years ago…
Steve Rosenberg has been subjected to both sides of the vertical-integration firestorm as president of Universal Domestic Television. His company has created a successful programming pipeline for its sibling cable units, but on the other hand, has faced stiff challenges…
Title: Director of business development for the Americas, Tandberg TelevisionBackground: Mr. Furgusson joined Tandberg Television in 1995. He most recently served as head of the company’s segment business management group before assuming his current post in September 2002. He relocated…
U.K.-based production company Shine has completed a hat trick in the U.S. market, closing deals with a broadcast network, a syndicator and a cable network. The 18-month-old company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch will develop a dating game show for Fox…
Posted Friday, Jan. 24. WB orders two drama pilots The WB picked up two drama pilots yesterday including one from former WB President Susanne Daniels’ production company. Ms. Daniels’ First Move Productions along with Michigan J. Productions will produce “Chasing…
Posted Thursday, Jan. 23. America ‘Idol’-izing Fox’s hit series “American Idol” followed its Tuesday night smash debut with an equally impressive performance Wednesday night, retaining 95 percent of its adults 18 to 49 audience from its premiere episode. From 8:30…
Posted Wednesday Jan. 22. ‘Pulse’ returns with ‘Joe’ interview “The Pulse,” the newsmagazine produced by Fox News for a brief run last year, will return to Fox Broadcasting 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, with a reality-driven lineup that includes an…
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 21. Tauzin honored at NATPE Somewhere between 6,000 and 8,000 attendees filled New Orleans streets today for the opening session of the National Association of Television Program Executives conference, which is marking its 40th anniversary. House Energy…
If they build it, will the audiences and advertisers come? Or will the newest proposed cable networks turn out to be cannibals, biting off viewers and dollars from the older, established networks without expanding the number of viewers in their…