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Food Network has teamed with the exhibition company DMG World Media to launch “Food Network’s Great Big Food Show,” a consumer exhibition scheduled for Nov. 5 to 7 in Philadelphia and Nov. 12 to 14 in Cleveland. The live food…
ROLESWorld champion skateboarder and video game star Tony Hawk will host GSN’s “Video Game Invasion: The History of a Global Obsession.” The two-hour documentary covers the creation and evolution of video games. David Carr and David Comtois of Beantown Productions…
Bunim-Murray Productions was devastated last week with the passing of two executives, including reality television matriarch and co-founder Mary-Ellis Bunim.Ms. Bunim fought a long battle with cancer and passed away Thursday in Los Angeles at 57. She is survived by…
To hear Marc Juris tell it, programming the Fuse music network was easy. He simply set up a Web site, solicited viewers’ opinions, then aired the videos his audience wanted to see. No committee poring over submissions, no strategizing playlists,…
Time Warner Chairman and CEO Richard Parsons last week declared the company victorious in regaining its financial strength, calling 2003 a “reset year” in which the company achieved all of its goals, including paring down its debt load to $20…
Bob Reid, general manager of Discovery Health, is leaving the network. Under Mr. Reid, the channel grew to about 50 million subscribers, but he disagreed with Discovery Networks U.S. President Billy Campbell on how to take the channel to the…
Screen Actors Guild: Melissa Gilbert, president. 98,000 members. Contract expires June 30.American Federation of Television & Radio Artists: John Connolly, president. 80,000 members. Contract expires June 30.Writers Guild of America, West: Charles Holland, president. 8,000 members. Contract expires May 1….
Getting children interested in the news just may start with the weather. That’s the attitude at KXMB-TV in Bismarck, N.D., and sister station KXMA-TV in Dickinson, N.D., both owned by Reiten Television.The CBS affiliates’ “Weather Kids” ad sales promotion puts…
As expected, Telepictures announced last week the sale of upcoming talk show “The Larry Elder Show” to the Viacom Stations Group for launch this fall. In addition, Telepictures has issued the upcoming series a “firm go.” The Viacom Television Stations…
Wall Street responded with muted disappointment at the surprise announcement late last week that ABC parent Walt Disney Co. and animation company Pixar Animation Studios, the team behind the hit films “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo,” will go their separate…