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Lionsgate Hires Wall as Senior VP of Television

Lionsgate announced Monday that it hired Barbara Wall as senior VP of television.Reporting to Kevin Biggs, president of television programming and production at Lionsgate, Ms. Wall will be responsible for program development for both broadcast and cable, including half-hour comedies,…

Buena Vista TV in Discussions for Mobile Content

Buena Vista Television is evaluating how to repurpose content for the mobile TV space from its existing TV properties, such as “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies.” Original content is too expensive to produce…

Atom Forms Broadband Entertainment Development Studio

Atom Entertainment has formed a new studio solely to create entertainment for the broadband platform. The new division, AtomFilms Studio, was scheduled to launch Monday with six projects in development and more planned throughout the year.The six new projects include…

Viacom Plus Rebranded to Reflect Corporate Breakup

CBS Corp. and Viacom said Monday that both companies will continue to use the operation known as Viacom Plus, but will rebrand it as CBS/Viacom Plus to reflect the recent breakup of the Sumner Redstone-controlled media giant.Officials from both CBS…

TNT Orders ‘Saved’

TNT has ordered 13 episodes of “Saved,” a drama starring Tom Everett Scott as a San Francisco paramedic. The series, set to debut later this year, is produced by Fox 21 and Imagine Television and executive produced by David Manson.

Sony Clears ‘Behrendt’ in 80 Percent of Country

Sony Pictures television has cleared its new syndicated talk strip “The Greg Behrendt Show” in 80 percent of the country and in 23 of the top 25 markets. The show’s launch was announced in December as part of a deal…

‘Masterminds’ Given Firm Syndie Go for Fall 2006

New Line Television has cleared the Court TV series “Masterminds” for a weekend syndication run in more than 60 percent of the country, including 18 out of the top 20 markets, giving the show a firm go for fall 2006….

New Ratings Fan Flames

Nielsen’s Live-Plus-Seven Numbers Not What Buyers Bargained For

NBC Still a Drag on NBCU’s Bottom Line

NBC’s prime-time troubles continued to weigh on NBC Universal’s overall results in the 2005 fourth quarter, as strength at the media company’s film and cable operations failed to offset ratings challenges at the network.NBCU’s segment profit fell 7 percent to…

Reconstituted ‘Idol’ To Hit Syndication

“American Idol” is coming to syndication in fall 2006, with Tribune Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment tweaking the first season of the Fox network reality hit as a one-hour weekly off-network series. Called “American Idol Rewind,” the syndicated…