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Food Network will add a new weekly half-hour series blending food and comedy, the network announced Tuesday during the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour. In “Ham on the Street,” a comic will quiz people on the street on food-related…
America Online announced Tuesday that it acquired Truveo, a search engine company that specializes in finding online video, including news, sports and other content.Terms of the deal, which was inked and closed Dec. 21, were not disclosed. The purchase is…
BET has ordered two reality series and a religious roundtable show, the network announced at the Television Critics Association’s semiannual press tour in Pasadena, Calif. “Season of the Tiger” is a docu-drama following Grambling State University’s football team and marching…
Craig Hunegs is being promoted to executive VP of business management for Warner Bros. Television Group. In the newly created post, Mr. Hunegs will serve as senior business executive in the recently created Warner Bros. Television Group, which incorporates all…
Nickelodeon’s TV movie “Drake & Josh Go Hollywood,” drew the second-highest ratings in the network’s history among kids 6 to 11 and tweens 9 to 14 for a movie. Its Jan. 6 premiere racked up a 12.9 Nielsen Media Research…
Breakup Unlikely: Time Warner President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Bewkes said Tuesday that it is likely The WB Network will look to “restructure and improve” the agreement with WB affiliates as a way to improve the network’s financial performance.Mr….
Hearst-Argyle Television said Monday that it reached a new retransmission consent agreement with satellite operator EchoStar Communications, a move that appears to signal that the broadcaster moved ahead with a deal with EchoStar even as Lifetime and EchoStar battle over…
Comcast-owned networks OLN and The Golf Channel named StarLink Worldwide, Chicago, as their media strategy and investment agency of record, the companies said Tuesday. StarLink is owned by Starcom MediaVest Group.
NBC Universal will provide 416 hours of coverage of the Torino Olympic Winter Games over six networks, up from 375.5 hours of coverage from the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, the network said Tuesday. Coverage will appear on NBC,…
Less than a year after he retired as Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO, Michael Eisner has agreed to host a bimonthly, prime-time interview show for CNBC. Mark Hoffman, CNBC president, made the announcement Tuesday.“Conversations With Michael Eisner” will focus…