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Cablevision Systems is said to be close to joining two private-equity firms in submitting an offer to purchase bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications, potentially unseating a joint bid from Comcast Corp. and Time Warner that has widely been seen as…
Court TV to Rebrand Programming: Court TV on Tuesday announced plans to rebrand both its prime-time and daytime programming. Its prime-time programming will be called Seriously Entertaining, reflecting a range of legal- and investigation-based shows ranging from the serious, such…
VH1 Tuesday said it began production of a fifth season of “The Surreal Life.” The new cast includes supermodel Janice Dickinson; controversial slugger Jose Canseco; Sandi Denton, who recorded as Pepa, of Salt-N-Pepa, Bronson Pinchot, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth of “The Apprentice,”…
Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of Media Networks for The Walt Disney Co. and president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, will be the opening speaker at Promax&BDA’s annual conference, the organization said Tuesday. The conference will be held in New York June…
With help from college basketball, CBS won the week ended March 27 in both total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic, but the top-rated show for the week in the demo was still Fox’s “American Idol.”The Tuesday edition…
All of the joint sales agreements that Paxson Communications set up nearly five years ago for 47 of its television stations are in the process of being unwound, according to sources familiar with the situation.Who initiated the unwinding is subject…
Sony Pictures Television’s rookie syndicated strip “Life & Style” will not be back for a second season, sources said Monday.The show is said to be out of production, and stations that run “Style” are not expecting it to return for…
MTV on Monday announced a reality show collaboration with Seventeen magazine. “Project Seventeen” (working title) will document a search for “America’s Sweetheart,” a role model and spokesperson for the magazine. The series is slated to premiere in the fall and…
Gemstar-TV Guide will launch an on-demand component to its fledgling programming-based TV Guide Channel, the company announced Monday. TV Guide Spot will launch in the second quarter of this year and will feature original programming including “Catch Up,” an update…
By Abbey KlaassenAdvertising Age Amid a fierce and ongoing struggle between networks and producers over who should get the cash from branded entertainment deals comes the troubling news that marketers already feel they’re being fleeced.Seventy-nine percent of major marketers polled…