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Discovery Networks and America Online on Monday announced a year-long marketing and advertising partnership in celebration of Discovery Channel’s 20th anniversary. The agreement is anchored by the previously announced plans to work together on Discovery’s “Greatest American” series. The sponsorship…
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone on Monday said he personally wouldn’t try to launch a third satellite operator with his own money, raising ever more doubt about the future of Cablevision Chairman Charles Dolan’s efforts to breath new life into…
An ABC promo for “Desperate Housewives” that showed actress Nicolette Sheridan dropping a towel and leaping into the arms of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens last year did not violate Federal Communications Commission indecency prohibitions, according to an FCC…
Animal Planet said Monday it plans to rebrand its Sunday night as “Whoa! Sunday,” beginning March 27. The network will televise a series of specials on Sundays, including “Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real” and “Jane Goodall’s When Animals Talk.” Wednesdays…
For the second time in less than a year, hard-driving executive producer Shelley Ross finds herself facing an abrupt change of assignment. ABC News announced Monday that she is leaving ABC News’ “primetime>live” effective immediately.“20/20” executive producer David Sloan will…
Howard Shimmel has joined Nielsen Media Research as senior VP, client insights. He will be based in New York and report to Dave Thomas, senior VP of strategy and business development, and Paul Donato, senior VP and chief research officer.Mr….
NBC’s boxing reality show “The Contender” had its time period premiere Sunday after two special previews last week. Also on Sunday ABC debuted “Jake in Progress” and Fox opened “Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show.” At 8 p.m. (ET), “The…
MTV’s gay-themed start-up network Logo announced several new executive appointments Monday.Lisa Sherman has been named senior VP and general manager and will be responsible for the day-to-day network operations. Previously, Ms. Sherman worked for the ad conglomerate Interpublic Group of…
Fox announced Sunday audience and judges’ favorite Mario Vazquez has withdrawn from the music reality series “American Idol.”Mr. Vazquez had made it to “Idol’s” final round of auditions, one of thousands to make it to the top 12 spots. A…
Heritage Media Group announced Monday its syndicated weekly poker show “Hip Hop Hold ‘Em” has been cleared on several top 10 Tribune Broadcasting stations for fall 2005. The stations include WPIX-TV in New York, KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, WPHL-TV in…