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NBC Universal’s Spanish-language network Telemundo is creating “Taller Telemundo: Escritores,” a program designed to recruit and train the next generation of telenovela writers. Telemundo is teaming with Miami Dade College’s North Campus, School of Entertainment and Design Technology, to prepare…
NBC and Macy’s have negotiated a contract extension that will keep the “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and “Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular” exclusive to NBC through 2010. This year’s parade, to be broadcast Nov. 25 at 9 a.m., will…
Voy Network, a planned service targeting English-speaking Hispanics in the United States, today named HBO veteran John Ovrutsky executive VP of distribution and marketing. Mr. Ovrutsky most recently was senior VP of HBO International. Voy named John Sadler VP of…
Fox announced Wednesday its music reality series “American Idol” will premiere for its fourth season with a special two-hour episode Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m. (ET). The premiere chronicles last summer’s auditions, which took place in Cleveland, St. Louis,…
DirecTV Group, in a bid to expand its offering of international channels, on Wednesday said it struck an agreement with Star Group Ltd. to carry four channels from India on its international programming platform.DirecTV also said it has created the…
Once “Monday Night Football” concludes, ABC will rely on an evening-long block of reality programming starting in January 2005. The network also announced Tuesday it will launch the new season of “Alias” with a two-hour premiere Wednesday, Jan. 5, at…
Less than a week after providing deployment details of its plan to launch a pay-television service to compete with cable, telephone operator SBC Communications on Wednesday agreed to pay Microsoft $400 million over 10 years for Internet-based software that will…
CBS won the week of Nov.8-14 in both total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic, thanks to the Country Music Awards special and the continued performance of its procedural dramas and reality series.CBS’s “CSI” was the top-rated show…
Stephen McPherson, president of ABC prime-time entertainment, announced Tuesday that two of the network’s first-year comedies are getting full-season pickups.“Rodney,” which stars comedian Rodney Carrington as a father and husband, was created by Don Reo, Damon Wayans and Ric Swartzlander….
The sentencing hearing for Steven Webster, the former VP of publicity for FX who pleaded no contest to wiretapping FX conference calls, has been rescheduled to Nov. 30. The hearing was scheduled to take place Nov. 18 in Los Angeles…