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Cable Veterans Reported Interested in Adelphia Assets

Three cable veterans are likely to join Comcast and Time Warner as bidders on the Adelphia Communications assets, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday afternoon.The cable veterans-Bill Bresnan, Jerald Kent and Steven Simmons-are each backed by a private-equity firm, the…

TBS Begins Production on New Reality Series

TBS has begun production of a new reality series, “He’s A Lady,” which is schedule to premiere Oct. 12. The show, from Evolution Film & Tape, features 11 men who leave their wives and girlfriends behind to take part in…

NAB Calls FCC Programming Proposal Unfair

The National Association of Broadcasters today told the Federal Communications Commission that a controversial agency proposal to require radio and TV stations to keep tapes of their programming for at least 60 days is “extraordinarily broad and fundamentally unfair” to…

CBS Orders Tommy Hilfiger Reality Show

CBS announced Friday it is ordering a new reality show starring fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger in which 16 contestants will compete for the chance to get a contract to design their collection under the Hilfiger label.“The Cut,” which is being…

Kyra Sedgwick Up For TNT Pilot

Kyra Sedgwick (“Door to Door,” “Something to Talk About”) has been cast to play the lead role in TNT’s “The Closer,” a new pilot about a female deputy chief leading an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department. “The…

Paxson Loses in Arbitration With Equity Broadcasting

Television station owner Equity Broadcasting Corp. on Friday said a three-judge panel ruled that Paxson Communications Corp. breached the most-favored nations provisions in its network affiliate agreement with EBC by failing to shorten its 10-year agreement to two years after…

Pegasus Completes Satellite Sale, Stock Split

Pegasus Communications concluded its 2-for-1 stock split Friday, the same day the company completed the sale of its satellite television assets to DirecTV Group for $938 million.The company announced the stock split earlier this month and said it decided to…

E! to Televise Primetime Creative Art Emmys

The 2004 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held a week before the Primetime Emmys show on ABC, will be televised at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 on E! Entertainment Television. Producers are Michael Hoey, John Moffit and Spike Jones Jr.;…

Warner Bros. Offers Reward For Missing Employee

Warner Bros. is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of Sharon Santos, a 30-year-old employee of the company’s international television department. Ms. Santos was last seen by co-workers as she left work at Warner Bros….

TiVo Reports Wider Q2 Loss

Digital video recorder maker TiVo posted a wider fiscal second-quarter loss Thursday as the company spent more to acquire subscribers and assured Wall Street that it is prepared to do battle in an increasingly competitive environment.The San Jose, Calif.-based company…