The National Association of Television Program Executives announced Wednesday the executives who have been nominated to the 2006 NATPE board.The nominees are Michael Camacho, an agent at Creative Artists Agency; Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia North America; Lucy Hood, president…
Winners of this year’s Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, announced Thursday, include an HBO “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” story about children enslaved as camel racing jockeys in the United Arab Emirates, ABC News coverage of the death of Pope…
HBO on Thursday struck a deal with Cingular Wireless to offer content to a new high-speed data service being offered by the cellular phone provider.The premium channel is making available select episodes, scene clips and bonus material from several HBO…
CBS Sports’ NFL pre-game show Dec. 11 beat Fox’s show for the first time since 1998, according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Thursday. CBS’s “The NFL Today” drew a 3.9 average national rating and a 10 share, compared with…
NBC Universal is reshaping the NBC Universal Television Group, with Jeff Zucker promoted from president to CEO and Randy Falco reporting to him as president and chief operating officer.The announcement was made Thursday afternoon by Bob Wright, vice chairman of…
On Jan. 23, XM Satellite Radio will launch “The ‘Good Morning America’ Radio Show,” a four-hour, Monday-through-Saturday program, that will mix news and interviews from ABC News’ “Good Morning America” and original content and expansion of “GMA” topics. The show’s…
Time Warner Cable said Thursday that it will offer 15 cable channels for an additional $12.99 per month as a family-friendly tier of programming that the cable industry said it would make available to customers concerned about indecent programming.The package,…
The TV industry and children’s advocates announced a deal Thursday over changes in the Federal Communications Commission new children’s TV rules. The groups said they would drop pending court challenges to the regulations if the FCC adopted the rule changes…
Teen rap artist Romeo has dropped out of training for the upcoming second season of ABC’s reality competition “Dancing With the Stars,” but will be replaced by his father P. Miller, better known as recording artist “Master P.”Romeo was injured…
Michael Clemente has been named executive producer of the ABC Digital News unit.David Westin, president of ABC News, made the announcement Wednesday. In his expanded role, Mr. Clemente will oversee editorial content and production of ABCNews.com, ABC News Now, ABC…