Francisco Arias has been named VP of business affairs for Paramount Network Television. He will report to Dan Kupetz, senior VP of business affairs, and will also work closely with Deborah Barak, executive VP of business affairs for CBS Paramount…
Twentieth Television’s new courtroom strip “Judge Alex” has been renewed for a second season by the Fox Television Stations group. The announcement was made Monday jointly by Bob Cook, president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Television, and Paul Franklin,…
Meredith Corp. said Monday that it posted an 11 percent rise in fiscal first-quarter profit to $26.4 million, as declines at its 14-station broadcasting unit were offset by the performance of recently acquired publishing properties.The Des Moines, Iowa-based company’s revenue…
NBC Universal Cable and Time Warner Cable on Monday said they agreed on a renewal for the carriage agreement for USA Network. The agreement also calls for increased carriage for Universal HD, mun2 and Telemundo Puerto Rico and for the…
Scripps Networks on Monday named Judy Girard president of HGTV, effective Nov. 14. Ms. Girard, who has been with Scripps since 1998, is currently president of Shop at Home Network and previously was president of Food Network. She succeeds Burton…
At the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London’s Hyde Park last week, Queen Elizabeth II was among the guests at a party to celebrate the 80th birthday of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The “Iron Lady,” as Mrs. Thatcher was…
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SBC Communications, the country’s No. 2 telephone company and soon to be a provider of video services, last week reported a 40 percent decline in third-quarter profit to $1.25 billion from a year-earlier $2.09 billion, when the company got a…
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