The ABC Affiliates Association Board of Governors meeting with ABC executives last week produced a unanimous green light for ABC News to expand “Good Morning America” to Saturday and Sunday mornings next fall (TelevisionWeek, July 28).
In the chill January days when Pentagon officials were mapping the blueprint for a new Iraq, a paper was circulated here in Washington proposing a free, impartial and independent Iraqi Media Network. The paper stated, “Whilst democracy requires a free…
‘Tis the season to break out logoed gear that will (a) keep NBC News and MSNBC’s political crews warm and (b) turn those crews into what NBC News marketing and promotions Senior VP Frank Radice fondly refers to as “walking…
Canada’s largest private broadcaster, CTV, is crossing the border with a proposal that could help ease the pain of some U.S. TV series’ deficit financing.
Focus on the Family Wants FCC to Crack Down on Indecency Focus on the Family, a morality group, announced Friday the launch of a public relations campaign aimed at forcing the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on broadcast indecency….
‘Will & Grace’ Creators Suing NBC, NBC Studios Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, creators of NBC’s “Will & Grace,” are suing NBC and the show’s producer NBC Studios over the license fee for the show. They charge that NBC Studios…
Lynton Named Chairman, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment Michael Lynton, the former Hollywood Pictures president, on Wednesday was named chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Meanwhile, Amy Pascal, vice chairman of SPE, was promoted to chairman of SPE’s motion…
Boden Leaves Game Show Net Game Show Network Senior VP of Programming Bob Boden has left his position, a spokesperson confirmed. Kevin Belinkoff, GSN’s VP of programming, will act as head of programming while the network searches for a replacement….
Only minutes after his company announced the launch of new cutting-edge channels offering movies on demand and in high definition, John Sie was musing about competing media. As founder and chairman of the Starz Encore Group, much of his focus…
Former USA Networks Chairman and CEO Kay Koplovitz has been named chairman of the board of directors of Reality Central, a channel devoted to reality programming that plans a mid-2004 launch. Ms. Koplovitz told TelevisionWeek she was drawn to the…