TV Guide Network ordered a fourth season for “Idol Tonight,” its pre-show for Fox’s “American Idol.” The program will return with hosts and former show contestants Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini. The show also will have Taylor Hicks, winner of…
Epix, the premium cable service being launched by Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, Lionsgate and MGM, has hired Courtney Menzel from Viacom unit MTV Networks as its senior vice president of content distribution. Menzel will continue to work under Denise…
YES Network, the New York area regional sports network, said it reached a new deal with WFAN-AM radio to simulcast Mike Francesa’s “The NFL Now” live during football season. YES also renewed its agreement with WFAN to simulcast Mr. Francesa’s…
National Cable Communications named Greg Schaefer president and CEO. Mr. Schaefer has been president since 2004. NCC, owned by Comcast Cable, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable, is the nation’s top spot cable advertising-sales firm. (Editor: Baumann)
Jeff Bewkes hopes to put more TV on the Internet, but he’s going to make consumers prove they’ve paid for it. Time Warner, the largest owner of cable networks including TNT, Cartoon Network, CNN and HBO, sat back and watched…
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The CW is sticking with the script. That’s the word from CBS Corp.’s Nancy Tellem and Warner Bros.’ Bruce Rosenblum, the executives responsible for overseeing their companies’ interests in the 3-year-old network. While broadcasters such as NBC and MyNetworkTV have…
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