Clinton, NBC meet about more than a talk show
Despite reports that former President Bill Clinton was in talks with NBC about hosting a daytime talk show, both NBC and spokespersons for Mr. Clinton have now confirmed Thursday that although the possibility of a relationship was brought up, discussions were for a number of projects, not just for a talk show.
“In NBC’s ongoing effort to explore new and innovative ways of growing our business, we had an informal meeting [Wednesday] with former President Clinton. A range of ideas was discussed, which included the opportunity of working together,” read a statement form the studio.
President Clinton’s representatives echoed similar sentiments of his Wednesday meeting with NBC staff.
“Yesterday’s informal meeting was one of many meetings President Clinton has had with many people over the past year. President Clinton did not demand a talk show. He went to listen. The president is gratified by the range of opportunities that have been presented to him,” read a statement from Clinton spokeswoman Julia Payne.
Parsons looking to simplify AOL Time Warner structure: AOL Time Warner’s pursuit of a public spin-off of its cable systems would be “a suboptimal outcome” of talks with Advance/Newhouse, AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. to restructure their troubled Time Warner Entertainment joint venture, CEO-elect Richard Parsons said Thursday.
Speaking at a Banc of America Securities investors conference in New York, Mr. Parsons reiterated his goal to simplify the media giant’s structure. Sources close to the situation tell Electronic Media that while alternative options to breaking up TWE are being discussed, Comcast has made clear that even in the event of a spin-off, it intends to withdraw from the partnership, which it will inherit when it acquires AT&T Broadband.
Newhouse also is threatening to pull its cable systems out of TWE, which would diminish AOL Time Warner’s cable and broadband reach. AOL Time Warner stock continued to slide beneath $14 a share in midday trading.
Taylor to co-anchor KING-TV morning, noon newscasts: Joyce Taylor is returning to NBC affiliate KING-TV, Seattle, to co-anchor the morning and noon news. She starts May 6. Ms. Taylor, who began working at KING in 1988, anchored the weekend news and later the morning and noon newscasts. She left in 1993 to work across town at rival CBS affiliate KIRO-TV, and in 1997 she had her own morning show on KIRO. Most recently she anchored the weekday morning and noon news at KIRO.
WHDH hires Stassou: NBC affiliate WHDH-TV in Boston has hired Andrea Stassou as weekend anchor/reporter from ABC affiliate WTNH-TV, New Haven, where she was a reporter. She begins working at WHDH on May 18.
Worldspan launches travel-themed home shopping channel: Worldspan, a reservation system and e-commerce provider for the travel industry, has launched a new interactive television travel shopping service that enables viewers to shop for complete vacations packages and other travel directly through their television.
Under an alliance with Digeo, which delivers advanced home entertainment platforms and services to network operators, and Certified Vacations Group, a provider of vacation packages, Worldspan is providing TV-based interactive travel information to more than 550,000 Charter Communications cable customers across the United States.
AT&T Broadband launches SVOD trial in Los Angeles market: AT&T Broadband on Wednesday began a market trial of subscription video-on-demand services in Westchester and Culver City, Calif., featuring content from Showtime and Starz! The launch represents AT&T Broadband’s first foray into premium subscription VOD and is the first deployment of Showtime on Demand and Starz on Demand in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The trial is expected to last up to six months. AT&T Broadband launched VOD in these communities last summer.
DiSalvo named to direct domestic sales for King World: Joe DiSalvo has been named president of domestic television sales at King World Productions, where he will oversee day-to-day domestic syndication and cable sales operations of all King World regional offices, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas. Mr. DiSalvo previously served as senior VP and general sales manager of domestic syndication and cable sales at the company. Mr. DiSalvo succeeds former Domestic Sales President Stu Stringfellow, who retired earlier this year.
Vin Di Bona pilot blends reality, situation comedy: Vin Di Bona Productions said Thursday that it has completed production on “Meet the Marks,” a pilot for Fox that blends situation comedy with reality TV. The series’ stars are a fictional family who are actually a troupe of improvisational actors. They “live” in a real house rigged with hidden cameras in a real neighborhood. Their weekly “guest stars” are real people with no idea they are on a TV show. Gerry Cohen (“The Drew Carey Show,” “Married With Children”) directed the pilot, and Jeff Eastin (“True Lies 2″”Shasta McNasty”) is head writer. Vin Di Bona is executive producer, and Eastin, Terry Moore, Michael Forman and Darren Maddern are co-executive producers.#
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Clinton, NBC meet about more than a talk show
Despite reports that former President Bill Clinton was in talks with NBC about hosting a daytime talk show, both NBC and spokespersons for Mr. Clinton have now confirmed Thursday that although the possibility of a relationship was brought up, discussions were for a number of projects, not just for a talk show.
“In NBC’s ongoing effort to explore new and innovative ways of growing our business, we had an informal meeting [Wednesday] with former President Clinton. A range of ideas was discussed, which included the opportunity of working together,” read a statement form the studio.
President Clinton’s representatives echoed similar sentiments of his Wednesday meeting with NBC staff.
“Yesterday’s informal meeting was one of many meetings President Clinton has had with many people over the past year. President Clinton did not demand a talk show. He went to listen. The president is gratified by the range of opportunities that have been presented to him,” read a statement from Clinton spokeswoman Julia Payne.
Parsons looking to simplify AOL Time Warner structure: AOL Time Warner’s pursuit of a public spin-off of its cable systems would be “a suboptimal outcome” of talks with Advance/Newhouse, AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. to restructure their troubled Time Warner Entertainment joint venture, CEO-elect Richard Parsons said Thursday.
Speaking at a Banc of America Securities investors conference in New York, Mr. Parsons reiterated his goal to simplify the media giant’s structure. Sources close to the situation tell Electronic Media that while alternative options to breaking up TWE are being discussed, Comcast has made clear that even in the event of a spin-off, it intends to withdraw from the partnership, which it will inherit when it acquires AT&T Broadband.
Newhouse also is threatening to pull its cable systems out of TWE, which would diminish AOL Time Warner’s cable and broadband reach. AOL Time Warner stock continued to slide beneath $14 a share in midday trading.
Taylor to co-anchor KING-TV morning, noon newscasts: Joyce Taylor is returning to NBC affiliate KING-TV, Seattle, to co-anchor the morning and noon news. She starts May 6. Ms. Taylor, who began working at KING in 1988, anchored the weekend news and later the morning and noon newscasts. She left in 1993 to work across town at rival CBS affiliate KIRO-TV, and in 1997 she had her own morning show on KIRO. Most recently she anchored the weekday morning and noon news at KIRO.
WHDH hires Stassou: NBC affiliate WHDH-TV in Boston has hired Andrea Stassou as weekend anchor/reporter from ABC affiliate WTNH-TV, New Haven, where she was a reporter. She begins working at WHDH on May 18.
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pan launches travel-themed home shopping channel: Worldspan, a reservation system and e-commerce provider for the travel industry, has launched a new interactive television travel shopping service that enables viewers to shop for complete vacations packages and other travel directly through their television.
Under an alliance with Digeo, which delivers advanced home entertainment platforms and services to network operators, and Certified Vacations Group, a provider of vacation packages, Worldspan is providing TV-based interactive travel information to more than 550,000 Charter Communications cable customers across the United States.
AT&T Broadband launches SVOD trial in Los Angeles market: AT&T Broadband on Wednesday began a market trial of subscription video-on-demand services in Westchester and Culver City, Calif., featuring content from Showtime and Starz! The launch represents AT&T Broadband’s first foray into premium subscription VOD and is the first deployment of Showtime on Demand and Starz on Demand in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The trial is expected to last up to six months. AT&T Broadband launched VOD in these communities last summer.
DiSalvo named to direct domestic sales for King World: Joe DiSalvo has been named president of domestic television sales at King World Productions, where he will oversee day-to-day domestic syndication and cable sales operations of all King World regional offices, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas. Mr. DiSalvo previously served as senior VP and general sales manager of domestic syndication and cable sales at the company. Mr. DiSalvo succeeds former Domestic Sales President Stu Stringfellow, who retired earlier this year.
Vin Di Bona pilot blends reality, situation comedy: Vin Di Bona Productions said Thursday that it has completed production on “Meet the Marks,” a pilot for Fox that blends situation comedy with reality TV. The series’ stars are a fictional family who are actually a troupe of improvisational actors. They “live” in a real house rigged with hidden cameras in a real neighborhood. Their weekly “guest stars” are real people with no idea they are on a TV show. Gerry Cohen (“The Drew Carey Show,” “Married With Children”) directed the pilot, and Jeff Eastin (“True Lies 2″”Shasta McNasty”) is head writer. Vin Di Bona is executive producer, and Eastin, Terry Moore, Michael Forman and Darren Maddern are co-executive producers.#
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Clinton, NBC meet about more than a talk show
Despite reports that former President Bill Clinton was in talks with NBC about hosting a daytime talk show, both NBC and spokespersons for Mr. Clinton have now confirmed Thursday that although the possibility of a relationship was brought up, discussions were for a number of projects, not just for a talk show.
“In NBC’s ongoing effort to explore new and innovative ways of growing our business, we had an informal meeting [Wednesday] with former President Clinton. A range of ideas was discussed, which included the opportunity of working together,” read a statement form the studio.
President Clinton’s representatives echoed similar sentiments of his Wednesday meeting with NBC staff.
“Yesterday’s informal meeting was one of many meetings President Clinton has had with many people over the past year. President Clinton did not demand a talk show. He went to listen. The president is gratified by the range of opportunities that have been presented to him,” read a statement from Clinton spokeswoman Julia Payne.
Parsons looking to simplify AOL Time Warner structure: AOL Time Warner’s pursuit of a public spin-off of its cable systems would be “a suboptimal outcome” of talks with Advance/Newhouse, AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. to restructure their troubled Time Warner Entertainment joint venture, CEO-elect Richard Parsons said Thursday.
Speaking at a Banc of America Securities investors conference in New York, Mr. Parsons reiterated his goal to simplify the media giant’s structure. Sources close to the situation tell Electronic Media that while alternative options to breaking up TWE are being discussed, Comcast has made clear that even in the event of a spin-off, it intends to withdraw from the partnership, which it will inherit when it acquires AT&T Broadband.
Newhouse also is threatening to pull its cable systems out of TWE, which would diminish AOL Time Warner’s cable and broadband reach. AOL Time Warner stock continued to slide beneath $14 a share in midday trading.
Taylor to co-anchor KING-TV morning, noon newscasts: Joyce Taylor is returning to NBC affiliate KING-TV, Seattle, to co-anchor the morning and noon news. She starts May 6. Ms. Taylor, who began working at KING in 1988, anchored the weekend news and later the morning and noon newscasts. She left in 1993 to work across town at rival CBS affiliate KIRO-TV, and in 1997 she had her own morning show on KIRO. Most recently she anchored the weekday morning and noon news at KIRO.
WHDH hires Stassou: NBC affiliate WHDH-TV in Boston has hired Andrea Stassou as weekend anchor/reporter from ABC affiliate WTNH-TV, New Haven, where she was a reporter. She begins working at WHDH on May 18.
Worldspan launches travel-themed home shopping channel: Worldspan, a reservation system and e-commerce provider for the travel industry, has launched a new interactive television travel shopping service that enables viewers to shop for complete vacations packages and other travel directly through their television.
Under an alliance with Digeo, which delivers advanced home entertainment platforms and services to network operators, and Certified Vacations Group, a provider of vacation packages, Worldspan is providing TV-based interactive travel information to more than 550,000 Charter Communications cable customers across the United States.
AT&T Broadband launches SVOD trial in Los Angeles market: AT&T Broadband on Wednesday began a market trial of subscription video-on-demand services in Westchester and Culver City, Calif., featuring content from Showtime and Starz! The launch represents AT&T Broadband’s first foray into premium subscription VOD and is the first deployment of Showtime on Demand and Starz on Demand in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The trial is expected to last up to six months. AT&T Broadband launched VOD in these communities last summer.
DiSalvo named to direct domestic sales for King World: Joe DiSalvo has been named president of domestic television sales at King World Productions, where he will oversee day-to-day domestic syndication and cable sales operations of all King World regional offices, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas. Mr. DiSalvo previously served as senior VP and general sales manager of domestic syndication and cable sales at the company. Mr. DiSalvo succeeds former Domestic Sales President Stu Stringfellow, who retired earlier this year.
Vin Di Bona pilot blends reality, situation comedy: Vin Di Bona Productions said Thursday that it has completed production on “Meet the Marks,” a pilot for Fox that blends situation comedy with reality TV. The series’ stars are a fictional family who are actually a troupe of improvisational actors. They “live” in a real house rigged with hidden cameras in a real neighborhood. Their weekly “guest stars” are real people with no idea they are on a TV show. Gerry Cohen (“The Drew Carey Show,” “Married With Children”) directed the pilot, and Jeff Eastin (“True Lies 2″”Shasta McNasty”) is head writer. Vin Di Bona is executive producer, and Eastin, Terry Moore, Michael Forman and Darren Maddern are co-executive producers.#
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Despite reports that former President Bill Clinton was in talks with NBC about hosting a daytime talk show, both NBC and spokespersons for Mr. Clinton have now confirmed Thursday that although the possibility of a relationship was brought up, discussions were for a number of projects, not just for a talk show.
“In NBC’s ongoing effort to explore new and innovative ways of growing our business, we had an informal meeting [Wednesday] with former President Clinton. A range of ideas was discussed, which included the opportunity of working together,” read a statement form the studio.
President Clinton’s representatives echoed similar sentiments of his Wednesday meeting with NBC staff.
“Yesterday’s informal meeting was one of many meetings President Clinton has had with many people over the past year. President Clinton did not demand a talk show. He went to listen. The president is gratified by the range of opportunities that have been presented to him,” read a statement from Clinton spokeswoman Julia Payne.
Parsons looking to simplify AOL Time Warner structure: AOL Time Warner’s pursuit of a public spin-off of its cable systems would be “a suboptimal outcome” of talks with Advance/Newhouse, AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. to restructure their troubled Time Warner Entertainment joint venture, CEO-elect Richard Parsons said Thursday.
Speaking at a Banc of America Securities investors conference in New York, Mr. Parsons reiterated his goal to simplify the media giant’s structure. Sources close to the situation tell Electronic Media that while alternative options to breaking up TWE are being discussed, Comcast has made clear that even in the event of a spin-off, it intends to withdraw from the partnership, which it will inherit when it acquires AT&T Broadband.
Newhouse also is threatening to pull its cable systems out of TWE, which would diminish AOL Time Warner’s cable and broadband reach. AOL Time Warner stock continued to slide beneath $14 a share in midday trading.
Taylor to co-anchor KING-TV morning, noon newscasts: Joyce Taylor is returning to NBC affiliate KING-TV, Seattle, to co-anchor the morning and noon news. She starts May 6. Ms. Taylor, who began working at KING in 1988, anchored the weekend news and later the morning and noon newscasts. She left in 1993 to work across town at rival CBS affiliate KIRO-TV, and in 1997 she had her own morning show on KIRO. Most recently she anchored the weekday morning and noon news at KIRO.
WHDH hires Stassou: NBC affiliate WHDH-TV in Boston has hired Andrea Stassou as weekend anchor/reporter from ABC affiliate WTNH-TV, New Haven, where she was a reporter. She begins working at WHDH on May 18.
Worldspan launches travel-themed home shopping channel: Worldspan, a reservation system and e-commerce provider for the travel industry, has launched a new interactive television travel shopping service that enables viewers to shop for complete vacations packages and other travel directly through their television.
Under an alliance with Digeo, which delivers advanced home entertainment platforms and services to network operators, and Certified Vacations Group, a provider of vacation packages, Worldspan is providing TV-based interactive travel information to more than 550,000 Charter Communications cable customers across the United States.
AT&T Broadband launches SVOD trial in Los Angeles market: AT&T Broadband on Wednesday began a market trial of subscription video-on-demand services in Westchester and Culver City, Calif., featuring content from Showtime and Starz! The launch represents AT&T Broadband’s first foray into premium subscription VOD and is the first deployment of Showtime on Demand and Starz on Demand in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The trial is expected to last up to six months. AT&T Broadband launched VOD in these communities last summer.
DiSalvo named to direct domestic sales for King World: Joe DiSalvo has been named president of domestic television sales at King World Productions, where he will oversee day-to-day domestic syndication and cable sales operations of all King World regional offices, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas. Mr. DiSalvo previously served as senior VP and general sales manager of domestic syndication and cable sales at the company. Mr. DiSalvo succeeds former Domestic Sales President Stu Stringfellow, who retired earlier this year.
Vin Di Bona pilot blends reality, situation comedy: Vin Di Bona Productions said Thursday that it has completed production on “Meet the Marks,” a pilot for Fox that blends situation comedy with reality TV. The series’ stars are a fictional family who are actually a troupe of improvisational actors. They “live” in a real house rigged with hidden cameras in a real neighborhood. Their weekly “guest stars” are real people with no idea they are on a TV show. Gerry Cohen (“The Drew Carey Show,” “Married With Children”) directed the pilot, and Jeff Eastin (“True Lies 2″”Shasta McNasty”) is head writer. Vin Di Bona is executive producer, and Eastin, Terry Moore, Michael Forman and Darren Maddern are co-executive producers.
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