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Cable vs. broadcast isn't a fair fight by Company Town

In a mostly positive piece on the Time Warner-owned cable channel TNT in today's New York Times, Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, said he views cable vs. broadcast as "David, as an industry, toppling Goliath." Not...

Friday night fight is going to cable, but does it have to? by Company Town

Since it's Friday, we thought we'd take a look at Friday night television. For years, Friday has been a tough night for the broadcast networks. If a show starts to do well on Friday, the first instinct is to move...

Life decisions as Lifetime is merged into A&E Networks by Company Town

Senior executives and staff are on pins and needles at Lifetime Television and A&E Networks these days. Now that the deal to merge Lifetime and its sister channels into A&E Networks has closed, the brass at A&E (which stands for...

Fox shutting down reality cable channel by Company Town

Reality as a genre may still be hot, but it's not enough to sustain a cable channel. News Corp. is shuttering its 4-year-old Fox Reality Channel (what, you mean you didn't know there was a Fox Reality Channel?). The channel,...

Exit laughing: Lauren Corrao leaves Comedy Central by Company Town

Lauren Corrao, the longtime Comedy Central head of programming and development more recently responsible for ushering in "The Sarah Silverman Program," is leaving the cable channel. In a memo sent to staffers Monday, MTV Networks Entertainment...

L.A. to host Ray Romano's new TV series by Company Town

Everybody loves Raymond, especially when he shoots in Los Angeles. Ray Romano, star of that long-running CBS comedy, is returning to TV in a new TNT drama, "Men of a Certain Age," which will be filming in Granada Hills in...
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Disney, Hearst, NBC strike complex deal to simplify cable ownership by Company Town

Walt Disney Co., General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal and Hearst Corp. have finalized an agreement to merge several cable networks together, for now anyway. Under the terms of the agreement, A&E Television Networks (AETN), which is owned by all...
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VH1 wants less love, more redemption by Company Town

Can you have too much love? That's what VH1 is starting to wonder. The Viacom-owned cable network, whose top five shows this year all have the word "love" in the title, is reassessing its heavy reliance on dating and relationship...
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WWE's Vince McMahon wants to launch cable network by Company Town

Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., wants to start its own cable network. In an interview with Company Town, McMahon said he wants to launch the channel within the next two years and that he will pitch it as a...
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Cox's Travel Channel is on the road and in search of a buyer by Company Town

Will rock and roll chef Anthony Bourdain come work in the commissary as part of a deal? That might be what some of the major media conglomerates kicking the tires of Cox Communications' Travel Channel are wondering. The auction for...
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