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BET is getting into NASCAR nation. “Changing Lanes,” a series created in partnership with NASCAR Media Group that will search for the sport’s next generation of drivers, was one of the new shows introduced at BET’s upfront presentation Thursday in New York. Other upcoming series include: —“The Mo’nique...
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A&E Television Networks has acquired BET’s “American Gangster” to air on Crime & Investigation Network. The deal gives AETN the first three seasons of the show, which examines America’s most notorious criminals. Ving Rhames narrates the series. AETN International will represent worldwide sales...
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Dish Network has made an agreement to add HD feeds for several of MTV Networks’ and BET Networks’ channels to its roster. CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH1 now are available in HD at no additional cost to Dish customers with the Classic Bronze 100 HD and above package. Classic Silver...
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AT&T has agreed to a new carriage deal with Viacom’s MTV Networks and BET Networks that expands content distribution across AT&T’s television and wireless platforms. The deal also puts content from five Viacom networks on AT&T CruiseCast, an in-car entertainment service scheduled to launch...
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A second Viacom cable network is planning its own ball at the inauguration of Barack Obama. BET Networks will join with America’s Promise Alliance, the nonprofit organization set up by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, to host an inaugural ball to be held Jan. 20 in Washington...
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BET named new two presidents to run its programming operations. Former MTV executive Loretha Jones joins BET as president of programming. She will be responsible for original programming, news development, planning and acquisition. The Viacom-owned cable network promoted Stephen Hill, who will also have...
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An estimated 78.58 million people watched prime-time coverage of the historic election on 14 broadcast and cable networks Tuesday night, according to final national averages from Nielsen Media Research. That’s a dramatic increase from the 59.17 million who watched Election Night on 10 networks in 2004...
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Viacom said the weakening economy helped cut its net earnings by 37% in the third quarter. The company, which owns MTV Networks, said net earnings were $401 million, or 65 cents a share, down from $641 million, or 96 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenues edged up 4% to $3.4 billion. “The...
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BET and TVOne have joined the roster of networks carrying the Obama-mercial—Barack Obama’s half-hour broadcast airing on most of the broadcast networks Wednesday night. A message on Sen. Obama’s Web site said the two cable networks will join CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision and MSNBC in carrying the paid commercial...
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BET acquired the first network TV window rights to three films from The Weinstein Co. Two of the films are about to be released theatrically: “Soul Men,” starring Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mack, and “Hurricane Season,” featuring Forest Whitaker. The third film is “The Longshots.” The network...
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Viacom said it expects lower earnings growth than it had forecast earlier in the year. The company, which owns cable networks including MTV, VH1, BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, said its earnings growth for the year will be in the mid-single to low-double digits for the 2008. Earlier this year,...
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BET Entertainment President Reginald Hudlin is stepping down, the Viacom-owned network said Thursday. Mr. Hudlin will resume his career as an independent film producer. Under Mr. Hudlin, the network has increased the amount of original programming it runs and tried to move away from its heavy reliance...
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Sen. Barack Obama’s historic speech Thursday, accepting the presidential nomination during the Democratic National Convention, brought in 38 million viewers across 10 networks, setting a convention record. Last night’s speech bested its closest competitor, day four of the 1992 DNC, by more than 10 million...
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s address on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver was very good for the cable news networks. They rang up a second consecutive night of double-digit ratings bounces compared to the second night of the Democrats’ gathering July 27, 2004. Continuing...
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BET Networks unveiled its plans for extensive, multiplatform election year political coverage, including the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. BET and BET J will air hours of on-air programming, including live coverage, daily news specials, public service announcements and extended news...