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Gospel Music Channel has named Tyrone Johnson its senior director of multicultural sales & development. Johnson has worked in media, marketing and advertising for more than 25 years, most recently serving as a consultant to the Gospel Music Channel since its April 2007 subscriber base acquisition...
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Veteran House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell will be replaced by California Rep. Henry Waxman in that post in the new Congress. The House Democratic Caucus today voted 137 to 122 to replace Rep. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who is the longest-serving member of the House, with Rep...
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Lifetime filed a new lawsuit in federal court as it seeks to unfreeze “Project Runway,” a series it acquired but is now enjoined from airing by a state court order. "This is the next step in our dispute with NBCU over the rights to ‘Project Runway,’” the cable channel said in a statement. “ We filed...
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A. Smith & Co. Properties has promoted Sharalynn Howard to vice president of production. She will oversee production of all shows currently in production and development, including Jesse Ventura’s truTV series . Ms. Howard has worked at A. Smith & Co. for two years, rising from production manager...
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U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has won a preliminary vote over U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., in their battle to head the House committee that oversees all broadcast, telecom and health legislation. On the eve of tomorrow’s vote of Democratic House members on who will head the House Energy and Commerce...
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BBC Worldwide Channels’ Latin American version of its CBeebies preschool channel is now available in the U.S. on the Dish Network. It’s the Spanish-language BBC network to be broadcast in the U.S. CBeebies will be accessible to all subscribers of Dish Network’s DishLatino package and the new DishMexico...
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Fuse will air “Fall Out Boy: Live From the Chicago Theater” on Dec. 16 to coincide with the release of the band’s new album. The concert will be taped in the band’s hometown of Chicago on Dec. 2. A limited number of tickets will be available through Ticketmaster on Nov. 28. The majority of tickets will...
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The NHL Network and Bridgestone Tires have teamed up to create a 20-part series devoted to NHL captains. “Captains Driven by Bridgestone,” which will run from Nov. 20 through April, features interviews with the NHL’s current and former team leaders, complete with behind-the-scenes access. The series...
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Have you ever said to someone, “I’ll get into shape if it kills me?” Now there’s a TV series that shows you that being in shape could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency situation. “Could You Survive?,” premiering Dec. 4 on Discovery Health, tests to see whether average people...
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MTV is close to reviving "Beauty and the Geek," the Ashton Kutcher-Fox 21 reality show that most recently aired on the CW. Negotiations are underway for MTV to air six episodes of what's being called "Beauty and the Geek: Celebrity," according to people familiar with the talks...
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HBO will air “BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup” live on March 2 from Madison Square Garden. The program, which celebrates tennis legend Billie Jean King, will feature Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic in a one-night-only single-elimination event. The event...
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Brad Garrett is set to host TBS’ comedy special “Cheech & Chong Roasted,” airing Nov. 30. Other comics and personalities set to roast the comedy duo include Tom Arnold, Geraldo Rivera, Penn & Teller, Wilmer Valderrama, Greg Giraldo, Rev. Al Sharpton and Shelby Chong, wife of Tommy. The program...
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ESPN Tuesday formally announced an agreement to air all of the college football Bowl Championship Series games on cable television beginning in 2011. Fox on Monday said it wouldn’t match ESPN’s offer, said to be $500 million over four years. Fox bid $400 million, up from the $330 million it’s paying...
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Comedy Central’s “Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special” became the most-watched program in the network’s history on Sunday, as 6.6 million viewers tuned in to the show. “Dunham” surpassed “South Park’s” 1998 cliffhanger resolution, “Cartman’s Mom Is Still a Dirty ,” which drew 6.2 million viewers...
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TiVo President-CEO Tom Rogers will deliver the 2009 National Association of Television Program Executive Newsmaker Address during the organization’s conference on Wednesday, Jan. 28, NATPE President-CEO Rick Feldman announced today. Mr. Rogers’ address, entitled “Avoiding the Demise of Advertising,”...