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Style Orders Second Season Of 'Giuliana & Bill' Production On Reality Set To Begin September Multichannel News
Giuliana & Bill will be back for a second season on Style.The network has picked up the reality series, which takes viewers inside the newly wed marriage of of Giuliana and Bill Rancic, who live 2000 miles apart, for a sophomore season, with productio slated to begin in September.Debuting Aug. 5, the series has registered 85% gains in its 9 p.m. time slot over Style's..... Rivers Reality Show Rates For TV Land Aug. 26 Installment Marks Most-Watched 'How'd You Get So Rich Date?' Multichannel News
Wednesday night's installment of TV Land's reality series starring Joan Rivers was its richest yet relative to ratings.The Aug. 26 episode of How's You Get So Rich? averaged 771,000 viewers with its 10 p.m. telecast, according to Nielsen Media Research data. That made the episode the most-watched to date for the series in which the comedienne discovers how people..... Viewership For Finale Not Tiny 'Tiny & Toya' Ranks As Top Original Series In Network History Multichannel News
With a strong finale, Tiny & Toya became the most-watched original series in BET history.The Aug. 25 concluder pulled in 1.9 million watchers, according to Nielsen Media Research data. That pushed the average for the series, following Tiny and Toya, the significant others of rappers T.I. and Lil' Wayne, to 1.8 million watchers, tops for a BET original, according to net..... Fine Living Has Designs With Hearst On Marketing Campaign Multi-tiered Initiative, Including Trio Of Titles, Supports 'Cinema Style: Designer Visions' Special Multichannel News
Fine Living Network has joined forces with a trio of Hearst Magazines titles on a multi-tiered marketing program highlighted by the TV special Cinema Style: Designer Visions.Slated to air Jan. 15, 2010 at 8 p.m. (ET), the primetime event, hosted by FLN's Lloyd Boston (Closet Cases) celebrates the transformation of three New York City Soho lofts from empty places in..... ESPN To Launch Boston-Based Local Online Channel Sept. 14 Launch Will Mark Programmer's Fifth Area Sports Site Multichannel News
Beantown will be the next stop for ESPN's fast expanding local sports online business as the all-sports network Friday announced the Sept. 14 launch of its fifth local sports site.
ESPN president George Bodenheimer says the network will look for other opportunities to launch local sports sites and isn't ruling out the potential of taking its local sports aspiratio..... A&E acquires Lifetime in long-expected merger ReutersLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Disney/ABC, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal announced Thursday an agreement for their cable company A&E to acquire sister company Lifetime Entertainment Services. FCC Opens Billing Practices Inquiry Part of Genachowski's focus on consumers Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC Thursday opened an inquiry into truth in billing practices in the communications industry that will take it beyond billing to a more general look at "ensuring sufficient access to relevant information about communications services" at various points in the process.The inquiry is part of the new chairman's focus on consumers, though the vote was unanimous, as were all thre..... Networks Offering Live Coverage of Kennedy's Memorial, Burial Broadcast, cable nets covering memorial services Aug. 28 and 29 and burial the afternoon of Aug. 29 Broadcasting & Cable
The broadcast and cable news networks will provide live coverage of Sen. Ted Kennedy's memorial services on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28 and 29; and his burial at Arlington National Cemetery on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 29.
CNN's coverage begins Friday at 7 p.m. with Wolf Blitzer and Campbell Brown anchoring coverage of the Celebration of Life service at the..... Season Two For 'Giuliana and Bil' Style picks up nonscripted show Broadcasting & Cable
Style has picked up Giuliana and Bill for a second season, three weeks after it premiered on the network.
Airing at 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Giuliana and Bill has drawn 75% more viewers than Style's primetime average, nearly doubling the network's performance among women 18-49. The series trails only Ruby among women 18-34 and 18-49 on the cabler
"Style viewe..... Cablevision, Tennis Channel Exchange Volleys Exchange comes in advance of the U.S. Open Broadcasting & Cable
Talk about a deep approach shot.
Cablevision, as a "recent" member of the National Cable Television Cooperative, pushed Tennis Channel behind the baseline with its Aug. 26 announcement that it would avail itself of the co-op's contract with the network calling for placement on a sports tier.
The operator's stroke calls for Tennis to authorize its signal..... Hearn Joins ACC Board Has been ACA communications VP since March Broadcasting & Cable
Ted Hearn, VP, communications, for the American Cable Association (ACA), has joined the board of the
Association of Cable Communicators
.
Hearn has been with ACA since March, when he left Multichannel News as Washington news editor. He oversees communiications for the trade association, which represents small and mid-sized cable systems.
AC..... Fox, Sony TV Look To Revive 'Heathers' Mark Rizzo, Jenny Bicks to adapt 1989 film Broadcasting & Cable
Dear Diary: Fox is developing a contemporary take on the 1989 Christian Slater/Winona Ryder feature Heathers.
Dark comedy will be adapted for TV by scribe Mark Rizzo, with an assist from Sex and the City alum Jenny Bicks. Sony Pictures TV, where Bicks is based, will produce, along with Lakeshore Entertainment, which holds the rights to Heathers.
..... Comcast Completes DOCSIS 3.0 Upgrade In Chicagoland Operator Offers 'Wideband' Services in Windy City Multichannel News
Comcast has completed the DOCSIS 3.0 upgrade across systems in the Chicago market, including northwest Indiana, a project it began in December 2008.
Nationwide, Comcast said last month that it had deployed the next-generation cable-modem technology to nearly 50% of its footprint , and subsequently upped its year-end rollout target to 80% of homes and businesses passed, rep..... FCC To Consolidate Licensing Systems Multichannel News
FCC To Consolidate Licensing SystemsThe FCC Thursday outlined some of its specific plans for reforming agency processes (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-293108A1.pdf) and reviewed the progress made in transforming the agency along the lines outlined by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Those include consolidating licensing systems, improving the electronic comment syst..... A&E cable network buys out Lifetime Andrew HeavensNEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co, Hearst Corp and NBC Universal said on Thursday that their jointly owned A&E Television Networks group will buy Lifetime Entertainment Services for an undisclosed sum. Showtime Piloting 'The C Word' Laura Linney to produce and star in potential series Broadcasting & Cable
Showtime has ordered a half-hour pilot about a woman diagnosed with cancer. The pilot, dubbed The C Word (working title), will star and be executive produced by actress Laura Linney. The potential series would delve into “the emotional ups and downs of a suburban wife and mother forced to face reality yet also find the light side in a dark situation.” "Laura Linn..... D.C. Pols To Light FiOS Sept. 1 Verizon Expects to Begin Offering Service in Nation's Capital Later This Year Multichannel News
Verizon Communications will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, with mayor Adrian Fenty and other city officials to mark the official launch of the telco's FiOS network upgrade in the nation's capital.
The telecommunications company said it expects to begin offering FiOS TV and Internet services in parts of the District of Colu..... Bob Long Retires From KNBC Career had it all--combat correspondent, TV production, radio and running a newsroom Broadcasting & Cable
Veteran KNBC Los Angeles VP/News Director Bob Long has announced his retirement, effective Sept. 25. He departs for the Bosphorus October 1st to teach journalism ethics at BahÇeşehir University in Turkey. Long came to KNBC in 2003 after running news at WRC Washington, another NBC O&O. Prior to that, he was managing editor at KNBC. He racked up a trove of Peabodys, ..... AETN Acquires Lifetime Entertainment Services Raven Will Head Company When Deal Closes Later This Year Multichannel News
As expected. Lifetime Entertainment Services will become part of A&E Television Networks.AETN has acquired the women's programmer, which will retain the name Lifetime Entertainment Services LLC as a subsidiary of AETN. The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed this year.Abbe Raven, preside..... A&E Networks, Lifetime Merger Completed Hearst, Disney, NBCU co-owners in venture Broadcasting & Cable
A&E Networks has completed its acquisition of Lifetime Entertainment Services. The deal,
first reported by B&C in June
will give Disney-ABC, the Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal stakes in the new company.
As reported by B&C, A&E Networks CEO Abbe Raven will run the new venture , which will use the same name. Lifetime Networks w.....
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