Harvey, Herzog, Lear Among Tartikoff Winners
“Steve Harvey, Doug Herzog, Quincy Jones, Sophie Turner Laing and Norman Lear are fearlessly creative innovators and we can’t think of a more fitting group to honor for this year’s Brandon Tartikoff...
View ArticleNATPE Doubles Reality Focus At 2016 Show
Top names and channels in the genre will be on hand in Miami as the association unveils a new Reality Buyers Hall, a larger slate of must-attend sessions and the second annual Reality Breakthrough...
View ArticleNATPE Grows, Expands Conference Venues
“We are pacing well ahead of previous years both domestically and internationally in terms of buyers exhibitors and general attendance,” said Rod Perth, NATPE president-CEO, in a telephone news...
View ArticleNATPE Taps Netflix's Sarandos As Moderator
The Netflix content exec will host a conversation with television legends Norman Lear and Quincy Jones on Jan. 20 during this year’s annual conference and marketplace.
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Digital Tops Syndication On NATPE Schedule
This year’s conference in Miami continues NATPE’s transition from just a programming market for stations and studios to a schedule of sessions dealing with content development for a variety of...
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Fox’s Cicha Talks Daytime TV, Program Tests
Frank Cicha, senior VP of programming for Fox Television Stations, is one of the most influential players in the syndication business. He’s a 25-year Fox veteran who started out at the Twentieth...
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Small Syndicator With Large Ambitions
Now in its sixth season, Graham Bensinger’s weekly interview show In Depth with sports heroes of yesterday and today has grown to 26 half-hours per season offered to stations on a straight barter...
View ArticleRenewals For ‘Kelly & Michael,' ‘Millionaire’
Live is good through 2019-20 on the ABC Owned Television Stations Group, while Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is extended through 2016-17 on the majority of ABC Owned Stations.
View Article‘Celebrity Name Game’ A Go For Season 3
The syndicated game show from FremantleMedia North America and Debmar-Mercury will return for a third season following renewals by the Tribune and Sinclair station groups.
View Article‘Wendy Williams’ Renewed Through 2019-20
Fox Television Stations join, Media General and Cox in re-upping the syndicated talker, pushing clearances to more than 50% of the U.S. entering NATPE.
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Turbulent Times For Station Group Execs
NATPE’s only broadcast TV panel featured (l-r after moderator Paige Albiniak of B&C): Jack Abernethy of Fox Television Stations on the state of network-affiliate relations, Nexstar’s Perry Sook on...
View ArticleDebating The Pros And Cons Of Peak TV
How much TV is too much TV? A group of senior network and studio execs parsed that question and the impact of the scripted series boom Tuesday morning at the opening session of the NATPE conference.
View Article‘Right This Minute’ Gets Fourth Season
Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution takes over distribution from MGM and clears the viral videos show on the ABC Owned Television Stations Group. The combination of ABC O&Os...
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Disney/ABC Cancels Syndicated 'FABLife'
FABLife will not be returning for a second season. Original episodes will continue to be produced and aired for the remainder of the season. "We’re extremely proud of everyone involved with the show...
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‘Harry’ Clearances Top 90% Of U.S.
The new talker from NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution will be produced in New York City and feature a live band when it debuts in syndication on Sept. 12.
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Pastor Jakes Welcomes The TV Challenge
Launching a syndicated show is never easy, and it’s made even more difficult when there’s no established syndicator attached. That doesn’t seem to faze T.D. Jakes. “Everything I ever did started at...
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Broadcasting Just One Of Many NATPE Facets
While broadcasting is lower-profile than in years past, the annual show is still a place where broadcasters and syndicators can meet face-to-face and smaller companies aspiring to get into the...
View ArticleCox, Meredith Create Buying Cooperative
The initiative by the two station groups is designed to give the partners extra negotiating leverage with syndicators, as well as a chance to bid on their best shows by delivering 18% of U.S. TV...
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