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Is Cable Finally Getting Parity With Broadcast? Both are changing

On Monday, top executives at both NBC and Fox upfronts did something you don’t usually see in a network presentation. They admitted they weren’t happy with their product, either. “We…

May 19, 2013, 11:07 PM EDT

USA Unveils Sci-Fi Drama Horizon, First Sitcom Pickups Network prepares for Modern Family to hit in syndication

USA is revisiting science fiction with a new show from Walking Dead producer Gale Ann Hurd, called Horizon. The show, set during the Second World War, will follow a secretary…

May 16, 2013, 1:32 PM EDT

Turner Adds Digital Streaming to Its Programming Plans New shows will be live-streamed via TV Everywhere

True to its word, Turner unveiled a solid slate of scripted and unscripted shows at its upfront presentation on Wednesday morning, as well as a major digital initiative: TNT and…

May 15, 2013, 11:43 AM EDT

Carefully, Adult Swim Expands Into Product Placement Hip network ramps up partnership with Funny or Die

If you want to sit with the cool kids, you've got to look like you belong there. At a party where Kanye West will play a full set for a venue…

May 15, 2013, 6:17 AM EDT

Univision Inks Deal With El Rey, Comes Out Swinging at English-Language Nets Enrique Iglesias performs at upfront presentation

Univision's evp of ad sales Steve Mandala may have left NBCUniversal barely a year ago, but his new home's upfront presentation wasn't at all shy about playing up the Spanish-language…

May 14, 2013, 2:03 PM EDT

David Muir Talks About Reporting From Iran From one hotspot to the next

Specs Who David Muir Age 39 New gig Co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20 (with Elizabeth Vargas) Old gig Continues on World News With David Muir on weekends How did you get started in the news business?…

May 13, 2013, 10:37 PM EDT

Telemundo Unveils 5 Novelas, Ryan Seacrest Show Broadcaster claims to be taking market share away from Univision

"There's no such thing as a comfortable No. 2," Telemundo president Emilio Romano said at a press conference last week, and indeed, the network is trying to take market share…

May 13, 2013, 9:46 AM EDT

Do NewFronts Really Affect TV Pricing? Scarcity is the problem

Google’s Eric Schmidt may have told an audience full of media buyers that Web video had already replaced television last week, but the ad industry isn’t so sure the NewFronts…

May 12, 2013, 11:17 PM EDT

Adult Swim Greenlights Mike Tyson Show, Renews 17 Including Controversial Loiter Squad Slate features Galifianakis and Dan Harmon's Rick and Morty

UPDATED: Turner's Adult Swim has greenlit five new series, including a show from retired heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson called Mike Tyson's Mysteries, from Warner Bros. Animation (Warner Bros. owns Turner).…

May 10, 2013, 10:07 AM EDT

A+E Networks Unveil Houdini, Sons of Liberty, Devious Maids at Upfront Mel Berning targets clients who are ‘tired of paying a failure tax’

A+E Networks’ Wednesday night upfront presentation at Lincoln Center featured ad sales president Mel Berning in an aggressive mode, taking on broadcasters for “throwing over $1 billion dollars up for…

May 8, 2013, 6:04 PM EDT

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