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• Werner to Head New Warner Bros.' Combo Syndie Unit (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2008-01-14

  Ken Werner, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, is set to head Warner Bros.' newly combined TV-distribution group. Eric Frankel, head of Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution since 2001, is exiting the company. Ken Werner, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, is...

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• Warner Bros.Handles Hunt; 20th in Session (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-11-26

  Warner Bros. has cleared The Bonnie Hunt Show in more than 75% of the country for next fall, the syndicator said. The one-hour daytime strip is cleared in 17 of the top 20 markets. Stations signing on include nine outlets from NBC's recently renamed Local Media Division, which picked up...

  Tags: broadcasting, Cable, NBC Universal Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Warner Bros Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• BC Beat (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-10-29

  The National Association of Television Program Executives NATPE will get a nice boost when Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution returns to the convention floor for the annual conference in January. A Warner Bros. spokesperson confirmed the company's domestic division, which had been conducting business from...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Firewalls, NETWORKING, PBS, TVs, underwriter, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Breaking Tradition (Broadcasting and Cable)

  - 2007-08-27

  Three new fall shows could spark new choices The syndication business is often criticized for its lack of variety, but this fall, new genre-changing concepts could take root in the business. Warner Bros.' TMZ --covering all the news and gossip within Hollywood's so-called "Thirty-Mile Zone"--is...

  Tags: broadcasting, cable, Games, INTERNET, NBC Universal Inc., TVs, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• The Pirates' Foe.(Darcy Antonellis, chief anti-piracy executive at Warner Bros.)(Broadcasting and Cable technology leadership awards)

  - 2007-04-16

  By Wayne Friedman By Wayne Friedman

  Tags: antipiracy, broadcasting, cable, Friedman, leadership, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Fast Track.

  - 2007-02-26

  By Staff 'TMZ' Show Cleared In 80% of the U.S. Jim Benson By Jim Benson Clearance levels for a daily series named TMZ , after the...

  Tags: cable, company, satellite, satellite radio, Sirius, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., XM Satellite Radio Inc.

• Cable test closes window.(Comcast Corp.'s Video-on-demand service for latest movies )

  - 2007-01-01

  By Jennifer Netherby Leading U.S. cable operator Comcast is offering movies from nearly every major studio on-demand in two markets the same day they debut on DVD, erasing the standard window between a film's DVD release and its pay-per-view ...

  Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., DVD, on-demand, VoD, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., window

• Some choices for last–minute Santa helpers

  - 2006-12-20

  THE GIZMO: Last-minute gift ideas for the high-tech-entertainment lover on your shopping list. BEST OF TV: Is there any television show that isn't available on DVD this year? We've spotted everything from "Gunsmoke" to "Gomer Pyle" to the equally long-awaited (?!?) "Beverly Hills 90210." For spreading joy, you can't go...

  Tags: 20th Century Fox, Cable, DVD, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• ION Media Networks Announces Programming Agreement for Extensive Line-up of Theatricals and Television Series from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution; ''Superman III'' to Kick off Schedule Saturday, July 1st

  - 2006-06-27

  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- ION Media Networks, Inc. (AMEX:ION) and Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution announced today a comprehensive programming deal, providing ION with the rights to broadcast popular movies and classic television series from Warner Bros.' extensive library on its flagship i television network, reaching over 90 million...

  Tags: cable, programming, TV, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• 'Half' Off.(cable networks plan to launch television comedies)(Brief article)

  - 2006-06-12

  By Jim Benson Cable rejects deal to divvy sitcom with stations Warner Bros. failed to pull off its unprecedented payday that it had hoped for with the sale of its off-network sitcom Two and a...

  Tags: cable, network, TV, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.