TV News: Offers $500,000 in hotel tax revenue to keep event — San Diego is sweetening its bid to keep Comic-Con, offering organizers $500,000 in hotel tax revenue to keep the huge pop culture event in the city.
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San Diego sweetens bid for Comic-Con
TV News: Cabler adds 38,300 subscribers in first quarter — Virgin Media, the Nasdaq-quoted U.K. cable combo, achieved record growth in the first quarter of this year.
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U.K.’s Virgin reports record growth
TV News: Distrib division intros ‘Dilemma’ across platforms — Banijay Intl. is launching its first multi-platform format, “Dilemma.”
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Banijay launches multi-platform format
TV News: Vet manager to lead writer and director divisions — Veteran manager Dave Brown will spearhead Artist Intl.’s writer and director divisions.
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Brown now at Artist Intl.
Reality TV: Satcaster keeps channel on the air for now — Fox Reality Channel gave way to Nat Geo Wild on March 29, right? Well, almost
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Fox Reality clings to life on DirecTV (source: Variety)
Reality TV: Bill Engvall, Mo Rocca set for ABC’s ‘Trust Me’ — Bill Engvall and Mo Rocca have been tapped as hosts of ABC’s “Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host.” (source: Variety) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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Truth pilot taps hosts (source: Variety)
TV News: Wolynetz, Fitzpatrick hired for exec roles — BBC Worldwide Prods. made two executive hires in scripted programming, bringing on Vlad Wolynetz as senior veep of scripted production and Hugh Fitzpatrick as scripted programming VP.
TV News: McCann to head Blighty division — LONDON — Turner Broadcasting high-flyer Tina McCann has been tapped as head of Nickelodeon U.K.
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Nickelodeon U.K. turns to Turner exec
TV News: Network greenlights eight while renewing five series — TruTV greenlit eight new series for development and renewed five others, including “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,” at its first dedicated upfront.
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TruTV heavy into development
TV News: ’24/7′ scores for cable network — HBO led all networks with nine awards at last night’s Sports Emmys ceremony in New York.
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HBO tops Sports Emmys
