Casey Patterson has been named senior vp event production and talent development at Spike TV and TV Land.
Patterson, who was senior vp talent development and casting at Spike TV, will be responsible for the creation and execution of "brand-defining event programming and other talent-driven content" for both networks.
In the newly created position, Patterson also Will Foster and oversee Spike and TV Land's relationships with major Hollywood film studios. In tandem with each network's national ad sales and marketing teams, she will offer partnership opportunities and oversee the formation of network tie-ins, custom programming events and other talent offerings as they relate to major film releases and other high-profile projects.
She also will oversee all facets of the Spike and TV Land event production and talent development department, which previously was responsible solely for Spike.
Since joining Spike (formerly TNN) in 2000, Patterson has played a key role in the overall development of the network as well as in the creation of such programming events as the Video Game Awards, the Scream Awards and the Guys Choice Awards.
Patterson, who was senior vp talent development and casting at Spike TV, will be responsible for the creation and execution of "brand-defining event programming and other talent-driven content" for both networks.
In the newly created position, Patterson also Will Foster and oversee Spike and TV Land's relationships with major Hollywood film studios. In tandem with each network's national ad sales and marketing teams, she will offer partnership opportunities and oversee the formation of network tie-ins, custom programming events and other talent offerings as they relate to major film releases and other high-profile projects.
She also will oversee all facets of the Spike and TV Land event production and talent development department, which previously was responsible solely for Spike.
Since joining Spike (formerly TNN) in 2000, Patterson has played a key role in the overall development of the network as well as in the creation of such programming events as the Video Game Awards, the Scream Awards and the Guys Choice Awards.
- 3/31/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
FRANKFURT, Germany -- The German cartel office is giving the green light to cable giant Kabel Deutschland's (KDG) to acquire 1.2 million subscribers from competitor Orion Cable for 585 million euros ($907 million).
A KDG spokesperson on Thursday confirmed media reports that the deal would be waved through. Official approval is expected by early April.
KDG's new subscribers are all in regions it already supplies. The Orion deal will allow the cable giant to market directly to subscribers, something it hopes Will Foster the rollout of its full line of services.
As part of the deal, KDG agreed to withdraw from its bid for independent cabler Primacom, clearing the way for Orion to acquire the group, which reaches about 1 million homes. After that deal, Orion and its parent company, Telecolumbus, will have around 4 million cable subscribers in Germany.
KDG remains Germany's top cable group, reaching some 9 million homes.
A KDG spokesperson on Thursday confirmed media reports that the deal would be waved through. Official approval is expected by early April.
KDG's new subscribers are all in regions it already supplies. The Orion deal will allow the cable giant to market directly to subscribers, something it hopes Will Foster the rollout of its full line of services.
As part of the deal, KDG agreed to withdraw from its bid for independent cabler Primacom, clearing the way for Orion to acquire the group, which reaches about 1 million homes. After that deal, Orion and its parent company, Telecolumbus, will have around 4 million cable subscribers in Germany.
KDG remains Germany's top cable group, reaching some 9 million homes.
- 3/14/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have signed an unprecedented production deal with Viacom guaranteeing the two a 50-50 split of ad revenue and a stand-alone Web presence as part of a three-year contract extension, according to a report published Monday in the New York Times.
The deal, which will guarantee Parker and Stone about $75 million over the next four years, Will Foster the creation of SouthParkStudios.com. The Web site will feature new applications for the characters on the Comedy Central hit and is intended "to spread 'South Park'-related material across the Net, mobile platforms and video games."
The new contract was agreed upon in part because Parker and Stone had signed their deal before the advent of sites like Google's YouTube, which has spread noncopyrighted South Park clips throughout the Web to the dismay of Viacom. The duo had previously expressed frustration that their show, the highest-rated offering on Comedy Central, had no digital home.
The deal, which will guarantee Parker and Stone about $75 million over the next four years, Will Foster the creation of SouthParkStudios.com. The Web site will feature new applications for the characters on the Comedy Central hit and is intended "to spread 'South Park'-related material across the Net, mobile platforms and video games."
The new contract was agreed upon in part because Parker and Stone had signed their deal before the advent of sites like Google's YouTube, which has spread noncopyrighted South Park clips throughout the Web to the dismay of Viacom. The duo had previously expressed frustration that their show, the highest-rated offering on Comedy Central, had no digital home.
- 8/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Gallic uber-producer Luc Besson is finalizing plans to bring films from the Festival de Cannes to the deprived suburbs around Paris.
The initiative was spawned in the wake of the 2005 riots, which swept through the so-called "banlieues," the outlying housing projects ringing most major French cities where unemployment rates are high and opportunities for the largely immigrant populations are low.
"Every night during the festival, in a different banlieue around the Paris region, we'll screen a film from the Cannes official selection on a giant inflatable screen," said Besson, who is organizing the screenings through his Europa Corp.
In some places, the screen will be put up at the foot of large tenement blocks, so several hundred people will be able to watch the movie from their windows.
"We're hoping that those who live on the side with the screen will invite their neighbors from the other side of the building," joked Besson, clearly relishing the sense of community he hopes the screenings Will Foster.
The initiative was spawned in the wake of the 2005 riots, which swept through the so-called "banlieues," the outlying housing projects ringing most major French cities where unemployment rates are high and opportunities for the largely immigrant populations are low.
"Every night during the festival, in a different banlieue around the Paris region, we'll screen a film from the Cannes official selection on a giant inflatable screen," said Besson, who is organizing the screenings through his Europa Corp.
In some places, the screen will be put up at the foot of large tenement blocks, so several hundred people will be able to watch the movie from their windows.
"We're hoping that those who live on the side with the screen will invite their neighbors from the other side of the building," joked Besson, clearly relishing the sense of community he hopes the screenings Will Foster.
- 4/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BRUSSELS --The European Commission on Thursday said it will take Hungary to the European Union's highest court for failing to scrap restrictions on cable television services.
The EC -- the European Union's executive authority -- said the government has failed to abolish the part of the Hungarian Media Act that limits each cable operator to a maximum subscriber base of just one-third of the Hungarian population.
"The limitation imposed by the Media Act on cable operators is bad for Hungarian citizens as it limits their choice in broadband services," EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said, announcing the case at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
The Commission contends that consolidation Will Foster investment and the provision of better broadband services, including triple play services by allowing cable TV operators to compete with dominant telecom player Magyar Telekom throughout the whole of the country.
Officials said the current law prevents cable TV operators from combining, which would provide more investment for the sector and allow better broadband services to emerge.
The EC -- the European Union's executive authority -- said the government has failed to abolish the part of the Hungarian Media Act that limits each cable operator to a maximum subscriber base of just one-third of the Hungarian population.
"The limitation imposed by the Media Act on cable operators is bad for Hungarian citizens as it limits their choice in broadband services," EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said, announcing the case at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
The Commission contends that consolidation Will Foster investment and the provision of better broadband services, including triple play services by allowing cable TV operators to compete with dominant telecom player Magyar Telekom throughout the whole of the country.
Officials said the current law prevents cable TV operators from combining, which would provide more investment for the sector and allow better broadband services to emerge.
- 12/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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