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Time Warner's UK Businesses Announce One-Stop-Shop for Advertisers
October 09, 2007 -- Time Warner's UK businesses - AOL UK; IPC Media; TIME and Fortune magazines; Turner Broadcasting; and Warner Bros. - announce today, October 9, a one-stop-shop for advertisers with the formation of the Time Warner UK Advertising Council.
The Council is designed to provide a single, easy access point to the combined strength of Time Warner's assets on all platforms – online, TV, print, movies, video, mobile and music – mirroring a model that has been operating successfully in the US for three years, with clients such as Unilever and Mercedes. » read more »
Acclaimed Drama 'Gossip Girl' First New Series Picked Up for Full Season
October 09, 2007 -- Acclaimed and much buzzed-about new drama Gossip Girl has become the first new series picked up for a full season of episodes, it was announced today by Dawn Ostroff, president, entertainment, The CW. » read more »
Warner Home Video to Release Its First Ever Interactive DVD Game, 'Harry Potter: Hogwarts Challenge' on Dec. 11
October 08, 2007 -- With the overwhelming popularity of the Harry Potter franchise, Warner Home Video (WHV) will step out of the realm of conventional DVDs with a new foray that will allow fans to experience the magic and adventure of the world of Harry Potter like never before. With the release of the Harry Potter Interactive DVD game, fans can experience in a whole new way the challenges that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has to offer. » read more »
Turner Broadcasting System Completes Acquisition of Claxson Interactive Pay Television Networks in Latin America
October 05, 2007 -- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), a Time Warner company, has received formal approval from the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia in Argentina for the acquisition of seven pay television networks currently operating in the Latin American market. The official close of the deal was announced today by Louise Sams, president of TBS International and executive vice president and general counsel for TBS, Inc., and Roberto Vivo-Chaneton, chairman and chief executive officer of Claxson. » read more »
AOL Takes Reality TV to the Next Level with Premiere of "Project: Freshman" Season Two
October 04, 2007 -- AOL's youth lifestyle service RED has teamed with the University of Hawaii at Manoa to bring to life season two of its popular reality series Project: Freshman. The show, which will stream a new episode every Wednesday, features new students Elliott Winter, Sarah Riordan and Brianna "Bri" Lagat-Ramos, as they embark on college life. » read more »
Sundance Institute, Time Warner Announce New Four-Year Storytelling Advancement Fund
October 03, 2007, Los Angeles, CA – Sundance Institute and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) announce today the Time Warner Storytelling Advancement Fund. The Fund provides substantial support over four years to help fund Sundance Institute's development and celebration of independent artists across the Sundance Institute's core programs.
Sundance Institute is an internationally recognized resource for thousands of independent artists dedicated to the artistic development of filmmakers, screenwriters, composers, writers, playwrights and theatre artists. » read more »
4Kids Entertainment Signs Five-Year Deal with The CW Network
Deal to Partner with The CW and Program Its Saturday Morning Kids Block
» read more »Warner Bros. Entertainment, ALDAR and Abu Dhabi Media Company Sign Long-Term, Multi-Faceted Strategic Alliance for Abu Dhabi
September 26, 2007 -- Warner Bros. Entertainment along with Abu Dhabi's leading and fully integrated real estate developer ALDAR and the newly established Abu Dhabi Media Company have formed an unprecedented, long-term, multi-faceted strategic alliance calling for the creation of a theme park and hotel, jointly owned multiplex cinemas, a co-finance agreement covering feature film production and the development and publication of videogames, and the build-out of the infrastructure for Abu Dhabi's digital transformation. » read more »
HBO Expands International Sales Team
HBO Promotes Jennifer Bowen to Senior Vice President of International Distribution
September 26, 2007 -- HBO has expanded its international sales team by appointing four new vice presidents of international distribution and promoting Jennifer Bowen to Senior Vice President of International Distribution it was announced today by Charles Schreger, president of programming sales at HBO. » read more »
Shoot Unveils Major Redesign, Appoints New Editor
September 25, 2007 -- IPC Inspire today announces a major redesign – and a new editor – for its youth football monthly, Shoot.
The redesigned Shoot features a brand new masthead and a new character, Shooty, helping guide readers through a raft of new editorial franchises.
The all-new editorial package includes activity features, jokes, amazing facts, posters, funny pictures and quizzes – all celebrating the sheer excitement young fans feel for the sport. » read more »
The CW's New Drama 'Gossip Girl' Wins Its Target Demos of Women 18-34, Teens and Female Teens
September 20, 2007 -- The CW's new sensation, Gossip Girl, premiered last night, winning the 9 p.m. - 10 p.m. hour in the show's target demos of women 18-34, teens (2.9/10) and female teens, according to preliminary live plus same day Nielsen ratings for Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007.
Gossip Girl outperformed last season's premiere of One Tree Hill in adults 18-34 (2.2/7, +5%), women 18-34 (3.3/9, +14%), women 18-49 (2.3/6, +5%) and female teens (5.3/17, +56%). » read more »
Warner Music Acquires Majority Stake in Taisuke
Leading artist services company to join Warner Music Japan family
» read more »Time Warner Scores 100 on Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index
September 17, 2007 -- Time Warner has earned a top score of 100 on Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index for 2008. The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. The CEI rates employers on a scale from 0 to 100 percent based on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees, consumers, and investors. A company's score determines its ranking in HRC's annual "Buying for Equality" and "Best Places to Work" reports. » read more »
ESPN, Time Warner Cable Announce Digital Basic Distribution for ESPN Deportes in New York and New Jersey
Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey Now Offering
ESPN Deportes to More Than One Million Customers
» read more »HBO Receives 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the Most of any Network this Year
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Leads HBO Programming iith 6 Emmys
September 17, 2007 -- HBO received 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most of any network, in the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards competition. The awards received by the network this year reflect the diversity of HBO's original programming, ranging from series to original movies to documentaries.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee topped HBO's list of winners with 6 awards, while The Sopranos, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and Rome each received 3 awards.
HBO's Emmy wins this year include: » read more »