Networks

The Hub Names Disney Exec Nikki Reed As Programming Chief

SVP Succeeds Donna Ebbs At Kids-Focused Joint Venture Network
By: MCN Staff Mar 14 2013 - 12:30pm
SVP Succeeds Donna Ebbs At Kids-Focused Joint Venture Network
Nikki Reed

The Hub has hired Disney Channel and Disney XD Networks executive Nikki Reed as senior vice president, programming & development, to succeed Donna Ebbs,  who served as The Hub’s first programming chief and helped launch the network in October 2010. Ebbs has transitioned to a new role as a consultant and an executive producer for The Hub and is responsible for pursuing and developing several new properties and securing unique production opportunities for the network.

Kern: InterMedia ‘Loaded For Bear’

Despite Losing Outdoor Channel, Opportunities Abound to Grow Outdoor Category
By: Mike Farrell Mar 13 2013 - 12:34pm
Despite Losing Outdoor Channel, Opportunities Abound to Grow Outdoor Category

Despite being pushed aside by a larger, last minute bid by Denver sports magnate Stan Kroenke in its quest for the Outdoor Channel, InterMedia Partners said it will continue to grow its ratings and reach in its efforts to boost the overall outdoor lifestyle category.

Outdoor Agrees to KSE Acquisition

Deal Expected to Close in Second Quarter
By: Mike Farrell Mar 13 2013 - 10:17am
Deal Expected to Close in Second Quarter

Outdoor Channel said Wednesday that it has entered into definitive merger agreement with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for $8.75 per share in cash, a deal that values the network at about $227 million.

"Our board of directors has unanimously determined that the proposed all-cash merger with KSE offers superior value for our stockholders," said Outdoor Channel CEO Tom Hornish, in a statement. "We are pleased that Kroenke Sports & Entertainment has agreed to purchase Outdoor Channel."

Outdoor Says Kroenke Deal ‘Superior’

Gives InterMedia Four Days to Put Forth Better Offer
By: Mike Farrell Mar 8 2013 - 1:36pm
Gives InterMedia Four Days to Put Forth Better Offer

Outdoor Channel’s board of directors has determined that a $227 million last-minute offer to buy the network outright is superior to an earlier deal with InterMedia Partners, telling the parent of the Sportsman Channel that it has until March 12 to sweeten its bid.

Google Fiber TV Will Charge $5 Per Month for ESPN 3D

IPTV Service Also Debuts 3net from Discovery, Sony and IMAX
By: Todd Spangler Mar 8 2013 - 11:55am
IPTV Service Also Debuts 3net from Discovery, Sony and IMAX

ESPN 3D and 3net, the 3D channel from Discovery Communications, Sony and IMAX, are now available to Kansas City residents lucky enough to live in one of the few neighborhoods where Google is currently offering fiber-to-the-home IPTV and 1 Gigabit Internet service.

ESPN 3D is available for an additional $5 per month to Google Fiber customers who take the $120 monthly Gigabit + TV plan, while 3net is included for no additional charge.

In Kansas City, Google Fiber competitors include Time Warner Cable, which charges an additional $10 monthly fee for ESPN3D.

Turner, NCTC Reach Carriage Agreement

Long Term Deal for CNN, TNT, Others
By: Mike Farrell Mar 7 2013 - 2:25pm
Long Term Deal for CNN, TNT, Others

Turner Broadcasting System, said Thursday it has reached a long-term carriage agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative, the purchasing group for small and medium-sized cable operators. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Under the terms of the agreement, Turner’s diverse portfolio of networks including CNN, HLN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), truTV, CNN International, CNN en Español and Boomerang will continue to be carried by NCTC’s nearly 1,000 independent cable operator members nationwide.

Weather Channel Moves Elemental to Internet Storm Front

Programmer Uses Encoders for Live Streaming Video to Mobile Apps, Web Services
By: Todd Spangler Mar 5 2013 - 11:33am
Programmer Uses Encoders for Live Streaming Video to Mobile Apps, Web Services

The Weather Channel is using Elemental Technologies’ video-encoding systems to deliver live programming over the Internet to millions of users through its mobile apps and Web properties, as well as YouTube.

The programmer has deployed the Elemental Live software, which runs on off-the-shelf graphics processing units (GPUs) instead of special-purpose chips, in its Atlanta operations center, according to the companies.

Screenvision Extends Content Pact With ReelzChannel

By: MCN Staff Mar 4 2013 - 2:39pm

Screenvision is renewing and extending a content partnership with ReelzChannel, which will continue to provide exclusive monthly content with an inside look at Hollywood to during Screenvision’s pre-show, The Limelight, seen by movie-goers in 2,300-plus theaters and 14,000 screens since April 2012. 

Theano Apostolou Upped To EVP At Starz

By: MCN Staff Mar 4 2013 - 2:21pm

Starz has promoted Theano Apostolou, who is the company’s chief press officer and spokesperson, to executive vice president, communications from senior vice president of corporate communications and program publicity. Based in Los Angeles, she is responsible for the network’s overall communications strategies, programming publicity and external affairs. She will remain as the chief press officer and spokesperson for the company.

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Kroenke Makes $227M Competing Bid For Outdoor

Sports Magnate Offers $8.75 Per Share For Network
By: Mike Farrell Mar 4 2013 - 11:40am
Sports Magnate Offers $8.75 Per Share For Network

Denver sports magnate Stan Kroenke’s Kroenke Sports & Entertainment has made a competing offer for the Outdoor Channel, a deal which seems to trump an earlier agreement between the hunting and fishing network and Sportsman Channel parent InterMedia Holdings.

Kroenke Sports, which also owns regional sports network Altitude Sports and the World Fishing Network, offered $8.75 per share in cash for the outstanding stock of Outdoor Channel, a bid worth about $227 million that seems to far outpace InterMedia’s $8 per share deal.

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