Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Paramount Television


Related Topics

In the News (Mon 13 Oct 08)

  
  Paramount Pictures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paramount was split in two, with the 1,500-screen theater chain handed to the new United Paramount Theaters on December 31, 1949.
Paramount Pictures was unconnected to Paramount Records, until it purchased the rights to use Paramount Records' name (but not its catalogue) in the late 1960s.
In 1974, Paramount sold all of its record holdings to ABC Records, which in turn was sold to MCA in 1978.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paramount_Pictures   (2368 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Paramount Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Paramount Network Television and Paramount Domestic Television) is an American television production/distribution company that was launched in 1967.
After Viacom's merger with Paramount Communications in 1994, Viacom Enterprises was folded into Paramount Domestic Television, (which the company is also called Paramount/Viacom) and Viacom launched the UPN (United Paramount Network) network with Chris-Craft Industries a year later.
Paramount's mountain was fl with the Gulf + Western byline positioned on a single line at the bottommost of the mountain, surrounded by an animated white circle, this in turn encircled by white stars.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paramount-Television   (2526 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Paramount Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Paramount also introduced the block-booking system, which meant that an exhibitor who wanted to show a particular Famous Players movie had to buy an entire package, containing a set of films from all companies that worked together with Paramount.
Paramount Pictures was unconnected to Paramount Records (additional info and facts about Paramount Records), until it purchased the rights to use Paramount Records' name (but not its back catalogue) in the late 1960s (The decade from 1960 to 1969).
Paramount used the name to publish soundtrack albums and pop records from the Dot Records (additional info and facts about Dot Records) back catalogue, since Dot had been switched over to all-country.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/paramount_pictures.htm   (677 words)

  
 UPN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paramount Pictures (the "P" in UPN) has played a pivotal role in the development of network television; it was a partner in the DuMont Television Network, and the Paramount Theaters chain, spun off from the corporate/studio parent, was an early, important component of the ABC television network's survival in the 1950s.
Independent stations, even more than network affiliates, were feeling the growing pressure of audience erosion to cable television in the 1980s and 1990s, and there were unaffiliated commercial stations in most of the major markets, at least, even after the foundation of Fox in 1987.
Meanwhile, Paramount had formed Paramount Stations Group when it purchased the TVX Group, which owned several independent stations in major markets, a move not unlike that of the purchase of the Metromedia Group by Fox several years previously.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Paramount_Network   (1326 words)

  
 Paramount Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The "Paramount" name, which is written in its majestic script font and appears in fl, pops in while 22 white stars appear around the border, starting in the middle and going downward.
Logo: Same appearance as the 2nd logo except the main rectangle border is red, the Paramount mountain is blue, the stars around the mountain are blue, the outside border of the Paramount logo is white.
Paramount (Viacom) is starting to update this logo with their newest, even syndie reruns of Cheers (once known as the best source of the logo), have been replace with the current.
members.fortunecity.com /teamfx2000/ParamountTV/paramounttv.htm   (1421 words)

  
 STasis: Your Guide to the Scholarly Literature of TREK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Paramount claimed in a U.S. District Court lawsuit that Custom Wood Designs produces two swords, the "Star Sword" and the "Warrior Blade" that are copies of the Klingon sword featured in the popular television series.
Paramount claimed in its lawsuit that the Klingon sword was designed and created by Paramount, and first appeared in a TNG episode "Reunion." Paramount seeks $100,000 in damages for each of the swords produced by Custom Wood Designs, Inc., plus Custom Wood Designs profits.
Paramount Domestic Television's DS9 is reportedly the highest-rated weekly drama in syndication, with a 6.4 GAA Nielsen rating, among its target audience (i.e, men aged 18-49), according to Littleton.
www.ircruise.com /stasis/desilu1997.htm   (1767 words)

  
 Paramount TV and the Formation of ABC
In 1951 United Paramount planned to have 27 such communal television theaters—until the costliness of the project, launched in 1949, was overtaken by home television.
The hostility toward television developed as the FCC restricted the Hollywood studios from television due to the antitrust charges during the Paramount case that forced the film companies to sit on the sidelines as the radio broadcasters signal standards became adopted by the FCC.
For many years thereafter, Hollywood's anxiety toward television was evident in the reluctance of the majors to create original programming and the hesitation toward the sale of their old films to television.
www.cobbles.com /simpp_archive/paramount_television.htm   (1528 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'ET' snares rights to wedding of Letourneau, Fualaau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SEATTLE (AP) — The television show Entertainment Tonight has won the rights to the planned May wedding of Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade pupil Vili Fualaau, the father of her two youngest children.
Their relationship became sexual when he was 12 and she was a 34-year-old married mother of four and an elementary school teacher.
Paramount spokesman Manfred Westphal declined to disclose the fee for the wedding rights, but said a reported sum of $500,000 was "ridiculous."
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-04-28-letourneau-wedding_x.htm?csp=36   (387 words)

  
 Viacom Forms CBS Paramount International Television
Paramount has always been a leading player in the global arena and this will position us to further expand a very important part of our business." In connection with the restructuring, Gary Marenzi, who has served as President of Paramount International Television since 1997, will be leaving the company.
Most recently, he brought Sky Television into a co-production with Viacom Productions on USA Network's summer hit, "The 4400." Said Berman: "Gary has been critical to the success of Paramount International Television.
He is currently a Board member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and a past Board member of NATPE International.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-10-2004/0002228962&EDATE=   (652 words)

  
 Paramount Television Productions, Inc. v. Bill Derman Productions (1968) 258 CA2d 1
a sale of a television program would be a sale by the producer or his intermediary, sales agent, or assignee or licensee, if he is not directly engaged" to a network or a network sponsor or in case of a syndicated sale to a regional market or on a station-to-station basis.
Plaintiff argues that we are entitled, yea required, to take judicial notice that in the television industry a network sale means a network exhibition in the sense that the two terms are interchangeable.
FN 3 It is worthy of note that during the period Derman's "Beat The Odds" program was being telecast weekly by KTLA, but the contract was terminated by plaintiff within a week after it was informed that Derman denied liability under the February 1, 1962, agreement.
online.ceb.com /calcases/CA2/258CA2d1.htm   (3009 words)

  
 Paramount Television Tapings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Paramount is the only studio to offer reservations.
The Paramount box office is open Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 4 PM.
The Paramount ticket booth is hidden away behind a small gate in the studio's long western wall facing Gower Street.
www.seeing-stars.com /Tapings/ParamountTapings.shtml   (676 words)

  
 TrekWeb.COM - Paramount Television and Motion Picture 1998 Performance
Paramount went to great lengths in 1998 to salvage its long-running newsmagazine ``Hard Copy'' by replacing its longtime anchor team and shifting the tone from tabmag dish to newsmag human interest stories.
Paramount's new talkshow hosted by Howie Mandel has garnered tepid ratings since its bow last June, making it unlikely that ``The Howie Mandel Show'' will be picked up for a second year.
On the off-network front, Paramount struck a deal in May with DreamWorks to handle the sales of ``Spin City,'' which surprised most TV prognosticators by coming on strong at the start of its third season this fall.
www.trekweb.com /Headlines/1.7.99.html   (2710 words)

  
 Business Wire: Paramount Domestic Television's Entertainment T... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Produced by Paramount Domestic Television in association with Cox Broadcasting, Entertainment Tonight is taped in Hollywood, California.
Mary Hart and John Tesh are co-anchors; Julie Moran and Bob Goen are weekend and substitute anchors and correspondents; Mark Steines and Jann Carl are correspondents.
The Paramount Television Group is part of the Viacom Entertainment Group, a division of Viacom Inc.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:17867254&refid=holomed_1   (455 words)

  
 Viacom merges CBS, Paramount world distribution - Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
MUMBAI: Viacom is reorganising its international television distribution operations with the creation of CBS Paramount International Television - a new global television sales and distribution entity that will merge the significant resources of CBS Broadcast International and Paramount International Television.
Paramount has always been a leading player in the global arena and this will position us to further expand a very important part of our business."
In connection with the restructuring, Gary Marenzi, who has served as president of Paramount International Television since 1997, will be leaving the company.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/aug/aug98.htm   (700 words)

  
 Business Wire: Paramount Television Group and Microsoft announ... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Paramount Television Group and Microsoft announce exclusive agreement for ''Star Trek'' and ''Entertainment Tonight'' on the Microsoft Network.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1995--The Paramount Television Group and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Tuesday announced an agreement in which Paramount will showcase exclusive on-line content for their STAR TREK and ``Entertainment Tonight'' properties, and a third project in development for exclusive use on MSN, The Microsoft Network.
With a library of 15,000 titles, The Paramount Television Group is at the forefront in the production and distribution of television programming for commercial networks, first-run syndication and cable services.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:17481169&refid=holomed_1   (1081 words)

  
 Hispanic Business News: Carlos Ponce Joins Paramount Domestic Television's 'ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT'
Ponce will report on film, television, music and fashion for the most-watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world.
Produced and distributed by Paramount Domestic Television, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is taped in Hollywood, California.
Paramount Domestic Television is part of the Viacom Entertainment Group, which includes the Paramount Motion Picture Group, Paramount Television Production, Paramount Worldwide Television Distribution, Simon and Schuster and Paramount Enterprises (which is comprised of Paramount Parks, Famous Players Inc., Paramount's interest in United Cinemas International, Famous Music Publishing, Consumer Products and Paramount Digital Entertainment).
www.hispanicbusiness.com /news/news_print.asp?id=11840   (448 words)

  
 Sarah Wynter Signed to Guest Star in Six Episodes of USA Network's..
On television, she also starred opposite Eric Roberts in the cable feature Race Against Time and guest-starred in the pilot of Sex and the City.
USA Network is a program service of Universal Television Networks, part of the Universal Television Group, a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE) (www.universalstudios.com), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.
Paramount International Television distributes a library of over 55,000 hours of programming, as well as all production from Paramount Television.
www.amex.com /newsDetails/CmnNewsDet.jsp?id=XpressFeed_NewsDetails_1075923998116.html   (752 words)

  
 STasis: Your Guide to the Scholarly Literature of TREK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Paramount is also partnering with Showtime during the network's "Sci-Friday" block of original science fiction programming.
Paramount and Nickelodeon are both units of Viacom, Inc. CSD, the first digital television operator in Spain, launched in January 1997 with 25 television and 26 audio channels.
The winners will receive a trip for two to Paramount Pictures in Hollywood to attend a special advance screening of the new movie and for their in-person video taped interview with a cast member.
www.ircruise.com /stasis/desilu1998.htm   (2653 words)

  
 Cable TV Talk - Official Press Release: Lifetime Television Acquires "Laverne & Shirley"
New York Adding another popular sitcom to its daytime schedule, Lifetime Television has acquired Laverne and Shirley from Paramount Television, it was announced today by Leslie Glenn-Chesloff, Senior Vice President, Planning, Scheduling and Acquisitions, Lifetime Entertainment Services.
Regularly one of televisions top-rated sitcoms, Laverne and Shirley ran on ABC from 1976-1983.
LIFETIME is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated basic cable television networks.
www.cabletvtalk.com /showthread.php?t=1142   (446 words)

  
 GLAAD: Statements by Laura Schlessinger, Paramount Television Group and GLAAD (March 10-15, 2000)
Click here to read Paramount Television Group's March 10, 2000 statement.
Because she has breached the integrity of her own statement, GLAAD now has no assurance that Schlessinger will not publicly defame lesbians and gay men in her radio or upcoming television broadcasts.
"In its March 10 statement regarding Schlessinger, Paramount Television Group committed 'to present society's issues without creating or contributing to an environment of hurt, hate or intolerance,'" said Garry.
www.glaad.org /publications/archive_detail.php?id=2830   (773 words)

  
 TrekToday - Hart Steps Down As President Of Paramount Network Television
"Paramount has been a great and proud name in television for a long time, and Garry has been an important part of its success for the last decade,” he said.
“He’s a true professional, and everyone at Viacom, Paramount and CBS owe him a sincere vote of thanks for his significant contributions to the reputation and performance of one of the media industry’s great programming companies.
According to Zap2It, Moonves is hoping to boost profits with the combination of CBS Studios and Paramount Network Television.
www.trektoday.com /news/080904_02.shtml   (1022 words)

  
 NATPE Boot Camp: Speaker Bio
From 1994 to 1998, she was Vice President, Programming, for Paramount Domestic Television, responsible for all aspects of production on LEEZA during its three highest-rated seasons, as well as production oversight on SIGHTINGS and the animated series DUCKMAN.
She joined Paramount in 1985, was promoted to Executive Director in 1992, and to Vice President of Research in 1993.
Paramount Worldwide Television Distribution is a unit of Viacom Inc.
www.natpe.org /calendar/bootcamp/speakers/bios/index.jsp?id_string=105636:PYYFXG5vD4KD4c4T9UhZsw**   (167 words)

  
 Wired 2.04: Mother of Multimedia
At least one (Geographic Television) was given away to schools as a way to ratchet up students' interest in geography.
Its advanced prototypes are intended to make Paramount a more nimble entertainment force than its rivals - in publishing, in theme parks, in television, and in the movies.
And when Paramount doesn't have the resources it needs, Ambron reaches out to technology partners, like AT&T and GeoWorks, to produce the prototypes that will turn into profit.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/2.04/ambron.html?pg=3&topic=   (767 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article
In order to put the record straight on the current state of affairs concerning the future of Star Trek: Enterprise, we are reproducing a recent letter sent by John Wentworth (Executive Vice President, Marketing and Media Relations, Paramount Television) to Tim Brazeal, founder and campaign leader for SaveEnterprise.com.
Paramount Network Television and the producers of Star Trek: Enterprise are very flattered and impressed by the fans' passionate outpouring of attention for the show and their efforts to raise funds to continue the show's production.
Paramount Network Television is extremely proud of Star Trek: Enterprise and the accomplishments of its actors and producers and the entire crew, but we must bid farewell to the show.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/10510.html   (264 words)

  
 Cheers article - Cheers British English sitcom Paramount Television September 30 1982 - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheers article - Cheers British English sitcom Paramount Television September 30 1982 - What-Means.com
Cheers is also the name of a long-running sitcom made by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC.
The show premiered on September 30, 1982 and had its widely-watched series finale on May 20, 1993, followed by a long and ongoing run in syndication.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Cheers   (497 words)

  
 Paramount Pictures Television
Immediate opening for dependable, enthusiastic, and motivated students with career interests in the television industry and a desire to learn Nielsen rating methodologies.
To qualify, you must be enrolled in an accredited college or university.
An ability to work well in an environment where needs and priorities are subject to constant change. Willingness to take and follow directions and to ask questions when uncertain of task.
www.showbizjobs.com /dsp_currentjob.cfm?jobid=13104   (233 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.