ION Media Networks Completes Acquisition Agreement with CBS Television Distribution to Air ``48 Hours''
15 Agosto 2007 - 8:52AM
Business Wire
ION Media Networks, Inc. (AMEX:ION) today announced a multi-year
acquisition deal with CBS Television Distribution to air the highly
rated, hour-long television news program, �48 Hours,� on ION
Television, its flagship television network reaching over 93
million homes. Hosted by Erin Moriarty, one of the veteran CBS News
correspondents of �48 Hours,� the show will appear weeknights on
ION Television beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007. In its
unique approach, �48 Hours� delves into a single subject, examining
it from several angles with in-depth coverage and an action-driven
style. The Emmy� award-winning newsmagazine blends real-life news
events with expert storytelling, shedding new light on true-crime
cases and examining issues facing everyday Americans. Under terms
of the agreement, previously aired installments of �48 Hours� will
be updated with new graphics and wraps by Ms. Moriarty, who will
provide the audience with new findings in ongoing investigations.
Ms. Moriarty has been a correspondent for �48 Hours� since June
1990 and has a law degree. She previously had been the consumer
correspondent for �CBS This Morning� and the �CBS Evening News.�
��48 Hours� is quality, contemporary, versatile programming with
great appeal for our family-oriented audiences,� said Brandon
Burgess, CEO, ION Media Networks. �We are very pleased with this
CBS content relationship, as we look to grow the ION Television
network in coming years, through programming relationships with
quality suppliers.� �Providing an excellent mix of mystery, drama
and reality, �48 Hours� is one of television�s most successful
newsmagazine programs,� said Stacey Nagel Galper, SVP of
Programming and Strategic Planning for ION Media Networks. �For ION
Television, it adds a dose of mystery and suspense to our generally
light-hearted and upbeat weekday schedule. We are also very pleased
to have a well-respected and leading broadcast journalist, Erin
Moriarty, as our host.� This new agreement is part of ION Media
Network�s ongoing initiative to add new, compelling programming
from leading content providers that blends with the network�s
signature quality content. Last fall, RHI Entertainment and ION
Media Networks announced a new partnership, whereby RHI serves as
the exclusive television programming supplier on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday nights. Since the start of the RHI and ION partnership,
which began the weekend of June 29th with the digitally
re-mastered, Emmy� award-winning miniseries Lonesome Dove, Saturday
night household impressions have experienced a 55 percent increase
over season-to-date figures. Killer Wave, an action-disaster
miniseries starring Tom Skerritt, is the first of 12 original
productions from RHI to air on ION Television. The four-hour
miniseries, which will debut in its entirety on Sunday, August 5th,
features Angus Macfayden (Braveheart, Alias, Saw 3), Steven
McHattie (A History of Violence, Seinfeld) and Karine Vanasse (Head
in the Clouds, Set Me Free). About ION Media Networks ION Media
Networks, Inc. owns and operates the nation�s largest broadcast
television station group and ION Television, reaching over 93
million U.S. television households via its nationwide broadcast
television, cable and satellite distribution systems. ION
Television currently features popular TV series and movies from the
award-winning libraries of Warner Bros., Sony Pictures Television
and CBS Television, among others. ION Media also has partnered with
RHI Entertainment, which owns over 4,000 hours of acclaimed
television content, to provide weekend primetime programming
consisting of exclusive original programming and quality library
titles. Utilizing its digital multicasting capability, the company
has launched several new digital TV brands, including qubo, a
television and multimedia network for children formed in
partnership with several leading media and entertainment companies,
and ION Life, a television and multimedia network dedicated to
health and wellness for consumers and families. For more
information, please visit www.ionmedia.tv.
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