After the Viacom/CBS breakup, when the TV shows (including "Star Trek," "The Untouchables," "The Brady Bunch" and titles acquired from buying out Blockbuster) became part of CBS, Paramount was the only big movie studio without a TV division, but that's changed now--Amy Powell, who ran the studio's new media division (and got one of that division's projects, the dating reality show parody "Burning Love," to repeat on E!), will be running the division while still running the new media and ultra-low budget Insurgent division:
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/amy-powell-run-paramounts-tv-division-104971 One assumes that Viacom's cable channels will be prime targets for Paramount's product, in particular the premium channel Epix, which has been stymied into entering the original scripted series game by Comcast, Time Warner, Cablevision and DirecTV's refusal to pick up the channel. Netflix's recent successes may be an impetus to emphasize the streaming end of Epix and begin original programming development. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
