A&E Television Networks
Summary
Arts & Entertainment Television Networks (also known as A&E Television Networks or simply AETN) is a U.S. media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the US and abroad. The company is a joint venture between Hearst Corporation, Disney-ABC Television Group, and NBC Universal. AETN networks include A&E Network, The Biography Channel, Crime & Investigation Network, History, History en Español, History International, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women, and Military History Channel. On August 27, 2009, A&E Television Networks acquired Lifetime Entertainment Services. AETN International is the international division of AETN, which handles international operations outside the U.S., mostly through joint ventures. A&E is an associate member of the Caribbean Cable & Telecommunications Association and the Caribbean Cable Cooperative. AETN UK is a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and the United Kingdom's largest subscription television provider British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) through the Sky Ventures division.
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Surfthechannel owner launches furious attack on anti-piracy prosecution
Anton Vickerman, who has been sentenced to four years in jail, alleges Federation Against Copyright Theft made false claims.
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TiVo shifts focus to analytics, pays $20M for TRA
TiVo has made a bold step away from its roots as a pioneering manufacturer of DVR set-top boxes and toward a possible future as a leading TV audience research company.
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DealBook: Comcast to Sell Back Its Stake in A&E for $3 Billion
Comcast said on Tuesday that its NBC Universal subsidiary had agreed to sell back its 15. 8 percent stake in A&E Television Networks. The deal values A&E at about $19 billion.
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Comcast Said to Be Near Deal to Sell Stake in A&E
The deal would be for nearly $3 billion for 15 percent of A&E Networks, which would make it one of the most valuable properties in the TV business.
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Media Decoder Blog: Comcast Said to Be Near Deal to Sell Stake in A&E
The deal would be for nearly $3 billion for 15 percent of A&E Networks, which would make it one of the most valuable properties in the TV business.
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Scant Drama as Upfront Rolls On
If you had to characterize the 2012-13 upfront marketplace in a single word, you could do worse than invoke the value-neutral interjection “meh. ”.
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Perky 'Trudy' Drives True Lemon Push
A perky, energetic character named “Trudy” is central to Roth Partners’ first work for True Lemon, a natural lemon flavoring for water that’s looking to steal share from bigger players like Crystal Light.
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A&E calls cable rivals copycats
A&E Networks held nothing back in its upfront presentation to advertisers Wednesday evening, taking jabs at everyone from Discovery to YouTube and chastising cable networks for being copycats. "We are creating genres on TV; we don't copy others," said President and CEO Abbe Raven. "We don't want the 25th generation of pawn or storage shows like TLC, Discovery or TruTV.
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A+E Networks Throws Elbows
A+E Networks owns History, A&E and Lifetime and clearly feels like it's about time it got some respect. At a blowout presentation at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, the network's ad sales president, Mel Berning, told buyers in no uncertain terms that it was time for them to pony up.
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Industry Moves: Tylted; XING AG; Future Publishing; mDialog; Telegraph
Tylted: Social and casual games company Tylted has made several additions to its management team: Steven Van Blarcom as EVP, Stellah De Ville as creative director, David Waldman in the strategic business development role, Wonny Lee as director of marketing, and Christian Montoya as producer. The new hires are part of a major expansion that includes the opening of a new corporate headquarters in Manhattan’s Silicon Alley.
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