Bravo
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Bravo is an American cable television channel owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was launched by Cablevision as an advertisement-free channel in December 1980. In the early 2000s it switched from covering performing arts, drama, and indie film to being focused on pop culture like reality shows, fashion shows, makeovers, celebrities, and so forth. Bravo's programming schedule includes feature films, primarily from the Universal catalogue. Bravo also airs reruns of series from parent network NBC, and produces original reality content, most popularly The Real Housewives of..., Inside the Actors Studio, and others.Bravo TV was originally a service of Cablevision's Rainbow Media.
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Introducing NBCU's New Dream Team of Ad Sales
It’s an overcast February morning, and Linda Yaccarino’s day begins with a decidedly nontraditional repast of spaghetti and meatballs, a dish she cooks up at the request of the Today show’s resident oenophiles, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. A recipe that’s been passed down in her family for generations, the red sauce is a particularly good match with a little Chianti although the president of advertising sales for NBCUniversal begs off on the tendered glass.
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Healthcare costs: a moment of clarity
Bravo for Steve Brill! His appearance on ABC's This Week was a rare example of a guest on a Sunday news program challenging the prevailing gestalt of the "expert" conversation stream these programs specialize in. It was refreshing to see Brill defend some of the themes in his Bitter Pill magnum opus on healthcare costs, which was recently.
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Stephen Colbert spends 3 minutes mocking USA Today’s new logo
On Tuesday night’s show, Stephen Colbert told Comedy Central viewers that his fears over USA Today’s “dramatic” redesign were “for nothing. ” Highlights from the segment:.
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TV Sports: Major League Baseball Wants More Money From TV Contracts
NBC’s interest in gaining a contract with Major League Baseball should help the sport increase the money it collects each year from deals like its current ones with ESPN, Fox and Turner.
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Andy Cohen Launches Limited-Run Live, Call-in Series on SiriusXM
[PR Newswire] - NEW YORK, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that Andy Cohen—Bravo's Executive Vice President of Development and Talent and host of "Watch What Happens Live"—will. . .
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James Lipton Is Finally a Bravo-lebrity in Network's New Summer Spot
James Lipton is a national treasure, damn it, but the erudite TV host gets precious little respect—or promotion—from his own network. Until now. Lipton lines up his first cameo in Bravo's splashy summer ads, alongside such basic-cable luminaries as Zoila the maid from Flipping Out and Giggy the Pom from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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Talk: Andy Cohen’s Triumph Over Popular Culture
The Bravo executive on his memoir, coming out and the ethics of the “Real Housewives. ”.
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Bravo's Andy Cohen Throws a Live Party on SiriusXM to Celebrate Launch of his Memoir "Most Talkative"
[PR Newswire] - NEW YORK, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) today announced that Bravo impresario Andy Cohen will celebrate the launch/publication of his new memoir MOST TALKATIVE: Stories from. . .
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Why NBCUniversal Might Sell Stake in A+E Networks
Comcast revealed last week that its NBCUniversal group, which owns broadcasters including NBC and Telemundo and cable networks from USA to Bravo, would sell off its 15. 8 percent stake in A+E Networks, a cable network company that brings in some $3. 1 billion annually from holdings including History and A&E.
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NBCUniversal: Digital ads can complement TV
The NewFront digital upfront presentations were conceived to mimic the traditional TV upfronts, where networks try to interest advertisers in buying huge amounts of ad inventory for the coming year. But NBCUniversal didn't want its digital upfront Tuesday night to step on its traditional presentations either, so its pitch for 60 digital properties included no show screenings, relatively few celebrities and lots of concepts.
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