Hoping to cut costs and boost advertising at its unprofitable UPN television network, Viacom Inc. said Monday that it will combine CBS and UPN under one management team in January. As a result of the ...
Twentieth Century Fox Television’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” — the signature drama of the WB network — is pulling up stakes and moving to Frog nemesis UPN. Pact, which could ultimately end up with a ...
No pressure, but it’s do-or-die time at UPN this fall. If ever there was ever a season when the beleaguered netlet could reverse its fortunes, this is it. The acquisition of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ...
Some of the UPN television network’s biggest advertisers will receive a package of “value-added promotions” in exchange for buying traditional air time at a premium for the upcoming season, a source ...
ADVERTISERS and network execs are preparing to drop yet another bomb in their escalating invasion of prime-time TV shows. It’s another twist in the ever more devious marketing wars: UPN is mulling the ...
Mel Karmazin, chief executive officer of Viacom, pledged Monday that the newly consolidated operations of his company’s two broadcast networks would maintain “the distinct voices of CBS and UPN. That ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president and chief executive of thestruggling television network UPN filed a breach-of-contract suitagainst his own company, claiming he is owed more than $22 millionin bonuses ...
UPN is sitting pretty with two eagerly anticipated series. Next week, the network has the sixth-season premiere of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which it grabbed from the WB. But this Wednesday, UPN ...
In a corporate shakeup, CBS President Leslie Moonves yesterday was given the additional duty of running UPN. Moonves, who has helped turn CBS around since arriving at the network six years ago, will ...
With the success of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Enterprise, UPN is looking to expand upon its drama development. Toward that end, the network has picked up an untitled pilot, co-created by David ...