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Holiday TV Special, Hosted by John O'Hurley & David Frei, Celebrates 10th Anniversary as Dogdom's Most Visible Showcase NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NBC Thanksgiving Day special, "The National Dog Show Presented by Purina®," will crown one of America's great purebreds as its 2011 champion on Thanksgiving Day while celebrating 10 years of bringing canine competition and entertainment into America's living rooms. The holiday special (noon - 2 p.m. in...
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, the Ad Council honored Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, with its 58th Annual Public Service Award at its Annual Dinner. NBC News' Lester Holt hosted the event held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The dinner is the Ad Council's largest fundraising event, which raised an unprecedented more than $2.8 million this year. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...
LONDON, November 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Press Association today announces the acquisition of Globelynx, the fixed-camera network which enables corporate executives, financial analysts and commentators to be interviewed on TV news programmes from their offices. The acquisition of Globelynx, whose network is widely used by the BBC, Sky News, ITN, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters and many of the world's major broadcasters, marks the latest move in PA's strategy of...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Desperate Housewives stars Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Vanessa Williams have joined the dais of Broadcasting & Cable magazine's 2nd annual, off-the-record gathering, "Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of Hollywood," Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. The event for women of the TV, media and entertainment industry, runs 3-6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Entertainment Tonight co-anchor Nancy O'Dell will serve as the...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC Bay Area today announced that it has added two investigative reporters to the station's news staff, significantly increasing the station's investigative reporting capabilities in advance of launching a new unit early next year. Bay Area native Tony Kovaleski joins NBC Bay Area to lead the station's investigative team after working at television stations in Phoenix, Houston and Denver. While in Denver, Kovaleski exposed problems with...
Catholics Come Home® announces a major, national, prime-time network television evangelization effort, for the first time ever in the 2,000 year history of the Catholic Church. Commercials air from December 16, 2011 through January 8, 2012. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) November 10, 2011 Catholics Come Home® announces a major, national, prime-time network television evangelization initiative, for the first time ever in the 2,000 year history of the Catholic Church, to air from December...
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Wishna, Founder and CEO of rockcityclub.com, and a friend of Michael Jackson, joins the Jackson Estate in calling for NBC Universal to cancel the airing of "Michael Jackson and the Doctor - A Fatal Friendship" set to air Friday, November 11, 2011. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star this week, and Jack Wishna wrote in a letter to MSNBC that the documentary is an attempt to glorify the actions of Murray...
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AccentHealth, America's largest Health Education TV Waiting Room Network, with award-winning programming provided by CNN, announced today that Andrew J. Schulman has been appointed Vice President, Marketing for the Company. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111108/CL02448 ) Schulman has joined AccentHealth to lead the Company's corporate brand strategy, publicity and ad sales marketing initiatives. "With more than sixteen years experience in...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOCOM, the trade group representing Southern California's life science industry, and award-winning Phase 3 Digital have partnered to tell the biotechnology story from discovery through development. Consumers across the U.S. will soon get a glimpse into the exciting and innovative world of medical discovery that brings life-saving therapies, medical devices and diagnostics to patients around the globe. "Tomorrow's Health," a new television series...
WINDHOEK, Namibia, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC Today hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie experienced Namibia this morning on the first day of the venerated 2011 'Where in the World is Matt Lauer' series, showcasing this vast Southern African nation's dramatic desert landscapes as well as ultimate safari experiences to US audiences through leading safari, ecotourism and conservation company Wilderness Safaris. Twice the size of California, yet with a population just over 2...
