ION Media Networks, Inc.

ION Television Announces Grammy-Nominated Saxophonist Dave Koz as Bandleader for New Original Series, The Emeril Lagasse Show [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 2 hours 31 minutes ago
Emeril Lagasse is ready to show viewers that there’s more to him than – BAM! Today, ION Television announces that Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz has been named the bandleader for its first original non-scripted series, "The Emeril Lagasse Show." Viewers will feel like part of the celebration as they are welcomed to join Emeril’s home-like set each week. Emeril, with the help of his band, led by Dave Koz, will welcome celebrity guests and musicians to break news and break bread as he sh...

ION Media Networks Completes Financial Restructuring [Press Release]
Business Wire | 82 days 7 minutes ago
ION Media Networks, Inc. ("ION"), owner and operator of the ION Television, qubo, and ION Life broadcast networks, today announced that it has successfully completed its financial restructuring. The company also announced that it has received all necessary approvals from the Federal Communications Commission for the ownership change pursuant to its plan of reorganization.

ION Television Heats up Primetime with New Original Coast Guard Search and Rescue Drama The Guard [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 1 hour 10 minutes ago
“Keeping your head above water” takes on new meaning in ION Television’s new original primetime high-action marine rescue series, “The Guard.” The series premieres for the first time to the U.S. audience with a two-hour block of back-to-back episodes on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM, ET. Following its debut, “The Guard” will continue to air on ION Television in the same two-hour time period with back-to-back episodes each Saturday night. “The Guard” centers around four memb...

Chef Emeril Lagasse and ION Television Break Bread With New Original Series [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 51 days 21 hours 43 minutes ago
...Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast...group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has launched the digital TV brands qubo...

ION Television Inks Multi Deals to Acquire Feature Film and Television Series [Press Release]
Business Wire | 30 days 14 minutes ago
Reflecting its continued commitment to the acquisition of high profile, ‘positively entertaining’ programming for its primetime schedule, ION Television has inked multiple deals to acquire close to 35 major feature films and television series. The deals are with leading Hollywood studios, including Paramount Pictures Worldwide Television Distribution, Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD). The announcement was made today by Kristine Hunsinger, Senior V...

Cyrus Capital Extends Offer for ION Networks [Press Release]
Business Wire | 116 days 22 hours 36 minutes ago
Cyrus Capital Partners has extended its enhanced $250 million offer to finance ION Media Networks Inc. (IION.PK) exit from bankruptcy protection. The Cyrus offer, which was summarily rejected by the ION Networks’ Board, provides ION with $100 million of additional incremental capital not offered in the plan accepted by the Board. The extension will run until the bankruptcy court finally accepts or rejects the financially inferior offer now before the court. The disclosure was made in a letter...

Cyrus Capital Partners Expects Court to Hear Appeal in January [Press Release]
Business Wire | 86 days 5 hours 35 minutes ago
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today stayed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s recent decision to approve the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan of ION Media Networks, Inc. (IION.PK). ION was expected to emerge from bankruptcy protection as early as today, Dec. 17, 2009. Cyrus Capital Partners, which appealed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s decision, said it expects a court date in January to hear its appeal. Cyrus, an ION Media Networks creditor, challenged the Bankrup...

ION Television to Premiere Network s First Originally Produced Film -- A Golden Christmas -- on Sunday, December 13 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 116 days 1 hour 39 minutes ago
ION Television’s first originally produced television film, the holiday themed “A Golden Christmas,” is set to make its world premiere on the Network on Sunday, December 13 at 9:00 PM, ET. The announcement was made today by Leslie Chesloff, Executive Vice President, Programming, ION Media Networks. This two-hour film marks the first of a dozen originally produced made-for-television movies that ION Television is slated to roll out throughout 2010.

Go Ahead Make My Day! It s All Clint Eastwood, All the Time, on ION Television Thanksgiving Weekend, November 27-29 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 116 days 23 hours 13 minutes ago
It will be all Clint, all the time on ION Television when the Network launches Feastwood film event during Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29. The announcement was made today by Leslie Chesloff, Executive Vice President, Programming, ION Media Networks.

ION Television to Provide Broadcast Premieres for Multiple Blockbuster Theatrical Releases [Press Release]
Business Wire | 137 days 1 hour 42 minutes ago
ION Television has finalized multiple film agreements that provide the Network with the broadcast premiere rights to four new titles. The agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) provides ION Television with the broadcast premiere rights to the Academy Award-winning feature film “March of the Penguins.” In addition, ION Television has inked a deal with NBC Universal Domestic Distribution (NBCU) for the broadcast premiere rights to the theatrical releases “The Retur...

ION Television Rings in the Holidays with Big Movie Weekend Cheer, a Specially Themed Weekend of Favorite Yuletide Movies, December 12-13 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 103 days 4 minutes ago
The weather outside is frightful so come in and gather round as ION Television presents Big Movie Weekend Cheer, an entire weekend devoted to holiday themed movies. Led by the broadcast premiere of the award-winning documentary “March of the Penguins,” the weekend is also highlighted by the premiere of the Network’s first original film “A Golden Christmas.” The new programming block, which airs Saturday, December 12 through Sunday, December 13, was announced today by Leslie Chesloff, Executiv...

Mystery, Betrayal and Terrifying Secrets Are Unleashed When ION Television s Durham County Launches Its Second Season in January 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 151 days 2 hours 12 minutes ago
The lesson that “love hurts” is well learned by the characters who inhabit the eerie suburb of Durham County when the original scripted primetime series launches its second season on ION Television in January, 2010. The series, which debuted this fall, returns to the bleak and disturbing landscape of an alienated suburbia with a new star villain – Michelle Forbes, known for her intense portrayals on the hit HBO series “True Blood” and “In Treatment” this year.

Open Mobile Video Coalition Launching Comprehensive Mobile Digital Television Consumer Showcase During First Quarter of 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 67 days 34 minutes ago
A real-world showcase to gauge consumer interest in Mobile Digital Television begins in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the first quarter of 2010, with eight local area television stations transmitting up to 20 channels of free and premium broadcast TV programming to hundreds of mobile devices that will be used by actual viewers and local residents. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10, a new mini netbook computer, the Samsung Moment™ mobile phone, LG Mobile Digital Television and Wi-Fi Access...

Durham County , ION Television s Critically Acclaimed Crime Series, to Launch Second Season as Two-Hour Premiere on Sunday, January 3, 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 102 days 57 minutes ago
The lesson that “love hurts” is well learned by the characters who inhabit the eerie suburb of “Durham County,” when the second season of ION Television’s critically acclaimed original primetime series launches with a two-hour premiere on Sunday, January 3 from 9:00 – 11:00 PM, ET. A marathon of the series’ first season will precede the season two launch, airing from 5:00 – 11:00 PM, ET on Saturday, January 2. “Durham County,” which debuted this past fall, returns to the bleak and disturbing ...

Fifth Annual New York Television Festival Announces Awards [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 167 days 16 hours 3 minutes ago
...Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast...group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has launched the digital TV brands Qubo...