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MUMBAI: US-based ION Media Networks, Inc. and Sony Pictures
Television have announced a programming agreement that provides
ION with the rights to broadcast dozens of classic television
series and a large selection of award-winning feature films
from the Sony library on the i television network, reaching
over 90 million homes.
"This agreement reflects our strategy of strengthening
our i network's programming schedule with popular series and
theatrical hits with proven audience appeal," says ION
Media Networks CEO Brandon Burgess. "We look forward to
working with Sony on developing a compelling entertainment line-up
that continues to appeal to our current audience, while attracting
new viewers to the network."
"The i network and its stations will benefit from a
wide variety of titles from our extensive library of television
series and feature films, which have proven to deliver audiences,"
adds Sony Pictures Television president distribution John
Weiser. "We are pleased to be in partnership with ION,
helping them grow and making them a destination for great
programming."
Under the terms of the agreement, ION will have access to many
of SPT's most popular TV series from the last three decades,
including Charlie's Angels, Starsky & Hutch,
The Partridge Family, The Monkees and Silver
Spoons, among others.
In addition, titles from Sony's extensive library of theatrical
films will be available to ION, including A River Runs
Through It, Oliver!, Bram Stoker's Dracula,
Short Circuit and many more.
"We are pleased to have access to Sony's diverse collection
of movies and classic TV shows," says ION SVP of programming
and strategic planning Stacey Nagel Galper. "We will
begin scheduling the Sony movies on the i network this month,
with plans to launch the television series in August."
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