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Scripps Networks Interactive to participate in Morgan Stanley conference

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:30:00 EST

Chefs Strive For ‘Sweet’ Success With Ron Ben-Israel in New Season of ‘Sweet Genius’

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST

 NEW YORK –– February 14, 2012 – Master Pastry Chef Ron Ben-Israel returns to Food Network for the second season of the sugar-packed competition series Sweet Genius, premiering Thursday, March 15^th at 10pm ET/PT. Back with more whimsy and wonder, each episode has four of America’s premier pastry chefs competing against one another through three rounds of challenges judged by Ben-Israel, along the way testing their creativity, ingenuity and imagination.  The chefs are given surprise ingredients, an inspiration and a lim

DIY Network March 2012 Programming Round-Up

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Scripps Networks Interactive Reports Double-Digit Revenue Growth in the Fourth Quarter

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:30:00 EST

Travel Channel's Hit Series

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 8, 2012) – Travel Channel returns with season six of the popular paranormal travel series, “Ghost Adventures” on Friday, March 9 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT. Investigative duo, Zak Bagans and Nick Groff, along with equipment technician Aaron Goodwin, explore some of the most haunted locations in America to unearth the trapped souls and dark energy within. This season, the team visits spots that have never been explored by the Ghost Adventures team including the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion in Denver, CO, the Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, OR, as well as the family home of paranormal equipment inventor Gary Galka in East Granby, CT, where business gets personal as they help one family make contact with their dead daughter in a deeply personal story of love, loss and a haunted house.  

Travel Channel Names Marietta Hurwitz as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital to Lead Network's Expansion Across Digital Platforms

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 7, 2012) – Travel Channel today announced the appointment of Marietta Hurwitz to Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital. In this role, she is charged with overseeing Travel Channel’s iconic brand across digital platforms as the network focuses on multiple-platform expansion. Hurwitz will be responsible for establishing digital content and strategy aimed at keeping the network in the forefront as an entertaining, informative and reliable source for all travel-related products and services. Hurwitz will report to Shannon O’Neill, chief financial officer for the network, and will work out of the Chevy Chase and New York offices.

Travel Channel Checks In with New Series

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 6, 2012) – Competition is fierce in the hotel business. Online review sites can kill a business’ reputation with one bad review. Staffs are untrained, surly or apathetic in a profession that lives or dies on service.  So what’s a struggling hotel operator to do?  Bring in Anthony Melchiorri, a hotel “fixer,” who can turn any establishment around in weeks...and he does just that in “Hotel Impossible,” Travel Channel’s new original weekly one-hour series, premiering Monday, April 9, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.  Melchiorri’s tough-love style can be hard to swallow and overhauling a business is a painful and often emotional task, but the potential reward of a fully booked hotel with excellent customer reviews makes it all worth it.

Travel Channel Goes Inside the World of Airport Auctions in the New Original Series

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

CHEVY CHASE, MD (February 6, 2012)– Ever wonder what happens to your lost luggage? Travel Channel provides a glimpse into the very profitable business of bidding, buying and reselling unclaimed property in the new original series “Baggage Battles,” premiering with a special one-hour season opener featuring back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.  The weekly half-hour series follows three teams of savvy “auction specialists” who travel to some of the most important and unknown auctions where their bids are based on sight unseen instincts. The season premiere will kick off at Miami International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, and then the auction pros will jump across “The Pond” to London.

Landscape Professional Chris Lambton Is Newest HGTV Expert

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

HGTV OFFERS NEW SERIES AND SPECIALS AIMED AT DESIGN AND POP CULTURE FANS IN ITS 2012 PROGRAMMING LINEUP

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST