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CABLEready Adds Sitcoms to Slate

January 25, 2011 NORWALK/MIAMI: CABLEready is entering the scripted programming arena for the first time, offering up two sitcoms—including one with Married with Children’s David Faustino—at NATPE this week. The two original comedies are being produced by Dan Garcia Productions. Announcing the expansion for the company, Gary Lico, president and CEO, commented, “While non-fiction and reality programming will always play a key role in the success of CABLEready, it is an exciting part of the company’s evolution to strategically expand into other sectors of the television programming landscape.” Things We [...]

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Glenn Garvin: On TV

January 24, 2011 Let’s make a deal: 5,000 TV producers gather in Miami Beach It won’t be the most colossal sale made this week at the Fontainebleau. But it surely tells you everything you need to know about this week’s convention of the National Association of Television Program Executives, where 5,000 members of the boob-tube-ousie are gathering to wheel and deal TV shows. “I’m not going to tell you the name of the country,” says Stephen J. Davis, president of Hasbro Studios, which makes family and children’s shows such as [...]

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Gary Lico comments on article about Food Network for NYPOST

“They have a tough job,” said Gary Lico, president of CableU, a cable TV research group. “People have a different”

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Gary Lico Quoted on History’s Decision to Forgo The Kennedys in the New York Times?

The genre of biographical films has all but trained audiences to expect a certain amount of fictionalization with their facts, [...]

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New York Times article on OWN features perspective from CABLEU CEO

“It’s a double-down on Oprah and friends,” Gary Lico, the chief executive of CableU, which studies the cable industry.

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CABLEready Heads to NATPE with New Programming

January 20, 2011 New content includes Rescue Helicopter, which follows the missions of three medical helicopters and The Helicopters of the Finnish Border Guard; Northwest Wild, with host Steve Engman immersing himself in the Pacific Northwest’s unique environment; and First Date, watching as one man must choose between three women vying for his affection. Now available in HD from CABLEready are Inside the Actors Studios, with host James Lipton; Forensic Files, profiling crimes where science is used to solve the case; and The Minimalist, featuring Mark Bittman teaching viewers how [...]

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CABLEready announces NATPE slate

CABLEready is bringing 400 hours of new programming and three existing series to Miami for NATPE. New content offered at the market includes Rescue Helicopter, a 48-part half hour series following rescue missions made by the Finnish Border Guard; Northwest Wild (pictured), a seven-part half-hour series highlighting Pacific Northwest’s outdoor activities, hosted by Steve Engman; and First Date, a 52-part series in which one lucky guy has to choose one lady among three. CABLEready will also be bringing along season 16 of Inside The Actors Studio, the actor interview series, [...]

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Check out the new faces in key places

November 28, 2010 Tatiana Figueiredo, 25, has been promoted to director of sales for the television program distribution and development company. She was previously a sales representative.

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CABLEready Locks In New Deals

November 17, 2010 NORWALK: A raft of new agreements have been signed by CABLEready, which inked deals with Foxtel, NBC Latin America, Discovery Latin America and Televisio de Catalunya, among others. Foxtel in Australia went for Inside the Actors Studio, while NBC Latin America picked up ten additional episodes of Hollywood Dailies. Discovery Latin America opted for Women Addicted to Sex, Munchausen Moms and Women in Fear. In China, Happy Movie licensed the weekly series Hollywood’s Top Ten. Turner Latin America bagged the third season of Women Behind Bars as [...]

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Discovery Lat Am hot for CABLEready

November 17, 2010 US distributor CABLEready has clinched a string of sales, including one with Discovery Latin America for a documentary about sex-addicted women. The network has acquired rights to Women Addicted To Sex (1×60′) – a documentary looking at four women struggling with sex addiction – as part of a deal for a package of factual content. Other titles include Munchausen Moms (1×60′), a doc about child abuse; and Women in Fear (1×60′), a film profiling three women attempting to overcome their lifelong fears and phobias. by Adam Benzine [...]

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“VideoAge” Daily E-Beat

November 17, 2010 FIGUEIREDO MOVES UP THE CABLEREADY LADDER CABLEready president and CEO Gary Lico announced that Tatiana Figueiredo was promoted to director of Sales from her position as Sales representative. In her new role, she will continue to be in charge of Asia, Central/Eastern Europe and Latin America. Figueiredo joined CABLEready as a Sales representative in May of 2009 and was charged with managing and scheduling client communication and visits. CABLEready was founded in 1992. To learn more, visit www.cableready.net

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CABLEready announces new deals and director of sales

November 16, 2010 Going into next month’s Asia Television Forum, CABLEready has new licensing agreements and a promoted director of sales. Tatiana Figueiredo joined CABLEready in 2009 as a sales representative, and she will attend ATF in her new role. She will continue to be responsible for the territories of Asia, Central/Eastern Europe and Latin America. “Tatiana has played an expanding role in our global sales effort which is why we’re so pleased to recognize her with this promotion. In this regard, we look forward to meeting with buyers from [...]

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