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Ted Harbert, chairman of NBC Broadcasting, has addressed his departure from the company in a note to colleagues. In it, he says that he will stay on through October 14 to help with transition and continue to oversee the launch of NBCUniversal’s new syndicated talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. (Domestic syndication…

UPDATED: Ted Harbert is departing NBCUniversal. Steve Burke just made the announcement in a memo to the company. (read it in full below) Harbert’s last day will be Oct. 14. Based in New York, Harbert came from the Comcast side in the merger with NBCUniversal. One of Burke’s top lieutenants at Comcast where he…

It’s a big day for promotions at NBC’s Affiliate Relations unit. The operation will continue to be run by Jean Dietze, lifted to President from EVP, who reports to NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert. Meanwhile Scot Chastain was upped to EVP Affiliate Marketing and Development, continuing to report to Harbert…

EXCLUSIVE: George Cheeks has just been named head of late-night television at NBC, adding it to his existing portfolio. Cheeks, who spends about half his time in New York, will work with Alternative and Late Night Programming President Paul Telegdy overseeing late-night. His new title will be EVP Business Operations…

Once upon a time, the entire TV industry took the afternoon off to attend the Hollywood Radio and TV Society season-kickoff lunch and watch their bosses admit which competitor’s show they most wished they had on their schedule and answer other similarly adorable questions. It was a simpler time. These days, the mood…

NBCU considered this “such a minor move” that it didn’t even think it was worth announcing. Wow, what a diss of NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert, who has been in the Witness Protection Program ever since Comcast bought NBCUniversal. And when the pint-sized putz isn’t hiding from angry O&Os and affiliates and…

NBC Broadcast Chairman Ted Harbert opened his company’s upfront presentation taking a swipe at Dish Network, Nielsen, and even — very gently — advertisers themselves. He told the Radio City Music Hall audience that Dish Network’s new Auto Hop DVR feature, which enables viewers to automatically jump over ads in…

(New York, NY) October 19, 2011 – Frances Manfredi has been promoted to President of NBCUniversal Cable and New Media Distribution, it was announced today by Ted Harbert, Chairman, NBC Broadcasting and Rick Finkelstein, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Studios, to whom she will dually…

Back in May, we reported about rumblings that E! Entertainment marketing president Suzanne Kolb had emerged as the top internal candidate to replace Ted Harbert as the network’s president, after Harbert moved on to NBC to oversee stations, affiliates, and sales alongside Bob Greenblatt. NBC Cable chairman Bonnie Hammer…

Like she had said, NBC Cable chairman Bonnie Hammer is taking her time with finding a new president of E! to succeed Ted Harbert. Word is she is a few weeks away from making a final decision and is still considering a couple of outside candidates. Internally, marketing president Suzanne Kolb has emerged as the top…

NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert made it clear that the company had entered the post-Jeff Zucker era with a zinger that the audience at the NBC Upfront Presentation fully understood. They applauded when he said that the company needs “a little less reinvention of the wheel and a lot more Broadcasting 101.” NBC…

With the end date for the Comcast-NBC Universal merger still uncertain, NBC has opted to forgo an executive session at its portion of TV Critics Assn.’s winter press tour. With only a week left before the NBCU day of TCA next Thursday, the company finally released its schedule this morning, and it doesn’t feature a…