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MTV Taps A Pair Of Programming Execs

Tseckares, Bolosh to be senior VP of special programming and production and VP of series development, respectively

By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/19/2009 3:47:44 PM

MTV has named Steve Tseckares senior VP of special programming and production and James Bolosh VP of series development.

Tseckares was most recently VP of programming at the Comcast Entertainment Group, where he oversaw E!’s news operations. In his new role he will be responsible for overseeing primetime and weekend specials, as well as studio shows. He will also oversee pop culture related programming for MTV. He will report to Tony DiSanto, MTV’s president of programming.

“As we continue the creative evolution of our content and brand, we are putting the new structure and team in place to execute on this vision,” DiSanto said. “Day and date, live programming, and quick turn-around content is an important complement to series development. Steve’s expertise in this area will be an invaluable asset to our reinvention, and will add a different kind of immediacy and impactful vitality and energy to the brand.”

Bolosh joins MTV from HGTV, where he had been VP of event programming. In his new role he will be responsible for developing reality projects and format driven programming concepts. He will report to Liz Gateley, senior VP of series development for MTV.

“James has the rare combination of hands-on production and network development experience,” said Gateley. “His passion for music-driven formats and history of developing hit television shows make him a great addition to the MTV team.” 

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• I got a great way to improve MTV, MUSIC VIDEOS. It's cheaper, and doesn't involve too much money from the record labels. In fact, labels pay MTV to play their artist anyway. So it's a win-win situation. Plus, create non-music programming that people actually like. Take a cue from MTV's first non-music show, REMOTE CONTROL. I don't know what this new direction MTV's going in, but it sucks. It sounds all good now, unfortunately going in the direction of maybe ABC FAMILY. But in the end, it'll be just another carbon copy of E!, VH1, TLC, BET, etc. Viacom owning all these networks is a waste of content, and dilutes the quality. MTV, after years of leading the pop culture, all MTV has become is an also-ran. A step and repeat network. Or even worse, especially throughout this decade, MTV copycats popular things in pop culture, and make them into their own. Sometimes it works, but mostly it doesn't. MTV.COM's The Leak was just a rip-off from the hot for a minute, AOL MUSIC. MTV's broke. And won't even have Times Square after 2009.

  
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