Magnum to develop programming

-- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/19/2001

Magnum Sports & Entertainment, a sports-management and -marketing company, has formed Magnum Productions and named veteran TV executive Michael Yudin its president.

Magnum Productions is looking to develop and acquire programming for both domestic and international marketplaces. The division has distributed rights to MTV drama Live Through This. Yudin was formerly president of Telescene Entertainment and senior vice president of the Paramount Television Group.