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Article: E! to supply NBC News Channel. (Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- January 9, 1995
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E! Entertainment and NBC News Channel have entered a long-term news exchange agreement, BROADCASTING & CABLE has learned. E! will serve as the news channel's exclusive supplier of entertainment news "outside the immediate NBC News family," confirms Robert Horner president, NBC News Channel.
The two services have been working on a trial basis for the past year, leading to the extended long-term deal. During the trial, E! has produced a daily twominute entertainment report with anchors Steve Kmetko and Bianca Ferrare for the Charlotte-based News Channel, NBC's affiliate news feed service.
"Entertainment news is clearly a niche we want to build on within our ...