Peachtree, which will have a “hyper-local sensibility” and feature movies in primetime and sitcoms targeted to Atlanta in daytime. “His wonderful success in the world of program planning, combined with his career experience with local television stations, makes him an ideal fit for this challenging new role.” “Jonathan has been a major guiding force behind the creation and evolution of Peachtree TV,” Lazarus said.
Katz is based in Atlanta and reports to Turner Entertainment Group president Mark Lazarus. He also will continue his duties with Turner Entertainment Group’s program planning and acquisitions team, overseeing strategic program planning for the entertainment networks, analyzing potential acquisitions and acquiring product for air on all Turner entertainment networks. 1 - including programming, marketing and on-air promotion.
In this capacity, he will supervise all aspects of Peachtree TV - which is set to launch Oct. Katz is taking on an expanded role as Turner Entertainment Group senior vp/GM of program planning, acquisitions and Peachtree TV. For the sixth consecutive year, Videotron was named Québec's most respected telecommunications company by Les Affaires magazine, based on a Léger Marketing survey.Turner executive Jonathan Katz has added oversight of Peachtree TV, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s new local broadcast platform in Atlanta, to his duties. As of the same date, Videotron had 136,100 subscriber connections to its mobile telephone service and was providing cable telephone service to 1,114,300 Québec households and organizations.
Videotron is also the Québec leader in high-speed Internet access, with 1,254,400 subscribers to its cable and mobile services as of December 31, 2010. As of December 31, 2010, Videotron was serving 1,811,600 cable television customers, including 1,219,600 subscribers to its digital service. Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services. ( a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, and Internet access, cable telephone and mobile telephone services.
The two channels will be available as part of the Super Stations package for $6 per month ($2 if combined with The Movie Network).
Peachtree TV will be carried on channel 218, with a free preview for subscribers to Videotron Digital TV for the first month. During the baseball season, it also broadcasts all Atlanta Braves games. Peachtree TV, based in Atlanta, carries popular movies and series, including The Office, Seinfeld, The Cosby Show and Law and Order. All subscribers to Videotron Digital TV will get a free preview for the first month. Turner Classic Movies will be available on channel 219 as of April 1. As the foremost authority in classic films, TCM also features critically acclaimed original documentaries and specials. Turner Classic Movies is a Peabody Award-winning network that presents great films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world.
Movie buffs will get their fill of classic films on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The service enhancement makes good on Videotron's pledge to offer illico TV subscribers an ever more diverse selection of programming. Montréal, Ma To deliver the best possible television viewing experience, Videotron is expanding its Digital TV channel line-up by adding Turner Classic Movies and Peachtree TV on April 1.