The Game Show Channel Television Network

Sony Pictures Entertainment and United Video Group will announce plans today to launch a cable TV channel next year that will feature wall-to-wall game shows. The Game Show Channel will join a growing list of proposed networks jostling for scarce channel space on local cable TV systems. Among new cable TV networks on tap are a cartoon channel from cable mogul Ted Turner and the Sci-Fi Channel, a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and MCA.

The Game Show Network on Wednesday named cable veteran Rich Cronin president and chief executive, replacing Michael Fleming, who has headed the cable channel since its 1994 launch. Cronin, former president and chief executive of the Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network, is the first management change since Sony Pictures Entertainment sold a 50% stake in the network in February to Liberty Digital Inc.

The Game Show Network on Wednesday named cable veteran Rich Cronin president and chief executive, replacing Michael Fleming, who has headed the cable channel since its 1994 launch. Cronin, former president and chief executive of the Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network, is the first management change since Sony Pictures Entertainment sold a 50% stake in the network in February to Liberty Digital Inc.

Sony Pictures Entertainment and United Video Group will announce plans today to launch a cable TV channel next year that will feature wall-to-wall game shows. The Game Show Channel will join a growing list of proposed networks jostling for scarce channel space on local cable TV systems. Among new cable TV networks on tap are a cartoon channel from cable mogul Ted Turner and the Sci-Fi Channel, a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and MCA.