HBO Names Agent As Programming Chief and Playboy TV Celebrates Silver Anniversary With Year-Long Festivities

City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 04/10/2008 - Media entertainment industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. HBO (NYSE: TWX) hired Hollywood agent Sue Naegle as its new entertainment president on Wednesday, as the premium cable channel tries to end its hangover following the highs of "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City." Naegle, a partner at United Talent Agency and a self-described "HBO addict," was the dealmaker behind the shows "Six Feet Under" and "Men in Trees." She replaces Carolyn Strauss as the network's top creative executive. She promised no dramatic change in direction, and pronounced herself impressed with the shows in development.


Retro Television Network (NASDAQ: EMDA) announced recently that COX Television plans to add a 7th RTN affiliate on its Johnstown/Altoona/State College, PA station. The network's ``Prime Time All the Time'' lineup will launch early next year on a digital stream of WJAC-TV, COX's NBC affiliate in the market. ``RTN has generated lots of positive feedback to our station, so it makes all the sense in the world to expand this franchise to our nearby sister station, WJAC, in Johnstown,'' said WPXI and WJAC program director Mark Barash. ``Once word of RTN gets out in the Johnstown, Altoona, and State College market, I think the viewers will respond as they have in Pittsburgh.''

Playboy TV (NYSE: PLA), the leading provider of entertainment for adults, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a string of parties across the nation. First launched in November 1982, the network helped pioneer the premium channel TV market. Available in over 63 million homes nationwide and more than 70 countries throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia, Playboy TV has grown to be a powerhouse of subscription and on-demand programming, offering viewers a variety of genres including reality series, international travelogues and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of Playboy, all with the fun and sensual tone for which Playboy is known.

EPIC Corporation (OTC: EPIO) (the "Company"), a multi-media communications and broadcasting company, announced that two shareholders have returned 15 Million shares of EPIC's common stock to the Company and the shares have been cancelled and returned to authorized but unissued shares. The issued and outstanding shares of the Company is now 11,262,023 shares. The Company, in exchange for the cancellation of the shares, agreed to issue the shareholders shares in the newly formed EPIC Communications Corp., a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, which is to become the multi-media communications and broadcasting operating company.

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