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CNN HEADLINE NEWS’ ROBIN MEADE TO CO-HOST THE ACCENTHEALTH WAITING ROOM TV NETWORK WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA
Tampa, FL, and Atlanta, GA
February 15, 2005
Turner Private Networks, Inc. (TPN) and AccentHealth LLC, the only integrated health media company providing patient education television programming in doctors’ offices in the United States, today announced a new co-host for the AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network. In 2005, Headline News’ Robin Meade will host the show alongside Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The AccentHealth program, watched by 9.5 million viewers each month, airs healthy lifestyle segments on fitness, nutrition, healthy aging, disease prevention and wellness, as well as parenting and pediatric news, to patients in physicians’ offices nationwide.
Robin Meade joins AccentHealth with significant news programming experience. Among other stories, Meade anchored Headline News’ coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Currently she is the lead news anchor for the network’s morning show, Robin & Company.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is senior medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN. Dr. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, plays an integral role in the network’s medical coverage, which includes daily packages, the half-hour weekend show Weekend House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and coverage of breaking medical news. Dr. Gupta begins his third year as co-host of the AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network.
“Robin will be an excellent addition to the AccentHealth program,” said Alison Hashimoto, Executive Producer, Turner Private Networks. “Her high consumer popularity and strong rapport with Dr. Gupta will make the show even more enjoyable for patients preparing to see the doctor.”
“We’re very excited to welcome Robin Meade to our show,” said Edith Hodkinson, EVP, AccentHealth. “AccentHealth has consistently demonstrated superior communication effectiveness because of the credibility of our environment and of our CNN content and hosts. Dr. Gupta has gained enormous popularity with our viewers over the last three years and Robin Meade will create even greater consumer identification with the show,” continued Hodkinson.
About Turner Private Networks
Turner Private Networks (TPN), a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS), a Time Warner Company, is the industry leader in designing and creating customized content for private networks. The group is responsible for programming all of the company’s out-of-home, place-based media, which include the CNN Airport Network, AccentHealth Waiting Room Television Network and Turner Inflight Services.
About AccentHealth
AccentHealth is America's #1 Integrated Health Media Company offering advertisers multiple consumer touch points in physician waiting rooms. The AccentHealth Waiting Room TV Network, produced in conjunction with CNN, reaches 100 million viewers annually in 185 Nielsen markets. The programming features customized content on a variety of topics, including medical breakthroughs, parenting issues, nutrition, fitness, safety and wellness. The program has won recognition from the Telly Awards, the Cindy Awards, the American Academy of Nursing, the Health Information Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists. Our integrated office promotions further engage our viewers and provide advertisers additional exposure in targeted physician practices. Visit www.accenthealth.com.