David Lyle to Head Fox Reality Channel.

LOS ANGELES -- Former FremantleMedia Entertainment Chief to Oversee All Programming, Production, Marketing and Business Operations for New Unscripted Network

David Lyle, previously president of entertainment for FremantleMedia, will take charge of the new Fox Reality Channel, it was announced

today by Tony Vinciquerra, president and CEO of Fox Networks Group, to whom he will report. Lyle, a veteran of top producers FremantleMedia and Pearson Television, and before that, a senior executive at Australia's Nine Network, is a creative producer of more than 25 years' experience who has specialized in the development and adaptation of successful unscripted formats. Lyle has spent a significant portion of his career acquiring, developing and producing unscripted programming across the United States, Europe and Australia. On its current pace, Fox Reality Channel is set to premiere in more than 17 million homes in 2005. Only four new networks in the history of cable or satellite television (FX, Fox News Channel, Animal Planet and National Geographic Channel) have surpassed 20 million homes in their initial year, according to Nielsen data.

"Fox Reality Channel is a natural complement to the studios, networks, program libraries and international operations we have around the globe," said Vinciquerra. "David's skills will prove a tremendous benefit to Fox Reality Channel as it establishes itself as a key destination within the unscripted world."

"Great reality shows leave viewers wanting more, and the Fox Reality Channel will provide more current reality favorites, more never-before-seen footage, and more new productions," said Lyle, who will serve as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager for the channel. "The Fox Reality Channel will be the place for the huge number of fans of unscripted television for whom too much reality is barely enough."

During Lyle's time at FremantleMedia, he led a team that launched and guided "American Idol" to three seasons of incredible growth. Both that program and others he guided helped to establish new ways of integrating top sponsors like AT&T, Coca-Cola, Ford, Sears and Proctor & Gamble into unscripted production. Lyle's three years atop FremantleMedia resulted in a deep diversification in programming for the company, as he produced primetime network shows and key series for major outlets including MTV, Lifetime, TLC, GSN, Pax TV and the Food Network.