• July 16, 2003

Bob Holmes, producer of nearly 70 annual events for NBC, has signed a two-year deal for Holmes Communications Group Ltd. to continue to oversee production of the network's events and special projects. Under the new deal, Holmes will expand into producing broadcast specials for the NBC Television Networks. Holmes is executive producer and executive in charge of production of the NBC Special Projects and Events unit. His ongoing projects include producing the NBC, Telemundo and Bravo Upfront Primetime Sales Presentations, the biannual NBC Press Tours in Los Angeles, and the NBC Soap Fan Festival and Fan Fair. Under the terms of the new agreement, Holmes will add producing broadcast specials for the NBC Television Networks. Holmes conceived the idea of an in-house production division to oversee all events and original promotional and commercial shoots for the network, which, in streamlining these projects through one entity, led to the creation of the NBC Special Projects and Events unit.