Oberon Media Brings Merv Griffin’s Crosswords Online

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Program Partners continues to expand the online and interactive footprint of its game show, Merv Griffin’s Crosswords.

The syndicator announced a partnership Monday with U.K.-based Oberon Media to create online games based on the show that will be available for download in early 2008. Oberon also co-developed and launched the official Crosswords Web site.

Last week, Program Partners announced that it was working with Hasbro to create at-home games based on the show that will be available next year.

Crosswords, hosted by Ty Treadway, is cleared in more than 90% of the country.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.