Production has halted on the Joss Whedon drama “Dollhouse” amid indications that some executives inside Fox are deeply concerned about the creative direction of the series. The last day of filming on “Dollhouse” was last Thursday, a spokesman for the…
The movie industry today warned the Federal Communications Commission about acting to implement a la carte pricing of cable TV channels even at the wholesale level. In a filing today, the Motion Picture Association of America urged the FCC to…
Actions speak louder than words, and in Google’s case, that trite adage has never rung more true. Wired magazine believes the company is slowly moving into the broadband business, despite Google’s constant denials otherwise. The magazine cites the company’s recent…
Tania Raymonde, known to audiences as Ben’s daughter on ABC’s “Lost,” has been cast in CBS’ “Cold Case” as a potential love interest for Danny Pino’s Valens, Entertainment Weekly reports. Raymonde will play Frankie Rafferty, a street-smart Philadelphia native who,…
News Corp.’s MySpace advertising business and its digital ad business are performing above expectations, the company’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin announced Tuesday, Reuters reports. “The MySpace advertising business is above budget, above where we expected to be,” Chernin said….
“Saturday Night Live” alum Al Franken clinched the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in his home state of Minnesota, USA Today reports. The comedian-actor-author beat six opponents, taking 66% of the public vote in the state’s primary election. Franken will…
Despite trailing in third during the Democratic and Republican conventions, CBS head Leslie Moonves is proud of his anchor Katie Couric and said he will her as much time as it takes, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “I’m a patient man,”…
Will consumers go for cell phone ads? The Los Angeles Times says that, according to analysts, many of us wouldn’t mind cell phone advertising. A study shows 9% of people would find ads on their phones acceptable, with 31% approving…
U.S. flat-screen television buyers say size doesn’t matter much, according to a survey released this week. Of course, they may be lying. About one in three consumers whose annual income is between $25,000 and $100,000 said picture quality was the…
In a nod to the ever-shortening attention span of the American public, multichannel service operators have gone from pitching how many linear high-definition channels they can offer each household to crowing about how many HD programs that single household can…