Time Warner Cable will drop carriage of Viacom networks, including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, as of Jan. 1 after the two companies failed to reach a carriage fee agreement, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. According to a statement from TWC,…
Meredith Communications says its retransmission consent talks with Cable One in Phoenix have “made no progress,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. If the two do not see progress by Wednesday, Cable One will be forced to drop its signal of CBS…
BBC beat out ITV in Christmas Day ratings by airing the Aardman Animation clay-animated production “Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death,” Daily Variety reports. “Wallace” attracted an audience of 14.3 million, making it the most-watched show of…
The National Association of Broadcasters will have its DTV trekker truck along the parade route at the Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3, Broadcasting & Cable reports. In addition to creating awareness for the upcoming switch to digital, the truck will have…
Video-on-demand service In Demand in December and January will release movies that grossed a total of $2.5 billion in domestic box office revenue, including “The Dark Knight” and “Hancock,” Multichannel News reports. During the two months, In Demand will release…
The Council of Better Business Bureau’s Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) has sent DVD commercials for the films “The Incredible Hulk,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Iron Man” to the Motion Picture Association of America…
Netflix may be trying to appease subscribers who use Blu-ray discs, after failing to keep enough in stock, with a new plan to give customers free alternatives, TVPredictions.com reports. If a subscriber’s top choice is out of stock in the…
CBS led the nominations for the American Society of Cinematographers’ annual awards, with “Eleventh Hour,” “Flashpoint” and “CSI” all receiving recognition, Daily Variety reports. Some of the other nominees in the TV series, miniseries and pilot category are NBC’s “My…
Hulu will be streaming a live feed from the New Year’s Eve festivities in New York’s Times Square, TVNewsday reports. The NBC Universal-News Corp. Web video site is teaming with Countdown Entertainment and the Times Square Alliance to stream live…
Two wealthy Bostonians—Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc. founder Jack Connors and Boston Herald publisher Pat Purcell—said they aren’t interested in buying the New York Times’ stake in the Red Sox, the New York Post reports. “I’m not buying anything that…