Copies of last year’s contracts with “American Idol” contestants filed in a California state court give a glimpse into just how much money the top contenders can make, The New York Times reports. Last year’s winner, Kris Allen, earned at…
On of the biggest changes in hardware in recent years has been the ability of new TV sets to include the ability to hook up to the Internet. Now comes word that New York cable operator Cablevision plans to offer…
ABC News said it will reduce its news-gathering staff by 300 to 400 people, which is about 25 percent of its staff of about 1,500 people, The New York Times reports. The cuts will be made by offering buyouts, and…
So-called “test deals” are helping TV studios and networks trim costs this pilot season, to the dismay of the talent side of the business, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Talent is being asked to sign contracts for pilots and series even…
It took two weeks rather than one, but Kiefer Sutherland has returned to the set of Fox’s “24,” the Associated Press reports. Production was shut down for two weeks while the show’s star recovered from treatment for what the L.A….
Former top News Corp. executive Peter Chernin has hired three business development executives for his new company and has his eyes set on acquiring a cable channel, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cable channels that are thought to be for…
C-SPAN is supporting Cablevision’s request that the Supreme Court overturn must-carry rules, calling them “a relic of the past,” B&C reports. According to the article, "The cable public affairs channel, which must compete with those TV stations for channel space,…
The leanings of the judges were hard to read in Tuesday’s appeals court re-hearing of the FCC-imposed CBS 2004 Super Bowl indecency fine, B&C reports. The case is about Janet Jackson’s famous "wardrobe malfunction" during the halftime show, wherein viewers…
Cable executives speaking before the Hollywood Radio & Television Society said Tuesday that the ad market is starting to rebound, reports The Hollywood Reporter. MTV Networks president Van Toffler put it in blunt terms, noting that “The economy has kind…