An Emmy Award-winning makeup artist has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Snoop Dogg and ABC, claiming the rapper and members of his entourage drugged and raped her backstage following a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”Kylie Bell, who won an…
In a major threat to the legal rationale for broadcast ownership restrictions, TV network and newspaper owners on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Red Lion — the landmark 1969 decision by the high court that established the…
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported a 5 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit as the media giant’s theme parks and television operations slightly offset a weak performance at the company’s movie studio.For the three months ended Dec. 31,…
With a Feb. 10 digital TV carriage vote at the Federal Communications Commission expected to go cable’s way, representatives of the Big 3 TV network affiliate associations on Monday formally asked the FCC to pull the plug on all DTV-related…
ESPN said Monday the new edition of its show “Dream Job” will feature former NBA players seeking jobs behind the mike at the sports network. Among those contending for a one-year studio analyst contract with ESPN are Dana Barros, Dee…
Shares in Adelphia Communications rose as much as 9 percent Monday, the same day that bids for the bankrupt cable company were due from as many as 10 interested parties, including a joint offer from cable titans Comcast and Time…
Giving public broadcasters a leg up in their transition to digital TV, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the Association of Public Television Stations on Monday announced an agreement under which many public TV stations will get up to…
Lifetime is launching an original online dating tips series to help promote the network’s movie host and relationship expert Ian Kerner, the channel announced Monday. “Kiss + Tell! With Dr. Ian Kerner” on lifetime.com will include a series of video…
A&E has won the bidding for rerun rights to the HBO hit “The Sopranos,” sources said today. The network, which now carries “Growing Up Gotti,” about an unbelievable yet real-life mobster family, will get the fictional organized crime saga when…
National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Eddie Fritts is expected to announce his retirement within the next several weeks. NAB was not commenting Monday. But an industry source said Mr. Fritts would continue serving at the association pending the…