Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback said MediaDefender, an ArtistDirect subsidiary formed to fight peer-to-peer piracy, caused the Web video studio’s server and site to shut down over the Memorial Day weekend through a denial of service attack. In a blog post…
Patrick Swayze is hopeful that A&E will pick up “The Beast,” his drama pilot about the FBI, the New York Daily News reports. Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, is “doing well,” according to his publicist, the newspaper says. An…
Video site Redlasso has rejected a cease-and-desist order from CBS, NBC and Fox, which claim the site is hosting unlicensed clips of their content, the Hollywood Reporter says. Redlasso suggested a deal could be made and has hired former CBS…
Lisa Ling will join CNN for a follow-up documentary to the network’s “Planet in Peril,” the Hollywood Reporter says. “Planet in Peril: Battle Lines” also will feature Anderson Cooper and chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta in countries where battles…
A&E Network’s “The Andromeda Strain” grew for Tuesday night’s second installment, averaging 5 million viewers, Multichannel News reports. The figure indicates a 4% increase from the 4.8 million who watched the first half on Memorial Day, the newspaper says. —Vlada…
AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon sent a letter to members today detailing the terms of the agreement that AFTRA’s Primetime Negotiating Committee made with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Highlights of the three-year agreement include increases for…
A survey by Borrell Associates found that online advertising revenue for TV stations rose 72% to $772 million in 2007, TVNewsday reports. TV stations accounted for 6.9% of all local online spending in 2007, twice as much as in 2006,…
Like an island in an ocean of reruns, “Lost” remained one of the few original scripted shows airing on broadcast during the writers strike earlier this year. Its strike-shortened season ends tonight with a two-hour finale. Ending up ninth overall…