Like George Jefferson, apartment dwellers frustrated by a limited high-definition channel inventory from their cable companies soon may be able to start “movin’ on up.” U.S. satellite leader DirecTV and Verizon’s FiOS fiber-optic TV service both plan to boost HD…
While commuters fret that gas prices are still rising, couch potatoes can rejoice because television prices have peaked. Worldwide TVs will sell for an average of $536 this year, 3% more than last year and about 40% higher than in…
The player: David Bott, co-founder and operator of the home entertainment Web site AVSForum.com The play: Mr. Bott co-founded what was to become AVSForum in 1995 to provide a place where home entertainment equipment enthusiasts could discuss, review and debate…
Time Warner Cable Sees HD as Means to Hold Off FiOS Time Warner Cable plans to almost double its New York-area high-definition channels to 100 by the end of the year from 55 now in an attempt to stave off…
Discovery Communications Founder and Chairman John Hendricks last year received bigger paychecks than top execs at most bigger media companies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Hendricks earned almost $57.9 million in cash and stock options, almost double the compensation…
HD programming picks for June 12-18: “Swingtown,” “High Fidelity,” “Weeds” “Swingtown” (CBS). Thurs., June 12, 10 p.m. New series about Chicago-area swingin’ couples of the ’70s is already getting attention from parental watchdog groups. Extra credit for naming the episode…
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg says the guild and studios are unlikely to reach an agreement by the time the current contract expires June 30, Daily Variety reports. Progress between the studios and the guild, which have had 27…
Film studios have been in discussions with the Federal Communications Commission about letting consumers watch newer films from home in exchange for getting the right to block certain video signals from being transferred to televisions from set-top boxes, the Wall…
Brad Garrett, star of Fox’s “Till Death” will be featured in an online dating series in which women will be chosen by a panel that includes his ex-wife Jill to go out with the actor, USA Today reports. Sony Pictures…
PBS will allow some of its shows to be streamed on Hulu with 30-second advertisement preceding them, the New York Times reports. PBS Senior VP Andrew Russell says series such as “Wired Science,” “Carrier” and “Nova” won’t be interrupted once…