Google-owned YouTube said Friday that it would comply with a judge’s order that it turn over user records on videos viewed on the site. In a blog post on its site, the world’s biggest video-sharing site said it would follow…
After a long period of exclusive negotiations, NBC Universal, along with two private-capital firms, acquired the Weather Channel, Television Week reports. Key assets in the deal include weather.com, which is considered more valuable with its 40 unique visitors per month…
Cable and satellite providers are experimenting with new formats of interactive ads as they battle for ad dollars now going to the Internet, USA Today reports. Interactive ad are believed to provide more bang for the buck than simple 30-second…
A plan to use content from ABC News and ABC affiliates to create a news channel died after the network reneged on a commitment to give affiliates an interest in the operation, Television Week reports. The channel was the subject…
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and other familiar faces won’t be returning for the fourth installment of Walt Disney Co.’s “High School Musical” franchise, USA Today reports. Meanwhile, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” has wrapped up production in…
NBC’s “Today” show is increasing its lead as the morning news ratings leader over second place “Good Morning America” on ABC, the New York Times reports. “Today” jas talen the top spot for 655 consecutive weeks in a row, or…
Days after photographs of a New York Times editor and reporter were altered and televised by Fox News Channel, the paper published a column on the top-rated cable network’s aggressive public-relations tactics. “But it cuts both ways: Fox News’s amazing…
AFTRA ballots for the union’s deal with the major studios are due today with a results expected to be announced on Tuesday, the Hollywood Reporter says. The results of the deal will have a tremendous affect on the way the…
Spike Lee is expected to film the Broadway musical “Passing Strange” for a possible airing on a cable network, Daily Variety says, citing unnamed sources. Lee will record three performances of the show, which is suffering from poor ticket sales,…
Longtime “Bozo the Clown” personality Larry Harmon passed away last week at the age of 83, the Associated Press reports. Harmon, while not the first Bozo, was behind the character for more than 50 years, spanning a range of duties…