A report by Lehman Brothers analyst Anthony DiClemente states that the “film and TV businesses are on the verge of structural changes that appear to impact the core revenue and profits of entertainment business models,” Wired reports. DiClemente predicts the…
Sharp will introduce the first solar-powered TV set at the G8 Summit this week in Hokkaido, Japan, the New York Post reports. The 26-inch LCD TV uses about one-quarter the power and one-half the energy of an average LCD set,…
Fidelity Communications, the Missouri-based parent of Fidelity Cablevision, bought Oklahoma cable system Lawton Cablevision, Multichannel News reports. Fidelity will gain about 20,000 video subscribers, 4,000 broadband subscribers and 500 phone subscribers from Lawton Cablevision, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Interpublic’s Magna Global released a report revealing the “hyper-acceleration” of emerging media platforms such as search, social media, online video, gaming, interactive TV and digital out-of-home is slowing down, Online Media Daily reports. However, the outlook called for a 31.1%…
The Walt Disney Co. is making a significant gift to 91 small cable operators in the markets served by the 10 local TV stations Disney’s ABC owns and operates: No retransmission consent charges or requirements to carry additional Disney-affiliated networks…
Nickelodeon will bring a taste of the Beijing Olympics to the network with sports-themed episodes of animated series “The Fairly OddParents,” “The Backyardigans,” “Dora the Explorer” and “Ni Hao, Kai-lan.” The network will begin with an “OddParents” special, “The Fairly…
The AMC original series “Breaking Bad” will begin production on its second season July 15 in Albuquerque, N.M. Series star Bryan Cranston will direct the second-season premiere, his first time directing for the series. Cranston directed several episodes of “Malcolm…
National music TV network Fuse has greenlit production on three new original series. “Redemption Song,” which gives singers a second chance, the music travel series “Tour Me a New One” and “Rock Bottom,” a program about troubled bands, will premiere…
FX has passed on Ryan Murphy’s transsexual drama “Pretty/Handsome,” the Hollywood Reporter says. A pilot, starring Joseph Fiennes and executive produced by Murphy, Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner, was ordered by the network, which chose not to pick it up,…
Aya Sumika has been upped to regular for the upcoming fifth season of CBS’ “Numbers,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Sumika has been a recurring player on the drama for the past two seasons as Special Agent Liz Warner, the love…