Speculation is growing around the possibility of a NBC Universal-Scripps Networks Interactive merger, Multichannel News reports. It is predicted that Scripps Networks Interactive could attract a price high above its current market capitalization of $6.5 billion, the newspaper says. The…
Producer Greg Berlanti has signed a new, eight-figure deal with ABC Studios, the Hollywood Reporter says. The five-year deal will keep Berlanti at ABC Studies, where he currently has three series: “Brothers & Sisters,” “Dirty Sexy Money” and “Eli Stone,”…
“Law and Order” super-producer Dick Wolf and NBC Universal are battling over the profits from the crime procedurals that have helped defined the genre for 19 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. This year, Wolf engaged in two legal battles…
Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein is among those concerned that product-placement advertising is growing out of control and he’s suggesting that networks be forced to disclose the promotions with a text crawl along the bottom of the television screen, the…
Talks between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are headed for an impasse, with the union looking to further negotiate with producers and the AMPTP holding to its “final” offer, the Hollywood Reporter…
Bunim-Murray Productions has expanded its executive roster by adding CFO Neil McCarthy and a team of vice presidents, Daily Variety reports. New executives include senior vice presidents David Berson (business and legal affairs), Eric Cristall (development), John Greco (production) and…
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation named ABC and FX as the top scorers for the networks’ representation and portrayal of gays and lesbians, the Hollywood Reporter says. ABC, which received notable praise for “Brothers and Sisters,” “Ugly Betty”…
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is preparing its screening process for next year, hoping to fix the problems it experienced this year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. After the academy opted to make the traditional “for your consideration” screeners…