Your next favorite show may have roots in France, the Hollywood Reporter says. Gallic TV programs are becoming more and more fashionable these days, proved by NBC’s adaptation of “XIII,” a hit for France’s Canal Plus network. Rights to the…
OpenGate Capital has agreed to pay Macrovision $1 for the unprofitable TV Guide magazine, Advertising Age reports. Macrovision also loaned OpenGate up to $9.5 million to help with the magazine. Details of their deal emerged Wednesday in a Macrovision filing…
A Seattle company called SpinSpotter has created software that will flag questionable elements in online news in order to give the reader an unbiased viewpoint, the New York Times reports. The company strives to be non-partisan and was founded by…
PBS had decided to delay the national airdate for a new documentary that explores the evolution of U.S. policy and internal administration battles over the use of torture among military detainees until after the current administration leaves the White House….
CBS News spokeswoman and VP of Communications Sandy Genelius is leaving the network after 20 years, Broadcasting & Cable reports. She will now serve in the same capacity at Sony, where she will be reunited with Ann Morfogen, senior VP…
Could Gov. Sarah Palin be joining Sen. John McCain when he finally visits CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman” tonight? The Los Angeles Times reports during last night’s show the host told his audience the Republican candidate for president “hinted…
At the MIPCOM conference in Cannes, France, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley compared online video to the early days of television and reminded attendees how many had feared radio would die with the advent of that technology, TechCrunch reports. “I would…
While preliminary data indicates that television turnout for the final of presidential campaign debate declined from the last matchup between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, NBC may have performed best among the broadcast networks airing the contest, according…
The last of three debates between presidential candidates Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama may have attracted a smaller audience than last week’s second meeting between the contenders. In overnight ratings from 55 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research,…
Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain took turns talking to, and talking about, “Joe the Plumber” during their third and final debate last night, the Washington Post says. Joe was “summoned as an example of this or that by whichever…