With DVD sales and rentals already down by 2% during the first half of the year, Advertising Age reports Hollywood isn’t counting on the special-edition DVD box set to help its bottom line in these tough economic times. The publication…
Tina Fey, Miley Cyrus and Michael Phelps are among this year’s “10 Most Fascinating People,” the Associated Press reports. The special, airing Dec. 4 and hosted by Barbara Walters on ABC, also named Tom Cruise, Rush Limbaugh and Will Smith…
MSNBC officially retracted a false story it reported on-air that the name of the John McCain adviser responsible for leaking gossip about his running mate, Sarah Palin, was Martin Eisenstadt, the Associated Press reports. The “news” was delivered by MSNBC…
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” attracted its biggest audience of the 2008-09 season for the week of Nov. 3. The late-night show garnered 1.92 million total viewers and 0.7 million viewers among adults 18-49, its best numbers so far this season….
Barbara Cochran, the network news veteran who has been president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association for more than 11 years, will step down and become consultant and president emeritus when her contract expires at the end of June. The…
TV Land has added three new series to its TV Land Prime 2009 lineup, which caters to viewers in their 40s. The half-hour reality show “How’d You Get So Rich?” will feature Joan Rivers searching the country to find out…
Cablevision Systems launches the first international subscription video-on-demand service with today’s announcement of its Bollywood Hits on-Demand, Multichannel News reports. Bollywood Hits, which can be accessed through the iO user interface or on Channel 241, gives subscribers unlimited access to…
CBS News’ Katie Couric finally is getting some respect, Media Life Magazine reports. The publication says since her interview with then-VP candidate Sarah Palin in September, ratings for “The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric” have remained steady and her…
Internet Protocol TV provider JumpTV reported a 95% increase in revenue for its third quarter compared with the same period a year ago, Broadcasting & Cable reports. However, JumpTV still reported a net loss for the quarter of $11.9 million…
NBC’s Helena, Mont., affiliate KTVH-TV, which has already made the switch to digital television, announced it’s laying off four employees and canceling its weekend local news telecasts, the Helena Independent Record reports. “We gave up weekend news because it just…