The Motion Picture Association of America is suing three link aggregation sites that make it easier for visitors to view pirated movies and TV shows, MediaPost reports. The sites included in the suit are Campusist.com, Movies-on-Demand.tv and Sswarez.com, all of…
CBS News producer Mark Griffith was found dead in his Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment pn Thursday, TVNewser reports. Co-workers grew suspicious when Griffith, who had been with CBS for the last 20 years, missed some shifts at work without any notice,…
An estimated 7 million U.S. households are still completely unprepared for February’s DTV analog shutoff, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing Nielsen data. That number, amounting to about 6.8% of U.S. households, represents those that still receive TV signals over an…
Ad revenue for local broadcast TV was up 1.2% during the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, TVNewsday says, citing a Television Bureau of Advertising report with information from TNS Media Intelligence. The increase…
Is it over yet? Queen Elizabeth famously described 1992 as her “annus horribilis.” For the rest of us, including much of the TV industry, 2008 no doubt will merit a similar epitaph. The year began with the Writers Guild of…
Former “Tonight Show” producer Rudy Tellez died in November, Daily Variety reports. Tellez, who worked for “Tonight” in the 1960s, passed away while recovering from a stroke he had in 2002, the trade says. He also worked on programs including…
Wireless entertainment device company EZ4Media has filed a lawsuit against Apple and for patent infringement, InformationWeek reports. In the suit, EZ4Media says Apple hired three former employees from Universal Electronics, from which EZ4Media acquired the patents; all three had access…
Lisa Knapp has been named head of development for 44 Blue, a reality TV production company, the Hollywood Reporter says. Knapp previously worked on the reality shows “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” for A&E and “Bands Reunited” for VH1, the trade…
Oprah Winfrey is rumored to be shopping for a new home in Washington, D.C., the New York Post reports, citing unnamed insiders. Winfrey, a big supporter of President-elect Barack Obama, is said to be looking at a $50 million Georgetown…
Disney XD is teaming up with Robbie Knievel for animated 2-D series “Kid Knievel,” about a boy who aspires to be the world’s greatest daredevil, the Hollywood Reporter says. Knievel will serve as a stunt consultant on the show, which…