With DVD sales weakening, Paramount Pictures initiated preliminary discussions about combining some of its home video operations with those of Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox, the Los Angeles Times says. The talks center on combing production, packaging, distribution and…
NBC Universal’s Sci Fi channel in the UK has acquired the first-run TV rights for the first two seasons of “Legend of the Seeker” and the second season of “Dollhouse,” the Guardian reports. Each season of “Legend” will include 22…
BIA Advisory Services has revised downward its earlier projected TV station revenue estimates for 2009 to $16.6 billion, a 17.3% decline from 2008 — and a return to 1995 levels. The second edition of BIA’s quarterly "Investing In Television Market Report" also…
ABC is releasing a book to help promote the second season of its series “Castle,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Beginning in August, the network will release the novel “Heat Wave” a chapter per week for 10 weeks on ABC.com while…
NBC News is known for trying to catch sexual predators, but now it’s turning its attention to war criminals, with a series called “The Wanted” to debut on Monday July 20, the New York Observer says. The series, from documentary…
The “Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up Susan Boyle won’t be making a guest appearance on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” as had been reported, Usmagazine.com says. An ABC spokesperson said the cameo isn’t going to happen. –Elizabeth Jensen
ABC picked up 13 episodes of the Fox TV Studios adventure series “Defying Gravity” to air later this summer, the Hollywood Reporter says. The international coproduction, which stars Ron Livingston, revolves around a group of eight astronauts from five countries…
Joost is pulling out of the ad-supported Internet TV business, ending its attempts to rival YouTube and Hulu as video providers, Variety says. After closing its U.K. and Netherlands offices, the company will be based in New York and will…
FX has a strong track record when it comes to original series but what it really needs to compete is a sports franchise, FX Networks President and GM John Landgraf told Broadcasting & Cable. “It’s going to be virtually impossible…