[UPDATE: 11:11 AM 10/5/10…Trying to be too clever, our headline was too confusing for too many people, so we changed it…] "Despite most of its Monday line-up being down week-to-week, CBS had a big reason to smile this morning: its…
As Hasbro prepares to debut its children’s cable-television network the Hub in partnership with co-owner Discovery Communications, some media watchdogs are taking notice of what they fear will be programming disguised as a giant commercial, reports the Los Angeles Times….
Google TV’s announcement on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, may be most telling in regard to which companies have not yet partnered with Google for the service, the New York Times reports. "[T]he announcement underscored the difficulties companies face as they…
Qualcomm will shut down its direct-to-consumer FLO TV operations by the end of the year after failing to convince consumers to pay for a mobile-television subscription, reports PaidContent.org. The decision comes after Qualcomm said in June that it was exploring…
MTV is close to deal that would revive "Punk’d," this time with teen singing phenom Justin Bieber as host, reports Joe Adalian at Vulture.com and Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Both stories appeared on their respective websites this morning, Tuesday, Oct….
Grupo Televisa will invest $1.2 billion in Univision Communications, reports Bloomberg News. Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster, will receive a 5% stake in Univision and debt instruments than can be converted into equity representing 30% of Univision, the story…
Comcast and NBC Universal have been asked by the Federal Communications Commission for more information, reports the Associated Press. The FCC is asking Comcast for information about its distribution agreements for several of its cable channels, while the agency is…
"Broadcasting & Cable [B&C] and Multichannel News have erected pay walls around previously free Web content that could have been causing a drain on print subscriptions. Until Monday, the full contents of the weekly print products had been available gratis…
Michael Ausiello of EW.com wrote in an item on his online column that he’s leaving Entertainment Weekly to start his own television site with Jay Penske’s MMC Corporation, the company also behind Deadline.com. "Although I know there will probably be…
Starz has begun searching for a replacement for actor Andy Whitfield in "Spartacus," after Whitfield was forced to quit because of a recurrence of his cancer, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. A casting notice says producers are looking for a…