Turner has landed exclusive linear basic cable rights to the “Star Wars” film franchise for TNT and TBS through agreements with The Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox, the company announced today. “The agreement with Disney for 10 films…
Even with the Rio Olympics posting lower ratings than the London Games four years ago, NBCUniversal made $250 million on the event. That’s the number put out by CEO Steve Burke, who discussed the undertaking today at the Bank of…
They say sex sells, but Playboy magazine appears to have discovered that toning it down sells even better. Since the publication famously stopped printing naked pictures of women earlier this year, starting with its March issue, sales have taken off….
The veteran head of public relations for CBS Television Distribution, the company’s syndication arm, is stepping down. John Wentworth announced Tuesday that he is retiring, Yahoo News reports. Wentworth will stay on the job through March and will help with…
Young singer Grace VanderWaal, who has been taking the competition by storm on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” delivered another impressive performance with her original song “Clay,” earning a standing ovation from the judges. Here’s the latest by the 12-year-old phenom…
Press release from CBS, Sept. 14, 2016: CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network’s subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced new premiere dates for its new original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY and the all-new edition of “The…
Press release from Turner, Sept. 14, 2016: Global media company Turner has entered into multi-year licensing agreements for the Star Wars movie collection through unprecedented domestic deals with The Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox that grant TNT &…
It’s a staggering concept, but Eric Cartman, Kyle Marsh and Stan Broflovski should be 28 by now. Instead, the crudely animated characters that sprang from the imaginations of Trey Parker and Matt Stone are perennially 8 years old — but…