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A new channel aimed at a market segment that has been getting a lot of attention lately will be launching soon. The StarTribune reports that Twin Cities Public Television, based in St. Paul, Minn., announced plans for a new channel…
A new report warns that Donald Trump and other billionaires have laid the groundwork for “an unprecedented legal assault on the media.” The report in The New York Times Magazine says Trump and his companies have already been plaintiffs in…
A well-known character actor who appeared on television, in film and on the stage, earning an Emmy nomination and winning a Tony Award, has died. The New York Times reports that Fritz Weaver died Saturday at his home in Manhattan….
Edgar Bronfman Jr., the billionaire U.S. media investor who served as executive vice chairman of Vivendi Universal from 2000 until 2003, has his sights set on acquiring Time Inc. Bronfman, who is currently a managing partner in the private equity…
AT&T has positioned itself to take a shot at changing the game of television, with the company’s new DirecTV online service, DirecTV Now, hoping to break through with consumers as a viable alternative to cable — an effort where predecessors…
A new show that will be premiering soon on CBS has an attention-getting premise. The network firmed up plans today for “Hunted,” a reality competition that will put ordinary people in a real-life manhunt. The show premieres Sunday, Jan. 22,…
Tickets went on sale today for the new “Star Wars” movie, and as of Sunday, we now have a new 30-second TV spot that sums up what the movie looks and sounds like. You can watch the clip below. “What…
“Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday, state-run Cuban Television said,” Reuters reports from Havana. The…
“Hollywood has lost one of its iconic TV moms,” writes Entertainment Weekly, continuing, “Florence Henderson died Thursday at age 82, her manager confirmed to The Associated Press (AP).” According to the AP, “Henderson died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in…
A worldwide spike in demand for old episodes of the NBC reality show “The Apprentice” has been detected by the data analytics firm Parrot Analytics, The New York Post reports. “People around the world are looking to the show, which…