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Verizon Communications is buying Intel Corp.’s set-top box startup, as the telecommunications company seeks to broaden its Internet-TV services, reports the Verge. While the amount of the sale wasn’t disclosed, Intel had been said to be asking about $500 million,…
The weather wars are heating up, as "AccuWeather, the Pennsylvania-based company that currently supplies forecasts to 175,000 paying clients and several hundred local TV stations around the country, announced plans to join the 24-hour weather market by launching its own…
A Tony-nominated actress who starred in one of the best-known of the original "Twilight Zone" episodes has died at age 80. "British actress Sarah Marshall, a Tony-nominated veteran who later appeared in memorable episodes of TV’s ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The…
The Esquire Network has renewed five original series for second seasons, including the cooking competition show “Knife Fight” and the craft brew series “Brew Dogs,” reports TheWrap.com. “Knife Fight” will return for 24 episodes, while “Brew Dogs” will return for…
Amazon has a project in he works to develop a series based on a sexy 1960s science-fiction movie. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports exclusively: "Gaumont International Television’s ‘Barbarella’ has been set up at Amazon Studios, which has taken in…
J.J. Abrams offered an explanation for the high rate of showrunner churn on his upcoming midseason NBC drama “Believe” after hearing accusations that the turnover was a sign of trouble. Lisa de Moraes writes on Deadline.com that Abrams attributed the…
A recent awards ceremony — the Critics Choice Movie Awards, held Jan. 16 — helped firm up which movies and actors are the ones to watch in the runup to the Academy Awards. Among the stronger contenders, based on the…
NBC has given a series order to the Oz-themed “Emerald City,” which is said to be a dark and modern take on “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” along the lines of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” reports Deadline.com. The drama will…
A TV personality who was one of the most popular cast members on a cable reality series has died. Variety reports that Roy Garber, a regular on the A&E series "Shipping Wars," died Friday after suffering a heart attack. A&E…
"All four of the NFL’s network partners have bid on the Thursday night television package, a person with knowledge of the bidding process told the Associated Press on Sunday." The AP story adds: "The league has used its NFL Network…