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First-quarter earnings fell 45% at NBC Universal, parent company General Electric announced Friday morning, TelevisionWeek reports. While its cable networks continued to deliver double digit growth, GE CEO Jeff Immelt said, “NBC Universal has a tougher performance overall due to…
By launching a area dedicated to full-length movies and TV episodes, Google’s YouTube is taking on Hulu, the Web video site owned by News Corp. and NBC Universal, the Wall Street Journal reports. YouTube is trying to prevent Hulu from…
The oldest of the old-line TV companies, CBS, turned a profit streaming the Masters golf tournament and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship online, BusinessWeek reports. CBS hopes to convince the NFL to allow it to stream the Super Bowl in…
Viewers hated the new judging system on “America Idol” that meant Simon Cowell commented on only half of the performers, so it’s being scrapped after a single episode, the Washington Post reports. The new system was meant to save time…
The Screen Actors Guild may announce a tentative agreement in its film and television contract negotiations, perhaps as soon as this weekend, Daily Variety reports. SAG’s national board will meet for a two-day session, although SAG and the Alliance of…
Dr Pepper Snapple Group is getting a 5% to 10% break on ad time in regional markets by buying up ad time abandoned by car dealers and banks, Bloomberg reports. The discount allows the company to advertise A&W root beer…
Time Warner will pay $776,000 to provide former chairman Dick Parsons with office space, secretarial services and furnishings “comparable to that which he was provided during his employment,” the New York Times reports, citing the company’s proxy statement. Parsons stepped…
“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier is creating a documentary exploring media and society called “Spin,” which is being considered as a television movie or pilot for a 13-episode miniseries, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is written by and will be…
Time Warner persuaded its bondholders to remove restrictions and allow the company to sell or spin off AOL, Reuters says. Time Warner will pay the bondholders about $61.5 million in order to free itself from the Internet company, which has…
Spike TV is able to integrate advertisers into its male-oriented sports-related programming because it’s not beholden to any of the professional sports leagues, Advertising Age says. Miller Lite, Reebok and Popeye’s are among the sponsors of Spike’s upcoming series “Fourth…