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Sony Pictures Entertainment is rebranding its Grouper video-sharing Web site as Crackle, seeking to draw aspirational producers who want access to the company’s Hollywood production resources. Sony purchased Grouper in August 2006 to get a foothold in the video-sharing craze…
HD Net co-founder Mark Cuban, who has owned the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks since January 2000, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune last week that he submitted his application to Major League Baseball to purchase the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field from…
Television is turning to science to figure out who is paying attention to commercials as the medium continues to tout its worth to advertisers. PreTesting Co., which is rolling out set-top boxes that will measure commercial watching on a second-by-second…
“Farscape” is returning to the Sci Fi channel as online programming. The network has ordered a 10-part Webisode series that will be executive produced by Brian Henson and Robert Halmi Jr. and produced by The Jim Henson Co. in association…
The finale of “Top Chef 3 Miami” will be presented live, Bravo announced Sunday at the Television Critics Association meeting in Los Angeles. Last season, there were reports about who won the competition before the concluding episode aired. Bravo also…
Bravo is launching a new Web site that gives TV junkies the chance to play network executives and win a $100,000 grand prize. TVbigshot.com is a season long game in which players start with a $300 million programming budget and…
BET executives Sunday defended their upcoming program “Hot Ghetto Mess,” which has already had advertisers pull out because of claims that it features negative depictions of African-Americans. BET Entertainment president Reginald Hudlin, speaking Sunday at the Television Critics Association meeting…
SoapNet’s original “General Hospital” spin-off drew the highest ratings in the network’s history when it debuted on Thursday. “General Hospital: Night Shift” drew record numbers of total viewers, women 18-34 and women 18-49 to the Disney-owned SoapNet. The weekly primetime…
Showtime plans to have original episodes of four of its series on the air during October. At the Television Critics Association meeting Saturday in Los Angeles, Showtime executives said the network plans to launch two of its comedies, season three…