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Talks between representatives of the Screen Actors Guild and the studios were protested today by about 100 people who picketed outside the Los Angeles building where the discussions took place, Daily Variety reports. Among the picketers were members of Membership…
“Dollhouse,” the new Fox series created by Joss Whedon, was the second-most requested show on Apple’s iTunes site Sunday behind “Battlestar Galactica,” IMDB.com reports. The show’s debut episode Friday night on Fox finished third in its timeslot, attracting 4.73 million…
CBS’ “60 Minutes” won a George Polk Award for television reporting for a feature on China’s illegal shipping of toxic electronic waste, TVNewser.com reports. The George Polk Awards, named in honor of a CBS reporter killed in 1948 while covering…
Discovery Channel will premiere “Global Warming: The New Challenge With Tom Brokaw” on March 18. The hourlong special, shot entirely in HD, is a follow-up to the network’s 2006 special “Global Warming: What You Need to Know With Tom Brokaw.”…
Tennis Channel, the International Tennis Federation and the United States Tennis Association have signed a multiyear agreement, making Tennis Channel the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of all U.S. Davis Cup ties. Tennis Channel will air the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas,…
The NAB Show will feature more than 70 new exhibitors and several new attractions. Electronic Arts, Phillips 3-D Solutions and 3ality Digital are among the exhibitors that will display their technological innovations for the first time on the show floor….
Starz Entertainment has acquired first-run rights to four titles from Summit Entertainment: “Penelope,” “Sex Drive,” “Never Back Down” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” The 3-D animated children’s film “Moon” will be shown on Starz channels and on-demand in 3-D….
Charter Communications Chairman Paul Allen will lose controlling voting interest of the cable company once it declares bankruptcy, Multichannel News reports, citing Securities and Exchange Commission documents. Mr. Allen, who has invested more than $7 billion in the company and…
MobiTV has 6 million subscribers for the mobile media service being carried on Sprint Nextel and AT&T, Multichannel News says. ABC, NBC and MSNBC are among the more than 40 channels of content available on MobiTV, Multichannel News reports. —Danny…
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