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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the movie studio currently in talks with Sony Pictures Entertainment about a possible merger, on Thursday reported a narrowed second-quarter loss of $19.7 million, or 8 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $133.6 million, or 55…
Time Warner Cable and Cablevision’s MSG Networks are in a dispute that could result in Madison Square Garden Network, Fox Sports New York and the Metro Channels being taken off Time Warner’s New York-area systems July 31. Time Warner’s carriage…
Fox has bought its own version of the home makeover reality show, Rocket Science Laboratories’ “Family Time.” The eight-episode show will focus on families that need a complete makeover, whether that means redesigning their house, personal makeovers or even reinvention…
UPN’s much-anticipated reality show “Amish in the City” had a big July 28 two-hour premiere, pulling in 5.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research preliminary ratings. “Amish,” which takes five young Amish adults and puts them in a house…
A cable channel that hasn’t yet launched is already getting a new brand: Reality Central, the start-up network driven by CEO Larry Namer, has changed its name to Reality 24-7. According to a statement by the network, the switch was…
Cable operator Cox Communications on Thursday reported a 47 percent plunge in second-quarter profit even as the company booked higher revenue due to the increased popularity of advanced services.The Atlanta-based cable operator with 6.3 million subscribers reported a profit of…
CSTV: College Sports Television secured a carriage agreement with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator. Local Comcast systems will be able to add CSTV to their systems on digital or digital sports tiers. Comcast will also make CSTV programming available…
LIN TV Corp. on Thursday said it swung to a profit in the second quarter as the company outlined plans to open up new revenue streams to help counterbalance the absence of political advertising spending in odd-numbered years, including a…
The day before ABC announced it was doing an American version of the hit U.K. family behavior makeover reality show “Supernanny,” Fox bought “Nanny 911,” a reality series with a remarkably similar premise.“Supernanny” stars Jo Frost, a veteran British nanny…
The cable news channels each drew bigger prime-time audiences Tuesday than they attracted Monday night without any competing prime-time Democratic National Convention coverage on the Big 3 broadcast networks. For CNN it was night two a winning streak over Fox…