A cable group has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but continues to operate, Multichannel News reports. Plum TV, described as “a collection of local cable channels serving resorts and upscale communities,” will sell its assets to “a…
Even though some reboots failed this year — "Charlie’s Angels" and "Prime Suspect" come to mind — the networks aren’t ready to give up on the strategy just yet. Many of the hottest projects in development for the 2012-13 season…
New York City Comptroller John Liu wants Time Warner Cable to reimburse its customers for losing New York Knicks and Rangers games, a casualty of the clash between the cable company and programmer Madison Square Garden, reports Bloomberg. The blackout…
Yahoo Inc., which is struggling to turn around its online advertising business, has tapped the president of eBay’s PayPal unit, Scott Thompson, as its next chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reports. The story reports: “The move announced Wednesday came…
After AT&T said it would pay at least $215 million to settle a patent lawsuit over DVRs, TiVo’s shares jumped in after-hours trading, reports Bloomberg. AT&T will pay $51 million up front, with quarterly payments through June 2018 that will…
Whether "Terra Nova" gets renewed for a second season on Fox — along with the fate of the network’s long-running medical drama “House” — may depend on how the network’s midseason shows perform, reports Deadline.com. The situation is especially critical…
"American Idol" has been hit with a leak of a partial list of the show’s top 42 finalists, with the season premiere just two weeks away, reports the New York Post. (Spoiler alert.) Many names on the list are singers…
By Chuck Ross What a night! Mitt Romney squeaked out a victory over Rick Santorum in the Iowa Republican Caucuses by 8 votes out of about 122,000 total votes cast. Romney received 30,015 votes to Santorum’s 30,007. Ron Paul came…
A longtime sports broadcaster, who won an Emmy for an essay on the bombing at Olympic Park during the 1996 Atlanta Games, has died, Bloomberg reports. Jim Huber, 67, died Monday in Atlanta. Huber joined Turner Sports full time in…
Monday’s two-hour premiere of “The Bachelor” saw the latest installment of the ABC reality staple get off to a less than promising start for the network, with a 2.4 rating and 6 share in viewers 18-49 and 7.7 million viewers,…