NBC and Facebook have created an Olympics partnership, with the broadcaster pledging to nudge viewers to talk about the Games on the social-networking site, which in turn will remind its users to watch the Games, reports The New York Times….
After Viacom and DirecTV failed to reach a new agreement before midnight, DirecTV’s almost 20 million customers lost access to Viacom’s 26 networks, reports Bloomberg. Viacom demanded its networks, including MTV and Comedy Central, be removed from DirecTV and said…
Just hours after revealing that Laura Lancaster was on the way out as exec VP of drama programming, as reported earlier today, NBC released a statement naming Pearlena Igbokwe as the new EVP, drama development, for NBC Entertainment. The announcement…
One NBC reality show hit an all-time low in the ratings Monday night while another returned from a hiatus to a big drop in viewers, TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. For prime time as a whole, the network finished in…
After failing to deliver a ratings breakout in recent years, a key drama executive is getting the boot at NBC, TheWrap.com reports. Laura Lancaster, the network’s executive vice president of drama programming, is leaving after six years on the job….
Viacom is warning viewers that its networks may go dark for DirecTV subscribers starting today, July 10, 2012, according to a blog post from Viacom. "We’ve been negotiating for months and even offered DirecTV an extension past the agreement’s original…
A media analyst has come out with a report that delivers bad news for many media companies — although it should come as good news to Disney and Cinemark. Deadline.com reports that Nomura Securities’ Michael Nathanson fired a “warning shot”…
Former managers for "The Good Wife" star Julianna Margulies have sued the actress, charging that they got her on the show and orchestrated a deal with L’Oreal, but that she stopped paying them their commissions after she fired them, according…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly "likes" Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar’s work so much he’s considering him for a top job, according to the New York Post. Zuckerberg wants to increase Facebook’s appeal to advertisers, especially with online video advertising,…
With NBC’s “Today” show in the spotlight during the week of Ann Curry’s rocky departure from the show as co-host in late June, TVNewser reports that “Today” ended up in a tie in the ratings with its fierce rival, ABC’s…