With Ann Curry poised to leave her longtime spot in the rotation at NBC’s “Today” show, another “Today” regular is reportedly contemplating an exit from the show. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that longtime "Today" news reader Natalie…
CNN announced a number of lineup changes Tuesday, including shipping one familiar on-air personality to sister channel HLN, Deadline.com reports. Among the changes, Kyra Phillips is being sent to HLN while morning fixture Ashleigh Banfield gets a new time slot….
With the approval of a long-awaited playoff system to determine a national college football champion, the door is open for high-stakes bidding for television rights, Deadline.com reports. The playoff system was approved Tuesday by a panel of university presidents. The…
ABC’s new reality show “The Glass House” is doing a lot better in the courtroom than it is in the ratings. The series won another key ruling Tuesday in its ongoing legal dispute with CBS, but the Nielsen results for…
The second quarter has been tough for CNN, with the cable network having its lowest-rated prime-time quarter since 1991, reports TVNewser.com. In prime time, CNN declined 35% in total viewers, while viewers 25 to 54 — the key news demo…
The Tour de France cycling race will remain with NBC Sports Group through 2023, under an extended rights deal that gives NBC the U.S. television, digital and mobile rights to the race, reports Deadline.com. The tour has been a headline…
Former CBS Network TV Entertainment Group President Nancy Tellem is in talks to join Microsoft in a role that would help the software company turn its Xbox and Zune platforms into bigger distribution outlets for TV and movie content, according…
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen defended the company’s "AutoHop" technology, which allows viewers to skip ads, describing the technology as a way to protect children from ads for fast food and alcohol, reports Reuters. Ergen made the comments in written…
A major figure in the media industry, who was also a member of an iconic U.S. family dynasty, has died, the Associated Press reports. George Randolph Hearst, the grandson of William Randolph Hearst, was 84. Hearst, the chairman of Hearst…
Google appears to be poised to follow in the footsteps of Microsoft Corp. and do something unexpected by unveiling its own tablet device, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company has called its developers together for a session tomorrow, and…