Netflix, after reporting its first loss since 2005, projected a slowdown in the growth of its U.S. streaming customers, reports Bloomberg. The company’s shares plunged 17% Monday after projecting the slowdown, the story notes. Netflix expects to end the second…
It appears that HBO means it this time. The pay-cable channel has decided to cancel a series — and it’s a series HBO has canceled before, HitFix.com reports. The series is the animated "The Life and Times of Tim." The…
Fox’s heavily promoted ‘25th Anniversary Special,’ accompanied by special airings of the pilots for the network’s seminal shows “The Simpsons” and “Married … With Children,” failed to pump life into the Sunday ratings. When all was said and done, none…
Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp., has named two executives as co-presidents of CBS Films. Deadline.com reports that Wolfgang Hammer and Terry Press have been given the titles. The story reports: “This cements a structure that has worked…
Syfy is getting an early start on lining up advertisers to integrate into an upcoming series, Advertising Age reports. The series is “Defiance,” which will be a coordinated TV series and multiplayer online game. “Defiance,” set to debut in April…
Conan O’Brien is keeping his Conaco Productions banner at Warner Bros. TV, signing a new two-year deal, Deadline.com reports. O’Brien’s late-night show “Conan” has been picked up by TBS through April 2014, as reported earlier this year. Along with the…
With network series reaching new viewership lows this spring among viewers 18 to 49, fingers have been pointed to a few culprits, with the two main theories singling out a drop in ratings for "American Idol" and the string of…
FamilyNet and ComStar Media are being sued by CBS Television Distribution, which alleges that the companies owned by "Hour of Power" minister Robert Schuller are airing series including "Happy Days" without paying licensing fees, reports TheWrap.com. CBS is seeking $1.5…
Despite losing almost two-thirds of its market value last year, Netflix gave Chief Executive Reed Hastings a 68% bump in compensation, reports Deadline.com. While Hastings’ salary slipped 3.7% to $500,000, his stock option awards rose almost 76% to $8.8 million,…
In a move that ended the 15-year-plus Disney career of one of the company’s top executives, Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross has left the company, according to a number of media reports. Here’s what Brooks Barnes of the New…