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Time Warner Cable, Viacom Agree to Cease-Fire in Legal Squabble Over iPad Streaming

Time Warner Cable and Viacom have agreed to suspend their legal fight over the cable operator’s app for streaming content over iPads, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The two companies have agreed to a standstill agreement, which…

Ad Campaign and New Show in the Works as Bloomberg TV Aims to Win Over CNBC Viewers

Bloomberg TV’s first advertising campaign aims to lure away viewers from cable business news rival CNBC, reports TVNewser.com. The campaign will focus on the New York City area, where most of Wall Street’s employees live, and will include TV spots…

Pilot That Failed to Make Cut at Fox Will Screen at Comic-Con

A pilot that failed to make the cut at Fox will be shown at Comic-Con alongside a panel about the graphic novel on which it’s based, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The project is “Locke & Key,” about a family…

NBC Denies Report of Big ‘Apprentice’ Payday for Donald Trump and Mark Burnett

NBC said "Apprentice" co-producers Donald Trump and Mark Burnett aren’t receiving the $160 million over two years that has been reported, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously reported, Trump was said to have received a deal that would make…

Fiery Death Planned for Sheen’s Character on ‘Two and a Half Men’? Writer Says He Knows How the Show Will Handle the Transition

Chuck Lorre’s solution for writing Charlie Sheen out of "Two and a Half Men" will be to kill his character, Charlie Harper, in a spectacular car wreck, according to a writer who says he has the inside scoop, JanetCharltonsHollywood.com reported….

Big Hollywood Names Surface in Connection With Alleged Illegal Poker Games After Tobey Maguire Is Sued for His Winnings

“Spider-Man” star Tobey Maguire was apparently the king of the table in a series of high-stakes poker games featuring an all-star lineup of Hollywood figures, and now he’s being sued for his winnings, TMZ.com reported. Other stars who reportedly took…

NBCU Taps Oxygen Exec for New Position: Director of Sales for Women

NBCUniversal has tapped a senior account executive at Oxygen to take over the newly created position of director of ad sales for women for NBCU, Multichannel News reports. The job goes to Nancy Cohen, who will report to Susan Malfa,…

MTV Networks Promotes Exec

MTV Networks has announced a key promotion in its ad sales research department, Multichannel News reported. The group upped Beth Coleman to senior VP of ad sales research. Coleman was formerly vice president of audience research for the group. She…

Jennifer Aniston, Matt Groening, Mariska Hargitay, Marg Helgenberger, Patricia Heaton, Adam West and Others to Receive Prestigious Honor

Among the TV honorees will be Valerie Bertinelli, Matt Groening, Mariska Hargitay, Patricia Heaton, Marg Helgenberger, Walter Koenig and Adam West when the stars are given out next year for the Hollywood Walk of Fame, The Huffington Post reported. All…

NBC Notches Dominant Tuesday Ratings Win on Strength of Talent Competitions

The combination of "America’s Got Talent" and "The Voice" gave NBC a dominant ratings victory Tuesday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. NBC finished the night with a 3.9 average rating in adults 18-49, more than twice its closest competition. ABC was next…