CBS has given an early renewal to one of its hit sitcoms, and the trouble involving “Two and a Half Men” and its star Charlie Sheen may be one reason, reports Deadline.com. The show is "How I Met Your Mother,"…
Tech firms and data-gathering services are joining forces with cable and satellite TV operators to step up efforts to match specific types of viewers with specific types of advertising, The Wall Street Journal reports. The approach borrows a strategy widely…
The upfront television market this year could see "double-digit" gains in advertising rates, helped by a revitalized auto market and battles between wireless carriers, the New York Post’s Claire Atkinson reports. Given the health of the advertising market, ratings-poor NBC…
In what could mark her first regular television series role if the show gets picked up, film star Anjelica Huston is joining NBC’s drama pilot "Smash," reports Deadline.com. Huston will play a shrewd and cynical New York theater producer in…
After failing to reach a retransmission consent deal as of midnight, LIN Media’s more than two dozen television stations have gone dark for Dish customers, reports B&C. Dish called LIN "greedy" in a statement, while LIN Chief Executive Vincent L….
To promote "Today’s” new website, the "Today" show will produce a second show that will air only on the Web, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The Web-based "Today.com Show" will be a one-time production and will air…
Another NBC executive is packing his bags as part of the shakeout under new boss Bob Greenblatt, Deadline.com reports. The network’s longtime scheduling chief, Mitch Metcalf, is the latest casualty. His departure follows that of Angela Bromstad in February. Lisa…
Authorities have arrested Houston-area resident Bryan McCarthy, the man behind channelsurfing.net, a website that allegedly streamed sports and pay-per-view events illegally, earning more than $90,000 in ad revenue, reports the AP. McCarthy’s site was allegedly making NFL games, wrestling matches…
The secret to Apple’s iPad success may not just lie in its design and software, but in the way Apple prices the device and sources components, making it harder for rivals to compete, Bloomberg reports, citing an analyst report. The…
The Federal Communications Commission decided on a unanimous vote Thursday that it will propose a number of changes to the current retransmission consent rules, B&C reported. The changes include clarifying the meaning of “bargaining in good faith” and potentially eliminating…