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After Stalker Ordeal, ESPN’s Erin Andrews Gets Special Treatment in Hotels

Not surprisingly, ESPN’s Erin Andrews is receiving special treatment at hotels following her stalker ordeal, in which a man booked rooms next to hers and shot videos of her through a peephole, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. When…

Time Warner Cable, Disney Agree to Carriage Terms; TW Cable Agrees to Add Disney Junior, ESPN 3D and ESPN3.com

Time Warner Cable, the nation’s fourth largest video programming distributor, and programmer Walt Disney Co. have reached a multiple year carriage agreement, Bloomberg reports. TW Cable, with 12.8 million basic subscribers (just behind Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network in number…

Burger King Sold

Burger King, the nation’s second largest fast food hamburger chain after McDonald’s, has been sold, reports Bloomberg. Burger King has been a major TV advertiser for years. According to the article, "Burger King Holdings Inc. agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital,…

Report: Time Warner CEO Bewkes Rethinking Reorganization Plans for Warner Bros.; TV Chief Rosenblum Still in Hunt for Top Job

[UPDATED, 3:06 pm. PT with the final paragraph] Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes appears to be reconsidering some of his planned changes for leadership of Warner Bros., according to a report by veteran Hollywood journalists Kim Masters and Gregg…

Final Season of ‘Lost’ Debuts as Top-Selling DVD, Blu-Ray Release Last Week

The sixth and final season of "Lost" debuted as the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray Disc release the week ended Aug. 29, even though its suggested retail price cost was triple that of the average new film,reports the Hollywood Reporter. The…

With Negotiations Continuing Past Deadline, Disney’s Channels Remain on Time Warner Cable

As Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable continue their negotiations past the expiration of an earlier carriage deal, Disney’s channels remain on the air, reports the Los Angeles Times’ CompanyTown blog. The current contract expired at 12:01 a.m. on…

Who Did NOT Say Yes To This Go-Around of ‘Dancing With The Stars’? For Starters, a Major Actor, a Billionaire Entrepreneur, and a Real-Life Person Once Portrayed by Julia Roberts

Now that we know who WIll be on this season’s ‘Dancing With the Stars," it’s fun to find out who was asked to be on the show but turned the opportunity down. Thanks to Leslie Bruce and James Hibberd at…

Guess Yet Another Company That Wants To Challenge Netflix With An Online Video Service?

Yet another challenger has emerged to take on Netflix, reports Bloombert News. Amazon.com has held early talks with media companies including Time Warner about starting an online video subscription service that would compete with Netflix, reports Bloomberg News. The service…

NBC Renews ‘America’s Got Talent’ for Sixth Season, with Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel Returning as Judges

NBC has renewed "America’s Got Talent’ for a sixth season, which will return with judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel as well as host Nick Cannon, reports EW.com’s Hollywood Insider. The show will return next summer, the story…

Hallmark and AT&T U-verse Fail to Resolve Carriage Fee Dispute, So U-Verse Hallmark Channels Are Off the Service

AT&T U-verse and Crown Media’s Hallmark Channels failed to resolve their carriage fee dispute yesterday, so as of 12:01 EDT U-verse both the Hallmark Channel and the Hallmark Movie Channel came off its service. Said U-verse in a statement, “We are…