Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will feature content from Walt Disney Co.’s broadband channel ESPN3, marking the first time the network’s content will be accessible through a device that connects to a television, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. That…
Alan Wurtzel, president of research and media development at NBC, and one of the key movers behind the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), says the more one works with set-top data the more one realizes its limitations, according to…
One of the first games to for Kinect, the motion-detecting camera systems for Microsoft’s XBox 360, will be a dancing-and-singing game featuring images of the late pop star, reports the Associated Press. The game, from game developer Ubisoft, will come…
Over the weekend, teenage sailor Abby Sunderland was spotted and rescue plans were made for the girl who was trying to sail the world by herself. Now comes word that her father, Laurence, had sold her story as part of a…
The competition for Bresnan Communications was thick, with several companies bidding for the provider of cable services in Western states such as Montana, but the winner is Cablevision with a bid of $1.36 billion, reports Bloomberg News. Bresnan is the…
Two “Glee’ items today. First, there is a planned revival of “Funny Girl” planned for next year on Broadway. The original show, of course, memorably starred Barbra Steisand. According to an article in Entertainment Weekly, “When asked whether the pair would…
HDNet owner Mark Cuban, who owns shares in Lionsgate worth about 5.4% of the company, said he would likely tender his shares in Lionsgate to investor Carl Icahn, who is trying to take over the indie studio, according to the Los Angeles…
The battle over Gary Coleman’s estate continues, as ex-wife Shannon Price has filed legal documents asking to be named special administrator of his estate and submitting a hand-written addendum to his will that makes her the sole beneficiary, reports TMZ.com….
Television producers and directors are urging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to reconsider ending the 20 percent tax credit offered by the state since 2006, reports the Associated Press. Representatives from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Mercy" asking…
Rentrak’s set-top box based local ratings service, called StationView Essentials, has now signed up over 25 stations, including it’s first breakthrough in a top 10 market, Dallas. Belo’s ABC affiliate, WFAA has signed up, Rentrak has announced. Rentrak’s set-top data…