Security firm Kaspersky Lab is warning that Google’s Android mobile-phone platform faces soaring software attacks, reports Bloomberg. The Google operating system is being infiltrated by malware at a faster rate than was seen with personal computers at the same development…
News directors for Pittsburgh’s top three local TV news outlets are considering signing a pact on coverage policies for the city’s black community, part of an effort to offset crime coverage with positive messages, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "If the…
The U.S. Supreme Court was asked Thursday by the Obama administration to reinstate a policy that allows regulators to fine broadcasters who air nudity and curse words when children may be tuning into TV, reports the Associated Press. The 2nd…
Long considered the antecedent of what we today call reality TV is a truly landmark series broadcast on PBS in 1973 called "An American Family." This weekend HBO shows a remarkable docudrama about that series. The HBO movie, "Cinema Verite," stars…
The network may be struggling in other dayparts, but late-night is doing OK for NBC. Today the network renewed "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" for a third season, reports Entertainment Weekly. Fallon reportedly renewed his contract with the network earlier…
Original "Survivor" champion Richard Hatch isn’t the only veteran of the CBS reality show who’s having legal troubles. The Detroit News is reporting that Michael Skupin, who appeared on the third season of the show, is experiencing his own problems…
The Radio Television Digital News Association (formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association) has revealed the winners of the Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for 2011. The awards honor outstanding achievement in electronic journalism. The organization has been giving them out…
On a night marked by a heavy dose of repeat programming, “American Idol” dominated the overnight ratings and Fox cruised to another easy overall win, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox averaged a 5.8 rating for the night in the 18-49 demo, well…
A month ago Bravo executive Andy Cohen declared that there would be no further spinoffs of the "Real Houswives" franchise. But now it appears the network has had a change of heart. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that auditions…
After a banner year for Netflix, in which its stock price more than tripled and it added 8 million customers, Chief Executive Reed Hastings had his 2010 compensation doubled to $5.5 million, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….