MTV is close to deal that would revive "Punk’d," this time with teen singing phenom Justin Bieber as host, reports Joe Adalian at Vulture.com and Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Both stories appeared on their respective websites this morning, Tuesday, Oct….
Grupo Televisa will invest $1.2 billion in Univision Communications, reports Bloomberg News. Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster, will receive a 5% stake in Univision and debt instruments than can be converted into equity representing 30% of Univision, the story…
Comcast and NBC Universal have been asked by the Federal Communications Commission for more information, reports the Associated Press. The FCC is asking Comcast for information about its distribution agreements for several of its cable channels, while the agency is…
"Broadcasting & Cable [B&C] and Multichannel News have erected pay walls around previously free Web content that could have been causing a drain on print subscriptions. Until Monday, the full contents of the weekly print products had been available gratis…
Michael Ausiello of EW.com wrote in an item on his online column that he’s leaving Entertainment Weekly to start his own television site with Jay Penske’s MMC Corporation, the company also behind Deadline.com. "Although I know there will probably be…
Starz has begun searching for a replacement for actor Andy Whitfield in "Spartacus," after Whitfield was forced to quit because of a recurrence of his cancer, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. A casting notice says producers are looking for a…
After its ratings dropped following a strong start, "Huge" has been canceled by ABC Family, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The series ran for its scheduled 10 episodes, although the network has opted not to renew the…
NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” telecast featuring the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants scored a 14.2 household rating in the overnight Nielsens, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as the network easily won the night’s overall ratings battle. It was…
Google revealed Monday that it has partnered with some high-profile content providers for the anticipated rollout of Google TV, which the Web giant is calling a “multimillion-channel” TV system, CNN reported. HBO, Netflix, Pandora and the NBA are among the…
With personalized Google alerts, online news aggregators and opinionated news sources, Brian Steinberg asks in Advertising Age just who today still needs CNN. His answer: Advertisers. The reason advertisers still love the cable-news network is because local news programs are…