Hulu is expected to announce a subscription model for inclusion on X-Box Live, reports Gear Live. Says the story: "We’ve heard from a very reliable source (who has never been wrong before) that Microsoft is set to unveil Hulu as…
[UPDATE: We have received the following e-mail from Chris Goodrich of JSH&A Public Relations, on behalf of Redbox: "Following the blog post below about redbox on TVBizwire, I wanted to clarify that the company is currently testing Blu-ray rentals in select…
ABC may be considering an online subscription video service, Engadget reported last week. According to the report, "At Engadget HQ, we take great care not to trumpet the claims of a web survey, as it’s always difficult to tell who’s…
DirecTV is countering Dish Net’s "Free HD for Life" promo with one of its own, reports Multichannel News. Says the report: "DirecTV will counter Dish Network’s ‘free HD for life’ deal with a six-week promotion offering new DirecTV customers HD…
Chris Haney, the co-creator of Trivial Pursuit, has died at age 59, The New York Times reports. The Times said Haney’s cause of death was not announced, other than to say that he had suffered from a long illness. Acccording…
That’s the question Entertainment Weekly Popwatch writer Jennifer Armstrong attempts to answer. She comes to this conclusion in her essay: "It seems to me that the answer to his extraordinary ability to survive any scandal lies in his choice of…
The success of CBS’s "The Big Bang Theory" includes ratings, critical acclaim and a big syndication deal, and it’s the latter that has prompted the stars of the show to ask for raises, reports Forbes.com. The three leads of the show, Johnny…
A current member of the WWE roster has received hosting duties of a new game show on ABC. Chris Jericho, a pro wresler who’s won the WWE World Championship six times, has been tapped as the host of ABC’s game…
HBO’s In Treatment will have a new cast member who’s an Oscar-nominated actress, Deadline.com reports. Amy Ryan joins the cast of the show as Dr. Paul Weston’s therapist, the report says. Ryan was also on another HBO series in the past, "The…
TBS is aggressively looking to get advertising rates on the same level as or higher than top-dollar broadcast television rates during Conan O’Brien’s new talk show this fall, the New York Post reports. The Post says media buyers are claiming…