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Tetris Headed to TV

The popular game Tetris is now going to be available on television, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Satellite TV’s Dish Network will be the first to offer the game as an interactive TV service, playable using the remote control. It will…

Sports Could Hang Up Comcast-NBCU Approval

Sports programing could end up being the the major bone of contention between Comcast, NBC Universal and critics of the merged companies as regulators assess the joint venture’s impact on consumers, Reuters reports. The news service quoted American Cable Association…

Duggar Brothers (of TLC Show Fame) Help Save Life of 6-Year-Old in Auto Accident

Two of the Duggar brothers–featured in the popular TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting"–helped saved the life of a six-year-old girl involved in a three-car auto accident, People.com is reporting. Josh Duggar, 19, and his brother, John, 20, are…

Randy Jackson Sued Over ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’

"American Idol" judge Randy Jackson, the executive producer of MTV’s "America’s Best Dance Crew," and MTV are being sued by Dwight McGhee, who asserts that the idea for the show was his, reports TMZ.com. In the the lawsuit, filed last week…

Subscription Revenues the Highlight of 2009 for Time Warner

Time Warner released its fiscal 2009 earnings results today, with subscription revenue from its networks’ distributors being the highlight amid slackening DVD sales, advertiser cutbacks and a post-election-year ratings slide for CNN, B&C reports. For the year, Time Warner’s networks unit posted a 10 percent…

Beefed-Up Newscasts for Four Telemundo Stations

Telemundo began airing enhanced local newscasts in four markets—Dallas, Houston, San Jose and Phoenix—this week, B&C reports. The Spanish-language network said late last year that it planned to increase its local news investment. Among the changes are the additions of…

Fox, ESPN, Possibly Others Planning Bids for Next Round of Olympic Games

Fox and ESPN plan to bid for U.S. broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, and CBS and Time Warner are considering a joint bid, Bloomberg reports. They are jumping in just as current rights holder NBC has said…

In the Last Decade Steve Jobs and Apple Have Produced Some of the Most Popular Consumer Products on the Planet: Here’s Jobs’ Latest Assessment of Apple TV

There’s no question that some of the most popular consumer electronic products in the last decade have been introduced by Apple. Three years ago Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Apple TV set-top box. Ars Technica reports Jobs’ latest thoughts…

Report: A Comcast Competitor Will Tell Congress that Comcast Takeover of NBCU Threatens Both Consumers and Competition, and Any Possible Remedies Would be Meaningless

In a copy of proposed testimony that Reuters says it has acquired, a Comcast competitor will tell a Congressional panel on Thursday that a Comcast-led joint venture of NBC Universal will threaten both consumers and competition. Says the Reuters article, " ‘This is…

NBC Affiliates Want Conditions on Comcast-NBCU Merger

NBC affiliates are asking that a combined Comcast-NBC Universal be prohibited from forcing its affiliates to "accept unfavorable affiliation agreement provisions to obtain market-based retransmission consent payments,” B&C reports. The language was taken from prepared testimony of NBC affiliate board…