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…
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…
"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…
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…
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 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 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…