A past "American Idol" favorite will be starring in her own life story on VH1. The eight-episode docu-series "Fantasia for Real" will focus on the singer’s life as she balances her career with single-motherhood and the release of a new album. The half-hour reality…
Investigation Discovery has ordered a second season of "On the Case With Paula Zahn," reports B&C. Just six episodes into its first season, the magazine-format show has become the network’s highest-rated series to date, averaging approximately 400,000 total viewers. — Allison J….
Three Reed Business Information media publications — Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) — have been purchased by NewBay Media, reports B&C. The publications join the NewBay lineup that includes TV Technology and Television Broadcast. Steve Palm, CEO…
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch declared today that future success for his and other media companies is mobile DTV, reports B&C. Murdoch, speaking at a Federal Trade Commission workshop on the future of journalism, offered three points for today’s journalism: First, media has…
Chip Caray, TBS’ Major League Baseball play-by-play man for playoff games, is leaving the network, B&C reports. The broadcaster has been criticized for making a number of factual errors and also embellishing some calls, B&C says. In a statement, Turner…
TNT canceled the Steven Bochco-produced legal drama "Raising the Bar," reports The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement, the network said that while it was proud of the series, “Unfortunately, ratings for ‘Raising the Bar’s’ second season did not reach the…
Charter Communications completed its restructuring and exited its eight-month-long bankruptcy protection, B&C reports. The company will issue new stock no earlier than 45 days from now, or sometime after Jan. 14. The reorganization plan cut $8 billion in debt and…
David Sternberg, Fox National Cable Networks executive VP who is also COO of Fox Emerging Networks, is leaving the company to pursue new ventures, reports Multichannel News. Sternberg, who has been overseeing three sports channels for Fox, Fox Soccer, Fuel TV and Fox…
Some of the top television industry executives, including Disney’s Robert Iger and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, will be participating in a White House job summit on Thursday, according to The Wrap. Approximately 130 business leaders will be asked to weigh in…