News Corp. chairman-CEO Rupert Murdoch told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference that the partners in the free online video service Hulu are looking to add subscription services and pay-per-view, Multichannel News reports. NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, whose company is…
News Corp. chairman-CEO Rupert Murdoch said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference that the company has seen improvements in advertising in recent weeks, says The Hollywood Reporter. "It’s a pretty healthy picture at the moment,” Murdoch said, noting the Fox…
Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, Mariel Hemingway, got the TV and film rights to his memoir “A Moveable Feast” from his estate and will begin shopping it for the first time, reports Variety. She has teamed up with John Goldstone to produce….
A&E said it will honor the late Patrick Swayze on Wednesday, Sept. 16, with a special biography of the star, "Bio Remembers: Patrick Swayze,” at 10 p.m. EST. The network also will present Swayze’s final TV series, the A&E original…
Kombat MMA will debut on Comcast Cable’s South Florida systems starting today, offering four 90-minute mixed martial arts fights a month, reports Multichannel News. The bouts will be logged under Comcast’s On Demand lineup, in the "sports and fitness" section, and…
On Jay Leno’s first primetime show, Kanye West said Monday night that he plans to “take some time off” for reflection after Sunday’s incident at MTV’s Video Music Awards, reports CNN. West jumped on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift as…
President Obama plans to appear on five of the Sunday newsmaker shows this weekend to make his case for healthcare reform, reports the New York Times, which calls that a presidential record. He’ll be on ABC’s “This Week,” NBC’s “Meet…
Perhaps in hopes of repeating the success of its award-winning "John Adams," HBO has two historical miniseries in development, including one from Oprah Winfrey centered on muckracking journalist Ida Tarbell, reports Variety. Winfrey and Kate Forte from Harpo Films will…