Comcast will place the NHL Network on its Digital Classic tier beginning with the 2009-10 season, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The agreement has the potential of increasing the possible viewship of the NHL to 10.8 million viewers from 2 million….
Fox News Channel ended May as the top-rated cable news network during a month that included the unraveling of the U.S. auto industry and the announcement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s retirement, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Fox News saw…
Heidi and Spencer Pratt, the newlyweds who star on MTV’s "The Hills," quit NBC’s "I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here," the Associated Press reports. They have quit and unquit the show before, but reportedly really mean it…
A federal court ordered Dish Network and EchoStar to pay TiVo $192.7 million in damages and interest after the court ruled Dish must stop using a digital video recording service that infringes on a TiVo patent, Bloomberg News reports. Even…
Broadcast reality television shows are able to better engage viewers than scripted shows, although the latter tends to draw younger and wealthier viewers, MediaPost reports, citing research from ExperianSimmons. Using a scale with the top rating being 500, the study…
Comedy Central is planning a second season of "Important Things with Demetri Martin." The network Tuesday announced a season two greenlight for Martin’s offbeat comedy series, which is produced by Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions. The series is scheduled to return…
VH1 has renewed "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" for a third season, Daily Variety reports. The show will appear in early 2010 and feature Dr. Drew Pinksy rescuing celebrities such as Heidi Fleiss, Tom Sizemore and Dennis Rodman, the trade…
Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. reported a wider loss for its fiscal year ended March 31, while sales rose 8%, Dow Jones reports. The loss widened to $163 million, which included a $36.1 million charge, from $74 million a year earlier, the…
The sixth season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” will be set in Las Vegas, the network announced today. Host Padma Lakshmi and head judge chef Tom Colicchio will return for the new season, as will judges Gail Simmons and Toby Young….