Charter Communications posted a second-quarter loss of $276 million, or 74 cents per share, on sales of $1.62 billion, compared with a loss of $360 million, or 98 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter, Multichannel News reports. It blamed…
Cox Communications Senior VP Jill Campell has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Cable Telecommunications, Multichannel News reports. Other recipients of WICT’s annual Accolades, announced Tuesday, include executives Vicki Lins of Comcast and Eileen O’Neill of Discovery…
Shirley MacLaine will portray Coco Chanel in an upcoming Lifetime biopic, reports Multichannel News. The original movie based on the life of the fashion designer is set to premiere Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. —Julieanne Smolinski
British singer Joss Stone will join the cast of Showtime’s “The Tudors,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The role on the period drama will mark the acting debut of Ms. Stone, who will portray Henry VIII’s fourth wife, Anne of…
Cablevision Systems persuaded an appeals court to reverse a trial court that had barred the company from using its servers to provide digital video recorder capabilities to customers, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The decision, which sends the case back to…
Dish Network says that although it lost 25,000 subscribers during the last quarter, the company’s net income rose 50% to $335.9 million from $224.2 million the year before, TelevisionWeek reports. The company cites competing high-def deals from other services and…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants some small cable operators exempt from dual must-carry mandates, Multichannel News reports. Under the proposed regulations, which could be decided as soon as Aug. 22, cable systems with no more than 2,500 customers that are…
Bob Saget says some of this fellow comedians went too far when taking jabs at his TV daughters Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen during a Comedy Central roast in his honor on Sunday, the New York Post reports. “Anybody who…
AMC has ordered a pilot for a new drama project from Jason Horwitch, the Hollywood Reporter says. The untitled pilot is about a secret society in the political sphere. Horwitch’s project follows AMC’s successful pick up of “Breaking Bad” and…