Fox wants to give a couple of low-rated comedies more time to attract audiences, reports Bloomberg, citing comments from Kevin Reilly, chairman of entertainment at Fox. The network is standing by the sitcoms "Ben and Kate" and "The Mindy Project,”…
A lower-priced iPhone is in the works at Apple, with a possible debut set for later this year, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that the site is subscription-based, and not all readers may be able to access the…
"It looks like networks may have some new, unexpected inventory to sell: their Twitter feeds. The Associated Press and Samsung appear to have established a template this week, where a network could place ads atop their own pages as well…
"’Bethenny,’ the one-hour daily talk show hosted by Bethenny Frankel, has been cleared in over 97% of the country following an incredibly successful six-week summer test on select Fox-owned stations," Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution announced. The announcement continues: "The…
President Barack Obama will host the cast and crew of NBC’s new comedy "1600 Penn" for a screening at the White House, reports Deadline.com. The screening, slated for today — Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 — will end a day of…
CBS, which will broadcast the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, said it sold out of its commercial time for the game, Advertising Age reports. That is, unless an advertiser wants to pay up much more than the average price of…
While DVD sales and rental revenue declined last year, spending on film and television streaming jumped sharply, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Streaming revenue jumped to $2.3 billion in 2012 from $1.6 billion the previous year, according to…
An interview with Lance Armstrong by Oprah Winfrey will be broadcast Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, on a special editon of "Oprah’s Next Chapter" on OWN, the network says. Interestingly, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, in a blog entry published…
"Dish Network Corp. made an unsolicited bid to buy wireless broadband operator Clearwire Corp. for $5.15 billion, besting Sprint Nextel Corp.’s buyout offer and setting up a potential takeover battle," reports the Denver Post. Says the Bloomberg version of the…