NBC Owned Television Stations and VeriFone Systems Inc. have signed a long-term agreement to put news, information and entertainment programming in more than 12,000 taxi cabs and in thousands of gas stations and other out-of-home platforms, the companies announced today….
Total advertising expenditures for the first nine months of 2011 were up from a year earlier, according to figures released today by Kantar Media. Spending was up 1.5%, finishing finished the period at $104.7 billion, Kantar reported. Growth in spending…
Actress Betty White will have her 90th birthday celebrated by NBC with a TV special, reports Deadline.com. The 90-minute special is set to air Jan. 16, according to the story. The tribute, called "Betty White’s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to…
Time Warner Cable has struck a deal with HBO to allow its subscribers to watch the pay-cable channel’s shows on mobile devices such as iPads and on computers, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The deal comes after…
"Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been hit with a counterclaim in her legal battle with licensing company SRG Ventures, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. SRG has filed a $7 million counterclaim against Polizzi and her management…
Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale got in a beef with police during a visit to a small Chinese village where he hoped to meet with an activist who has been under house arrest, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bale talked about…
A former ABC Studios executive has been named VP of original comedy series for the No. 1 cable network, Multichannel News reports. Melanie Frankel joins USA Network, which aims to ramp up development of scripted half-hour programs, the report says….
A well-known musician has joined CBS News as cultural correspondent, reports The New York Times. The musician is jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who’s also the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The New Orleans musician — who has appeared…
President Bill Clinton, often the target of derision by the right-leaning talking heads on Fox News, will appear on the channel’s "The O’Reilly Factor" next Tuesday, reports Deadline.com. It will be the first time in the 15 years the show…
History Channel has announced plans to debut a new series Jan. 8 that will be a spinoff of the channel’s most popular show, TheWrap.com reports. The new show is “Cajun Pawn Stars,” set at the Silver Dollar Pawn & Jewelry…