A new study spotlights an increasing threat to the already tough TV station business, Deadline.com reports. The study by Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Internet & American Life Project says local newscasts are at…
Turner Broadcasting is trying to sell "Conan" with a new pitch, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. That approach is "forget the TV ratings, look at his online popularity," Steinberg writes. It’s the natural response to the weakened ratings and…
One network broadcast dominated Sunday night’s ratings, according to early figures, racking up the best numbers of any show so far in fall 2011’s premiere week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The big show was NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” which…
Amazon has inked a deal with Twentieth Century Fox that will enable the online giant to stream Fox feature films and television shows for customers in the Amazon Prime program, the AP reports. The deal will bring Amazon’s total instant…
Two Twitter users saved a team on "The Amazing Race" from being eliminated on the CBS show, after one of the team’s contestants unknowingly left her passport at a gas station, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. While…
"Jericho" co-creator Jonathan E. Steinberg has sold a drama project called "Legacy" to CBS, reports Deadline.com. The project, which comes from DreamWorks TV and writer James Frey’s book-packaging firm Full Fathom Five, has a script commitment plus penalty from CBS,…
After a series of marketing and branding missteps, Netflix has lost almost $9 billion in market value, making it a more reasonably priced takeover target for companies such as Amazon or Google, reports Bloomberg. Netflix is now 57% cheaper than…
A project from J.J. Abrams and "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke has landed at one of the broadcast networks, according to The Hollywood Reporter. NBC has made a pilot-production commitment to the show, which is described as an epic adventure thriller,…
The deal "[W]hich analysts estimate is worth $30 million per picture to DreamWorks over an unspecified period of years, is billed by the companies as the first time a major Hollywood supplier has chosen Web streaming over pay television," reports…
The 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented tonight, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner…