DirecTV Chief Executive Michael White said demand for at-home rentals of movies recently released in theaters has been "small" and the reason is obvious: The $29.99 price tag, he said, is "awfully high," reports Bloomberg. DirecTV started offering some Hollywood…
"Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today that ‘Star Wars’ is the bestselling catalog Blu-ray Disc of all time with worldwide sales totaling one million units, including 515,000 units sold in North America in its first week…
Fox is bringing "24" star Kiefer Sutherland back to television with an order for a new drama series, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The network has ordered 13 episodes of "Touch," from "Heroes" creator Tim Kring, the…
The final two of the four lead roles have been cast in a new HBO comedy pilot from “Entourage’s” Doug Ellin, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Adrian Pasdar and Michael Imperioli, stars of "Heroes" and "The…
Overnight metered market ratings are in for the first Thursday night broadcast battle of fall 2011, according to TVbytheNumbers.com, and we have a winner. CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” was the top show of the night, with the story reporting…
Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a book deal for a memoir, to be titled "Total Recall," after his agent started the bidding at $5 million, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Although some publishers shied away from the price tag,…
With all of the attention lately focused on Netflix, Walmart’s Vudu streaming video service is about to reach a major milestone. "Vudu … expects to offer more than 10,500 episodes of TV cable and broadcast shows for à la carte…
One of the big 4 broadcast networks has bought the drama project "The Raiding Party" from "Breakout Kings" creator Nick Santora, reports Deadline.com. The project, which Santora sold to Fox, is about three brothers and their domineering mother who carry…
Lifetime has given a fourth-season order to a scripted series described as a legal comedy-drama-fantasy about a fashion model’s soul that lives in the body of a plus-size woman, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. "Drop Dead Diva," which has averaged…
"Facebook has unveiled sweeping changes to its website – including partnerships with major music and film companies – in a bid to transform the world’s biggest social network into a key entertainment hub," The Guardian reports. The article continues, "Mark…