An executive at Fox Sports Media Group, who recently suffered a heart attack, died Friday, TheWrap.com reports. Doug Sellars, executive VP of production and executive producer for the group, was 50. Sellars joined Fox Sports in 2000 and helped form…
While NBC said it sold the last of its Super Bowl ad inventory around Thanksgiving, the network may end up with some additional spots to sell, Brian Steinberg reports in Advertising Age. That’s because two advertisers, whom NBC declined to…
In his latest entry, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross relates a marvelous story about what may be really going on with the Kindle — please click here to read this fun, enlightening absolutely true story.
"Though Apple already dominates the tablet market, the company could ward off growing competition and increase its sales even further by selling the iPad 2 for as low as $299, one analysis has projected, reports the Apple Insider.. According to…
A familiar television service is mapping out a new strategy, built in part on the recent success of one of its shows, The New York Times reports. With the success of the British period drama "Downton Abbey," PBS is hoping…
Some Super Bowl advertisers are considering longer-form commercials during this year’s game, hoping to bring back the type of epic ads epitomized by the "1984" Apple spot, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Nevertheless, only Volkswagen has announced plans to…
Movie ticket sales in 2011 fell far short of 2010, according to media reports, and now veteran movie critic Roger Ebert is sounding off with his top theories on why it happened. According to some reports, the movie audience in…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings will earn less than two other executives at his company in 2012, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. As previously reported, Hastings’ compensation was slashed, with his stock-option allowance cut from $3 million…
Showtime has posted the pilot for "House of Lies" online, although the show has some changes, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The pay network bleeped the curse words and blocked out the show’s nudity, the story says. The show…
The star of FX’s "Rescue Me" is coming under fire for a parody of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" that he posted online last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Denis Leary’s parody of the beloved Christmas special includes Charlie Brown…