Organizers of the Grammy Awards announced today that they will give Steve Jobs, the late CEO and founder of Apple Computers, a posthumous Special Merit Award, reports CNET.com. Jobs received a technical Grammy in 2002 for Apple’s contributions to the…
Cable programs dominate the list of the most time-shifted shows of the year, which has been released by Nielsen. The top show, as measured by the percentage increase in viewers when time-shifted viewing is added in, is FX’s “American Horror…
The 2012 winners of the duPont-Columbia University Awards, honoring excellence in broadcast journalism, were announced today, B&C reports. Al Jazeera English was honored for the first time, while HBO received two awards. In all, 14 winners will be honored in…
Dish Network may be a target for AT&T, after the telecommunications company failed in its attempt to purchase T-Mobile USA, reports Bloomberg, citing an analyst report. AT&T is "desperate for spectrum,’ notes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King, according to the…
Auction firm Christie’s announced that auctions of items from the estate of a film legend broke records last week, climbing to almost $157 million, Reuters reports.. A 10-day online auction and four days of live auctions in New York produced…
YouTube today revealed the top videos of 2011, releasing, what else, a video, counting down the top 10. Among the favorites you might remember, “Ultimate Dog Tease” at No. 2, “Talking Twin Babies” at No. 4 and “Cat Mom Hugs…
A new character on Fox’s hit series “Glee” — described as a brash rival to coach Sue Sylvester — will be played by NeNe Leakes, best known as one of Bravo’s "Real Housewives of Atlanta," ETOnline.com reports. While on Bravo’s…
The NFL announced a plan today that will take the upcoming Super Bowl, scheduled for Feb. 5 in Indianapolis, somewhere it has never gone before: streaming online and to mobile phones, The Wall Street Journal reports. NBC’s broadcasts of the…
The most “time-shifted” television moment of 2011 was one that happened early in the year, according to TheWrap.com, citing a report by TiVo. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s Super Bowl flub — an incomplete pass to Mike Wallace during Super…
NBC will make full seasons of some of its new fall series available online for free over the holidays, allowing viewers to catch up on their TV viewing, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Some returning series…