A 6,000-square-foot digital television screen is causing problems for New York City residents, reports the New York Post. The huge TV screen, located on the Port Authority’s building at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street, is so bright that many residents…
YouTube today unveiled the first online TV channel in an initiative that will bring a series of channels with original content to the platform, Multichannel News reports. The new channel is ClevverTeVe, a Spanish-language entertainment news channel created in partnership…
An advertiser has pulled its spending from two Penn State football games that are slated to air on ESPN, citing "allegations surrounding the Penn State football program," reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that the WSJ is behind a…
With plans in the works to move two recently canceled soap operas to an online network, one of the soaps has run into a hurdle, ABCSoapsInDepth.com reports. Plans to shift the former ABC soap opera “One Life to Live” continue…
Ashton Kutcher has announced some changes in his Twitter practices after a couple of blunders. He initially said he would stop using Twitter — at least until he found a way to avoid blowing it — after he stumbled into…
Nickelodeon is preparing to launch a new nightly prime-time programming block, along with an interactive website, with a target demo of moms, Multichannel News reports. NickMom, a multiplatform content destination, will include four hours of prime-time programming on Nick Jr.,…
NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" and cast member Andy Samberg, along with NBCUniversal, were sued for copyright infringement, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The suit was filed by two musicians who claim they created and copyrighted the music behind the "SNL"…
President Obama has threatened to use his veto power for just the third time in his presidency if the Senate passes a bill blocking the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, Deadline.com reports. The vote in the Senate is expected…
A scheduling decision that moved an Emmy-winning series to a new time slot looks like it’s turning out to be a bad move for the show, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. CBS’s "The Good Wife" has lost…
Emmy-winning actress Melissa McCarthy has been tapped as the new spokeswoman for an iconic American product, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tapping McCarthy as the spokeswoman for Ivory Soap is part of what manufacturer Procter & Gamble calls a "holistic…