Reed MIDEM announced the MIPCOM 2011 Personality of the Year today, and for the first time the honor is going to a woman. The honoree is Anne Sweeney, Disney/ABC Television Group president and Disney Media Networks co-chair. The 27th annual…
Hugh Hefner’s runaway bride, Crystal Harris, revealed some unflattering details about the founder of Playboy when she appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. "Hef doesn’t really take off his clothes. I have never…
Apparently the relationship with her former boyfriend is still a sore point for one reality star, as “Good Day L.A.” found out the hard way Wednesday morning. Kat Von D, a tattoo artist featured on the TLC reality show "LA…
Google’s new social-networking service may be losing momentum, with a report finding that fewer U.S. visitors tapped the site last week and that users are spending less time on the service, reports Bloomberg. Total Google+ visits fell about 3% to…
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell gave what was probably unwanted publicity to rival Fox News Tuesday night after Fox pulled the plug on its online “Behind the Breaks” segments. The reason, according to O’Donnell, was this potentially embarrassing glimpse at behind-the-scenes…
Fox is putting limits on the online streaming of its shows via Hulu and Fox.com, requiring viewers to enter a login and password to prove they have a paid television subscription, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. The…
The first four seasons of AMC’s "Mad Men" begin streaming on Netflix today, the result of an April deal between Lionsgate and the DVD rental and streaming company, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Additional seasons of the popular AMC program…
Comcast is taking steps to ratchet up revenue from its popular on-demand service by "dynamically" inserting advertisements into the shows, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. Previously, advertisements on VOD shows could be changed only monthly, the story says. But new technology…
NBC’s "Today Show" aired a mistaken graphic Monday — either a legitimate error or someone’s creepy idea of a joke — during a report covering the death of singer Amy Winehouse, reports TVNewser.com. The piece included a clip from Winehouse’s…
Even as Netflix struggles with its subscription services, a huge competitor is poised to make its presence felt in the online streaming business is a big way, reports Deadline.com. Retail giant Walmart has integrated VUDU — a service it bought…