YouTube is negotiating with Hollywood studios and music producers to create a lineup of channels that would be tailored to viewer interest in television, music and sports, reports Bloomberg. The Google-owned company’s plans call for $5 million to be invested…
Hulu is on pace to almost double its revenue to $500 million in 2011 and to increase its subscriber base to more than 1 million, according to a blog post written by Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar. "It is still…
Dish Network has snatched bankrupt Blockbuster away from an investor group led by Carl Icahn, lodging the winning bid of $320 million in the early-morning hours Wednesday, TheStreet.com reported. Icahn’s group had temporarily been the frontrunner with a bid of…
George R.R. Martin, the author of "Game of Thrones," has apparently inadvertently become embroiled in a war of words with "Lost" showrunner Damon Lindelof, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Martin, in an interview with The New Yorker magazine, said he…
CBS Sports and Turner Sports have reported ratings for the combined NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament coverage on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV, declaring that the tournament was the most-watched since 2005. “March Madness” coverage averaged 10.2 million total viewers, with…
Twentieth Television announced today that its animated sitcom “Futurama” has been sold in 90% of the U.S. market for its broadcast premiere as a syndicated weekend show, set for September 2011. Among the major station groups that are on board…
With 14 leading station groups signing on, a new digital classic TV network has surpassed the 45% clearance mark, reports B&C. Memorable Entertainment Television, or Me-TV, airs classic TV programs such as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Perry Mason."…
YES, the regional sports network for the New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets, is protesting its inclusion in Cablevision’s new iPad app, reports the New York Post. The app allows Cablevision’s 3 million customers to view about 300 networks…
Women in Cable Telecommunications has announced that applications for the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute’s Classes XXIV and XXV are being accepted through May 13, 2011. The institute is named in honor of Betsy Magness, who helped build TCI into a…
TiVo is reporting that an "unauthorized person" gained access to email addresses and the first names of its customers after a security breach into a database, according to Multichannel News. TiVo said the security breach happened at a third-party marketing…