One problem facing makers of 3D television sets is competing formats that may confuse shoppers, Bloomberg reports. LG Electronics said this week at the Consumer Electronics Show that will will offer large sets that require glasses, like those in movie theaters,…
Film critic Roger Ebert opened a can of worms when he tweeted about the current controversy over censored words in the latest edition of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and he later took back what he said, New…
ESPN, MTV and local television and radio stations are rushing to sign up Ted Williams, the homeless Ohio man with a great radio voice, Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva reports. Williams has been appearing on morning TV shows and is reportedly getting…
The last few years have been boom times for the television-set manufacturing industry, with U.S. viewers rushing out to buy flat-screen TVs as the government mandated the switchover to digital broadcasting. But now that most Americans have tossed out their…
Betsy Morgan, who served as chief executive of the liberal-leaning Huffington Post for two years, has been tapped by Glenn Beck to run his new Web site, The Blaze, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The Blaze, four…
Comcast today announced plans to roll out in-home streaming of live and on-demand content for the Apple iPad and Android-powered tablets. The service, slated to debut later this year, will enable customers to watch live news, TV shows and movies…
Portable televisions that are capable of receiving both over-the-air and mobile digital signals will be introduced by RCA, with the devices being shipped to Radio Shack in the first quarter, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The portable TVs…
MGM, the fabled studio that recently emerged from bankruptcy, has partnered with a broadcast group to distribute classic old TV shows. According to the announcement, "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Weigel Broadcasting Co. announced today plans for the national launch…
After dropping millions of monthly visitors, News Corp.’s MySpace is poised to lay off about half of its staff, prompting speculation that the site may be prepared for a sale, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The site…
With a wave of new television-viewing devices–from Internet-capable TV sets to tablet computers–coming to market this year, more consumers might take the step that cable and satellite companies dread: cutting their subscriptions in favor of cheaper Web alternatives, report Dawn…