The looming June 12 digital-television transition has spurred 5% of U.S. television households to pay for a cable or satellite service, Multichannel News reports. About 26% of U.S. television households in the past year either bought a digital converter, a…
Microsoft is advertising its new search engine Bing though a branded entertainment campaign, including integration on shows airing on NBC and MTV Networks’ cable channels, the New York Times reports. The company, which is spending between $80 million to $100…
ABC News reassigned several correspondents and added a former CNN reporter as one of the network’s new digital reporters, Daily Variety reports. Stephanie Sy, who had been based in Beijing, is heading back to New York, while Clarissa Ward is…
Chase Carey has been named deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer of News Corp., confirming days of speculation that he was in talks to join the company. Carey, head of DirecTV since 2003, starts his new job July 1…
A federal court ordered Dish Network and EchoStar to pay TiVo $192.7 million in damages and interest after the court ruled Dish must stop using a digital video recording service that infringes on a TiVo patent, Bloomberg News reports. Even…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker tells the Wall Street Journal that the problem with "broadcast television is it’s an inferior model to cable television, [which has] dual revenue streams." Because of that, Zucker tells the newspaper the company is…
CBS News will put some content including "CBS Evening News With Katie Couric" on the Web site Ustream as it seeks to reach younger viewers, the New York Times reports. The site will also air breaking news, news conferences and…
With the Screen Actors Guild ratification battle slated to conclude on June 9, it’s appearing as if the moderates may prevail, Daily Variety reports. The recession may play a part in persuading guild members to vote yes in favor of the…