DirecTV and Viacom remain "pretty far apart" in negotiations for a new carriage deal for Viacom’s cable networks, according to DirecTV Chief Executive Mike White, reports Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Viacom has pulled some of its free content off its websites. Viacom’s…
Nickelodeon has made the decision to bring back an animated series for a second season, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The show is "The Legend of Korro." The series averaged 3.8 million viewers for its first season. The sequel to "Avatar:…
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the 33rd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, which will be presented Oct. 1 at Time Warner Center in New York. CBS leads all television networks with…
NBC and Microsoft are in talks for NBC to buy the part of MSNBC.com it does not own, and the site would be rebranded NBCNews.com, reports Howard Kurtz at The Daily Beast. Says the article, "NBC and Microsoft plan to…
The long-awaited return of Fox’s Emmy-winning comedy "Arrested Development" has at last begun, confirmed by a series of tweets on Tuesday night from the writer’s room, reports TVLine.com. Ron Howard, executive producer and narrator, tweeted, "’Arrested Development’ for Nexflix. IT’S…
NBC and Facebook have created an Olympics partnership, with the broadcaster pledging to nudge viewers to talk about the Games on the social-networking site, which in turn will remind its users to watch the Games, reports The New York Times….
After Viacom and DirecTV failed to reach a new agreement before midnight, DirecTV’s almost 20 million customers lost access to Viacom’s 26 networks, reports Bloomberg. Viacom demanded its networks, including MTV and Comedy Central, be removed from DirecTV and said…
Viacom is warning viewers that its networks may go dark for DirecTV subscribers starting today, July 10, 2012, according to a blog post from Viacom. "We’ve been negotiating for months and even offered DirecTV an extension past the agreement’s original…
"Amazon.com Inc. is developing a smartphone that would vie with Apple Inc.’s iPhone and handheld devices that run Google Inc.’s Android operating system, two people with knowledge of the matter said," Bloomberg reported recently. Accroding the to article, published on July…
A media analyst has come out with a report that delivers bad news for many media companies — although it should come as good news to Disney and Cinemark. Deadline.com reports that Nomura Securities’ Michael Nathanson fired a “warning shot”…