The Tour de France cycling race will remain with NBC Sports Group through 2023, under an extended rights deal that gives NBC the U.S. television, digital and mobile rights to the race, reports Deadline.com. The tour has been a headline…
Former CBS Network TV Entertainment Group President Nancy Tellem is in talks to join Microsoft in a role that would help the software company turn its Xbox and Zune platforms into bigger distribution outlets for TV and movie content, according…
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen defended the company’s "AutoHop" technology, which allows viewers to skip ads, describing the technology as a way to protect children from ads for fast food and alcohol, reports Reuters. Ergen made the comments in written…
Google appears to be poised to follow in the footsteps of Microsoft Corp. and do something unexpected by unveiling its own tablet device, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company has called its developers together for a session tomorrow, and…
Oscar-winning actress and singing superstar Cher is preparing to give Broadway a shot in a new show that will be all about Cher, TheWrap.com reports. The show will tell Cher’s life story. Cher tweeted about the project, saying: "Its VERY…
The 24-hour 3D channel on DirecTV — n3D — is reducing its hours of operation, reports the AP. Due to a shortage of 3D content, DirecTV has already begun reducing the hours; the first cutbacks went into effect June 1….
A prop head that resembled former President George W. Bush has been edited out of the online version of "Game of Thrones," reports The Washington Post’s Celebritology blog. The head is now "as nondescript as possible, resembling no one famous,"…
Tennis Channel may find itself on the block by year-end if the Federal Communications Commission agrees to give the network another 16 million households, reports the New York Post. A decision is pending at the FCC, which requested a stay…
The Daytime Emmys’ move from broadcast to cable produced what many observers would consider a predictable result: The audience got smaller. The 39th Daytime Emmy Awards drew 912,000 viewers on HLN on Saturday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It…
The entertainment unit of News Corp., which includes its Fox movie studio and television networks, may split off from its newspaper division, The New York Times’ Dealbook reports. The publishing business would be separated from the company’s most profitable businesses,…