The CW has had enough of a Nielsen ratings system that the broadcast network has been complaining about for years, saying it undercount’s CW’s young viewers. TheWrap reports that the network has decided to do something about it by developing…
In what’s being described as a "mutual decision," the lead actress on a cable dramedy series won’t be returning next season, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Tia Mowry will exit BET’s "The Game," the story reports. Mowry has…
The dispute between Viacom and Time Warner Cable over allowing cable customers to watch Viacom shows over Apple’s iPad and other devices has been settled, reports Bloomberg. "All of Viacom’s programming will now be available to Time Warner Cable subscribers…
A movie widely considered to be one of the greatest films of all time will stream for free on Facebook later today in celebration of the film’s 70th anniversary, reports The Washington Post. That movie is "Casablanca." The film will…
Dish Network, responding to criticism from NBC and Fox about the company’s motive for allowing viewers to automatically skip ads, said it has “respect for the networks and for the advertising model,” Bloomberg reports. The comment was part of an…
A top executive of NBC, which has been struggling with diminishing ratings, said viewers are being undercounted as television viewing increasingly shifts to DVR playback, the New York Post reports. Ted Harbert, chairman of NBC Broadcasting, urged the television industry…
A former News Corp. executive will be charged with perverting the course of justice, becoming the first person to be charged in the company’s phone-hacking scandal, reports the U.K. paper The Guardian. Rebekah Brooks is the former head of News…
NBC’s cancellation of a series appears to have had an unexpected ripple effect, causing the stock price of an Internet company to fall, Deadline.com reports. Stock prices for Ancestry.com suffered a 12% dip in pre-market trading this morning, following word…
A new device that automatically skips commercials in recorded prime-time programming from the big four broadcast networks came under fire from NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert, the Los Angeles Times reports. "I think this is an attack on our eco-system,"…
Amid an inquiry into his credentials, Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson stepped down Sunday, leaving the struggling Internet company just four months after joining, reports The New York Times. Thompson will be replaced on an interim basis by Yahoo global…