Hulu will take part in the annual advertising tradition of the upfront presentation, an effort that has traditionally been the hallmark of broadcast and cable networks, The New York Times reports. The online streaming service will make its upfront presentation…
Emmy-winning actor Alec Baldwin, one of the stars of NBC’s "30 Rock," has made an effort to clarify his recent statements about the network following an angry tweet last week in which he said he was "leaving NBC just in…
The Style Network today rolled out plans for a new global, multimedia content company, Style Media. The new entity will broaden Style’s focus “to program and market to all facets of consumers’ lives, from the way they view content, to…
DirecTV and Starz Entertainment, LLC announced today that they’ve agreed to extend their deal so that the satellite distributor will continued to offer the Starz Entertainment lineup of channels, reports Deadline.com. Starz also granted DirecTV the rights to offer Starz…
The entertainment industry is shooting itself in the foot with its current push to pass anti-piracy legislation, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, TheWrap.com reports. In an interview with the U.K.’s The Guardian, Brin likened the Stop Online Piracy Act…
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings fired another volley at Comcast over the weekend, criticizing the cable giant’s policy on net neutrality and data caps, CNet reports. The story reports: “As he explained on his Facebook page, his complaint is that when…
The TV sitcom landscape seems to be breaking down increasingly along gender lines, with penis jokes on one side and vagina jokes on the other. In the latest volley, the creator, writer, director and star of HBO’s much talked about…
Fox News has sent a letter to former "O’Reilly Factor" associate producer Joe Muto, who was paid by Gawker to provide anonymous intel on the network, informing him that his actions are "likely criminal," reports TVNewser. “It’s now in the…
Despite his detainment, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will debut his television talk show next week, with the program airing on Russia Today and online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "For 500 days now I’ve been detained without charge, but that…
In a move to grab viewers who aren’t subscribers, HBO plans to make two new comedies available online for free, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. "The shows are the coming comedies ‘Girls’ and ‘Veep,’ both…