Rumors that Beverly Hills-based talent agency International Creative Management was close to accepting an offer for a new financial partner buzzed through Hollywood earlier this week, with an East Coast-based equity fund manager singled out as a top contender in…
It looks as if the morning-show ratings war is kicking into high gear again. After a summer watching NBC’s No. 1 “Today” show run 400,000 or more viewers ahead, ABC’s “Good Morning America” narrowed the gap to 150,000 the week…
The E.W. Scripps Co. reported Friday that its third-quarter profit surged 48 percent to $82.2 million, driven by continued strength at the company’s cable operations and strong growth at its online shopping Web site Shopzilla.Revenue jumped 19 percent to $595…
Debmar Studios and Mercury Entertainment are syndicating the National Geographic weekly wildlife series “Really Wild Animals” for the 2006-07 season.The half-hour “Animals,” which aired on CBS in 1997, is being offered for the first time in syndication. Debmar/Mercury plans to…
The chairman of NBC Universal parent General Electric attempted Friday to contain the severity of the problems confronting the entertainment unit’s broadcast network, saying that ratings challenges confronting NBC are being more than offset by strong results in NBCU’s film…
Verizon Communications announced Thursday that it has struck carriage agreements with Gemstar-TV Guide International and HDNet to carry the two companies’ networks on Verizon’s new video service FiOS TV.Though the deals were announced Thursday, Verizon said the actual contracts were…
FX has ordered an additional eight episodes of its crime drama “The Shield,” the network confirmed Thursday. The episodes will be added to the fifth season, which premieres in January, for a total of 21 episodes. Actor Forest Whitaker will…
MTV Networks has acquired iFILM Corp., an online video distribution site with a library of short-form content, the company announced Thursday. iFILM claims 10 million users per month and offers a large collection of short films and homemade video. The…
Telemundo announced Wednesday the Federal Communications Commission has approved a channel exchange in Phoenix that will provide the network with a full-power signal in the market. Telemundo will exchange signals with Daystar, which currently offers low-power service in Phoenix and…
Cable giant Comcast and online search king Google are in talks with Time Warner about making an investment in its America Online unit of as much as $5 billion, according to reports Thursday in The Wall Street Journal and The…