Charter Communications Chairman Paul Allen ranked as the third-richest person in the United States, moving up one notch from a year ago and continuing his reign as the wealthiest person in the media and entertainment industries, according to the latest…
News Corp. appeared to survive a competing bid for Intermix Media Monday after Intermix rejected an unsolicited offer for the company from its former CEO.The former executive, Brad Greenspan, late last week said he was forming an investor group he…
U.S. Digital Television, a Salt Lake City-based company looking to bring cable programming to an over-the-air digital television signal, got a financial boost Monday after a group of station groups, including News Corp.’s Fox Television Stations, invested nearly $26 million…
American Honda Motor Co is sponsoring a contest with Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, the network said Monday. Spots running during Adult Swim on cable invite viewers to submit original animated shorts via the Adult Swim Web site. The winner’s short…
OLN’s first National Hockey League telecast, the Oct. 5 game between the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers, will be made available to all cable operators and satellite providers, whether or not they carry OLN, the network said Monday….
MTV Networks said Monday that it has inked an agreement with Warner Music Group to offer music videos as part of MTV’s broader wireless strategy.The deal, which the companies described as global and effective immediately, allows MTV to create and…
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