Nominees for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, announced Thursday, July 10, 2014 Drama series "Breaking Bad" (AMC) "Downton Abbey" (PBS) "Game of Thrones" (HBO) "House of Cards" (Netflix) "Mad Men" (AMC) "True Detective" (HBO) Comedy series "The Big Bang Theory"…
Press release from Turner, July 9, 2014: Lenny Daniels has been named president of Turner Sports, it was announced today by David Levy, president of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Previously, Daniels served as executive vice president and chief operating officer…
Letter from Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia, Tuesday, July 1, 2014: On Saturday, many of you received the news that we decided to pause our operations temporarily, as a result of the United States Supreme Court's reversal of a lower court…
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist WINNER: Beyoncé Janelle Monáe Jhené Aiko K. Michelle Rihanna Tamar Braxton Best Male R&B/Pop Artist WINNER: Pharrell Williams August Alsina Chris Brown John Legend Justin Timberlake Best Group WINNER: Young Money A$AP Mob Daft Punk Macklemore…
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age TV networks' apparently total victory over Aereo at the Supreme Court on Wednesday isn't necessarily a long-term win for the broadcasters, observers and analysts said as the implications of the ruling settled in. By solidifying…
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age Fox has completed its upfront negotiations for ad time in the upcoming TV season, with as much as a 15% drop in dollar volume and lackluster price hikes, according to a person familiar with negotiations….
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age NBC has wrapped its annual upfront negotiations for ad time in the upcoming TV season, the network said. The dollar value of those commitments was roughly $2.5 billion, a person close to the negotiations estimated….
Press release from Miramax, June 18, 2014: Global film and television studio Miramax today announced that Daniel Pipski has joined the company in the newly created position of Vice President, Television, effective immediately. Reporting to Miramax EVP, Production and Development,…
By Mark Bergen Advertising Age The rumors were true. Amazon, the nation's largest online retailer, will now be selling its own smartphone. At a highly publicized event in its Seattle headquarters, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the Fire Phone, doubling…
Press release from Katz Broadcasting, June 17, 2014: Raycom Media, one of the nation’s largest broadcasters, will carry the country’s first-ever female-centric and male-centric over-the-air broadcast television networks — Escape (For Women) and Grit (For Men) — in multiple markets…