CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said the company is in talks to produce original content for Netflix, reports Bloomberg. “Until they are doing 22 hours a week of premium content, we do not look at them as a…
Hugh Laurie, whose long-running Fox drama “House” is winding down after eight seasons, let his feelings be known after reports surfaced that he was tired of the show and it was his idea to kill it, TVGuide.com reports. Fox recently…
Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. may have settled their lawsuit over “Two and a Half Men,” but they’re apparently not quite finished with their legal hassles. Warner Bros., Sheen’s former employer, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the actor demanding that…
So how do those Redbox DVD rental kiosks get movies way before a studio authorizes them for the rental market? "The kiosk company … buys Warner Bros. discs on the open market instead of accepting the studio’s insistence that it…
A singer and lyricist who helped create music for a string of major movies, receiving three Academy Award nominations, has died, TheWrap.com reports. Dory Previn died Tuesday at 86 at her home in Southfield, Mass. Previn often collaborated with…
"Granite Broadcasting is joining with London-based Motive Television PLC to develop a system that can be used to broadcast linear channels and VOD programming to smartphones, tablets and other portable devices," reports our good friend Harry Jessell at TVNewsCheck. The…
Kelly Ripa had what some viewers considered a fashion faux pas this week on “Live! with Kelly,” The Stir reports. Her form-fitting dress, called “The Miracle Dress,” caused some of Ripa’s fans to complain that they could see her nipples….
Yes, what many will likely remember from Sunday’s Grammys were the tributes to Whitney Houston. But as TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin points out, if you listened to the lyrics of the song Katy Perry sang, and some others,…
After angry fans accused Sony Music of exploiting Whitney Houston’s death, the company said it was a mistake that the prices of two of her albums jumped just hours after her death, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog….
Barry Diller, the legendary television executive who created the Fox Network about 30 years ago, has turned his attention to a new model for distributing broadcast programming, Brian Stelter reports for The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Diller rolled out a…