Entertainment Industry News

  • Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Strong Opening Results for Game One of The World Series on Fox Mediaweek.com - Thu Oct 29, 5:32 PM ET

    -Yesterday's Winners: Baseball World Series, Game 1 (Fox)

  • Bollywood's latest offerings in living rooms via DTH Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 12:29 AM ET

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" didn't just garner rave reviews and worldwide acclaim, it also triggered a change in the way Indian movies are being distributed.

  • Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings: ABC Wins; Repeat Populated CBS Finishes Second Mediaweek.com - Tue Oct 27, 6:16 PM ET

    -Yesterday's Winners: Dancing With the Stars (ABC), Two and a Half Men R (CBS), The Big Bang Theory R (CBS): CSI: Miami R (CBS)

  • MTV, RealNetworks to rework Rhapsody JV: filing Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 6:58 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. digital media company RealNetworks Inc is in talks with partner MTV Networks to restructure the ownership of their two-year old Rhapsody America joint venture, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.

  • Harbinger cuts New York Times stake again Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 5:53 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners cut its stake again in The New York Times Co, almost two years after it bought a big stake in a bid to shake up the newspaper publisher.

  • ITV-issued photo shows shows Scottish charity worker Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent TV show. The singing star has revealed how she was hit as a child at school by teachers as well as being bullied by other students.(AFP/HO/ITV/File)
    Susan Boyle album sets pre-order record on Amazon Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 3:01 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.com, the online retailer said on Thursday.

  • James Murdoch sees smaller role for newspapers Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 12:01 PM ET

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - Newspapers will play a smaller role in News Corp's operations in future as the group focuses on more profitable pay-TV operations in western Europe and India, the group's head of Europe and Asia said.

  • Cablevision will distribute Fox Business Network Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 11:57 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable television operator Cablevision Systems Corp will distribute News Corp's Fox Business Network in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Fox said on Thursday.

  • A man watches a presentation of a new flat screen TV model in Berlin, September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
    California sets limits on energy-gulping TVs Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 3:57 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California regulators gave final approval on Wednesday to the first mandatory U.S. energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often overlooked power drain that accounts for 10 percent of home electric bills in the state.

  • Vivendi eyes NBC Universal exit: CFO Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 6:25 AM ET

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint venture being discussed by Comcast and General Electric, its chief financial officer said on Thursday.

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