No FIFA World Cup for the US
Presentations by former President Bill Clinton and actor Morgan Freeman failed to sway the FIFA Executive Committee. The US will not be the host...
Barry Diller swaps John Malone out of IAC
Longtime business partners Barry Diller (pictured) and John Malone have seen their relationship become strained in recent years, even leading to litigation. Now they are...
Eminem tops Grammy nominations with 10
Nominations for “The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards” have been announced. Eminem tops the nominations with 10; Bruno Mars garners seven; and Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum...
'The 53rd Grammy Award' nominations, Eminem leads with 10
Eminem tops the nominations with 10; Bruno Mars garners seven; and Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum and Lady Gaga each earn six nods. RBR-TVBR has the nominations in 108 categories from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 fields
Disney boosts its dividend
The Walt Disney Company announced after the market closed on Wednesday (12/1) that it was increasing the cash dividend on its stock. The new...
Washington agrees to disagree over internet approach
The rules of the road for the information superhighway known as the internet proposed by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is getting reaction from legislators,...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski puts forth net neutrality plan
As expected, the FCC’s December Open Meeting will consider internet rules and regulations designed to promote the concept of network neutrality, and FCC Chairman...
Comcast shows us The Garden of Eden
Lately we have seen announcements regarding new OTT ("over the top") box launches, like Roku and Boxee. Netflix has done
Kay Bailey Hutchison likely facing intramural challenge in 2012
The Ranking Member of the key Senate Commerce Committee, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), is actually in the Senate on borrowed time, if she were...
Jerry Peterson dead at 76
Longtime Carolina broadcaster Gerald “Jerry” Lee Peterson died Friday, November 26th, shortly after his last broadcast on WRHI-AM Rock Hill, SC. He was 76.
Peterson...
AT&T U-verse adds 1,200 hours of HBO, Cinemax programming online
In another move to make TV content available in more places, AT&T announced that AT&T U-verse TV customers now have full access to HBOGO.com...
Big-name transient Democrats said to be up for MPAA
For decades, the Motion Picture Association of America did not have to worry about who would lead its operations in Washington – those duties...
Prisa goes public in US via investment deal
Grupo Prisa (Promotora de Informaciones SA), Spain's largest media conglomerate, has gotten a big cash infusion to fund its expansion in the US and...
Survey says holiday spending will be on the down side of flat
Predictions on how the annual holiday shopping spree will go this year are, as usual, all over the map. If we have seen a...
Univision Communications bond tender oversubscribed
Univision Communications was quite successful with its tender offer to buy back up to $460 million of its senior notes due 2015. It was...