MySpace is pitching game developers to help with revival

MySpace is looking to a new audience to help with its revival: video game developers.
The struggling News Corp.-owned social network, which is transforming itself into a place to discover and share content, made a presentation at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday morning in an attempt ...

Hollywood’s own report card omits the interesting stuff

The trade and lobbying arm of the major Hollywood studios released its annual report on the say of the theatrical business this morning, trumpeting — no surprise — how Hollywood has been riding high in the face of recession.
But the report was more notable for what it omitted: key financial ...

Electronic Arts to publish Curt Schilling game, re-ups Rock Band with MTV

Wonder if they'll throw in a bloody sock with every purchase.
Electronic Arts stated it is distributing a game made by Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher and likely future Hall of Famer who once pitched a pivotal postseason game with an ankle injury so severe that ...

Cable and satellite operators take their case to Congress

First the Federal Communications Commission, now Capitol Hill.
Just hours after revealing plans to ask the FCC to change the rules of negotiation between broadcasters and cable operators, a consortium of distributors led by Time Warner Cable is taking its case to Congress as well.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Rep. ...

Disney’s Iger and Cablevision’s Dolan may each have reason to chug Champagne

So should Disney President Bob Iger be popping the Champagne this morning, or is it Cablevision Chief Executive Jim Dolan who is celebrating over the new deal between the companies regarding carriage of WABC-TV New York?
That depends on who's doing the spinning. At issue were fees that Disney ...

ABC’s Oscar audience grows by 14%; biggest number in five years

Maybe it was the expanded best-picture category or, who knows, maybe it was that Neil Patrick Harris opening number. Whatever it was, Oscar ratings were up huge time.
About 41.3 million people tuned in to ABC last night for the 82nd Academy Awards to see "The Hurt Locker" take ideal ...

3-D craze continues with ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ a hit left by former Disney executive team

3-D is proving red-hot in 2010.
In a sign that "Avatar" may be the progenitor of a new wave of successful 3-D tent-pole movies, "Alice in Wonderland" this weekend posted a $210.3-million opening driven largely by 3-D.
"We platformed from 'Avatar' to the success we had here," stated Walt Disney Studios ...

Disney’s WABC still off in Cablevision homes as feud continues

Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, which pulled the signal of its New York City tv station WABC-TV from Cablevision Systems Corp. homes in that region early Sunday morning, stated it sent a new proposal to the cable company in hopes of reaching a carriage agreement.
Cablevision countered that it would be willing ...

Disney and Cablevision battle gets uglier as deadline nears

As if it were possible, media giants Walt Disney Co. and Cablevision Systems Corp. turned it up a notch in their feud over a new deal to carry Disney's WABC-TV station in New York City and the surrounding region.
At issue are fees Walt Disney Co. wants Cablevision to pay ...

Opening day: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ headed for $100-million-plus domestic debut after large Friday

"Alice in Wonderland" will open to more than $100 million in the U.S. and Canada alone after audiences packed theatres on its opening Friday.
Director TIm Burton's 3-D adaptation of the classic fairy tale starring Johnny Depp sold about $41 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada on ...

The Morning Fix: Oscar edition! NBC sets summer plans and will air Emmys live. E!’s latest reality mess.

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Movie projector: Alice headed for $100-million-plus worldwide debut

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