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Although Time Warner Cable's deal to carry cable and broadcast channels owned by Walt Disney Co. has expired, the programming remains on the air as both sides continue talks. That means Time Warner Cable subscribers in Los Angeles and New York, the two biggest markets that the pay TV distributor ...
After the coffee. Before scrambling to figure out plans for the three day weekend. Biting that Apple. News Corp., parent of Fox and Walt Disney Co., have concurred to offer tv shows to Apple for the software giant to rent on iTunes at a price of 99 cents per episode. ...
After the coffee. Before deciding whether to commit to watching "Sons of Anarchy." Amazon throws its hat into the ring. Amazon is planning its own streaming service for movies and TV shows, making the Internet retailer the latest to make a run at a piece of the digital space. The ...
Morgan Creek Prods. founder James Robinson, who had been in negotiations to become a major investor in the acquisition of Miramax Films along with construction magnate Ron Tutor and Los Angeles private equity firm Colony Capital, is no longer part of the mix. Robinson was prepared to put up $75 million to $100 ...
After the coffee. Before wondering what the deal is with those screaming crows outside my bedroom. What's Rupert thinking? News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch will play a key role in whether Apple's desire to offer tv shows for rent on iTunes at the low, low price of 99 ...
Demonstrating that the activist investor won't back down in the face of the film and tv studio's aggressive efforts to fend off his takeover attempt, Carl Icahn this day raised his tender offer for Lions Gate Entertainment to $7.50 per share. His bid, which expires in October, had been $6.50 ...
After the coffee. Before shaking off the hangover. Hot night for new comedies, same old story for dramas. The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards started off with a bang as host Jimmy Fallon led the cast of "Glee," Betty White, Tina Fey and Jon Hamm, among others, through a rollicking version ...
A slew of new winners and an energized performance by host Jimmy Fallon was enough to boost the audience slightly for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC Sunday night. About 13.5 million people tuned in to watch AMC's "Mad Men" and ABC's "Modern Family" walk off with the top ...
Moviegoers wanted to get scared just as much as they wanted to enjoy a good crime caper this weekend, but very few were interested in a return trip to Pandora. Based on studio estimates released Sunday morning, indie horror film "The Last Exorcism" and heist film "Takers" were in a ...
With less than a week to go before their programming contract expires, the rhetoric between Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable is starting to heat up. At issue are fees that Time Warner, the nation's second-largest cable operator and the dominant pay-TV company in Los Angeles, pays Disney to ...