Television Broadcasting and Production

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - George Lopez's new late-night talk show drew 3.2 million viewers during its cross-network premiere on TNT, TBS and TruTv. Having the debut on three networks skews the ratings, but the isolated TBS number is still a strong ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey has not yet made a decision on a possible move of her syndicated chat show -- one of the TV industry's biggest money makers -- to her new cable network OWN, her production company said on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp and Time Warner Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit as movie studios and cable network gains helped offset declines at their newspaper and magazine units. Both News Corp and Time Warner, which have been cutting costs to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as gains at its Fox cable network and film divisions, plus cost cuts, helped offset declines at its television stations and newspapers. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said he expected 2010 to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast, in a sign that advertising sales at cable networks such as TNT are recovering and that cost-cutting at the Warner Bros film studio is ...

CBS sales of shows partially offset drop in 3rd-qtr ad revenue; Moonves in talks with Oprah The sale of popular TV shows partly offset a drop in third-quarter advertising revenue at CBS Corp. but the company said ad trends are improving in ...

CBS CEO Moonves says conversations continue about keeping Oprah on broadcast television CBS Corp. on Thursday was faced with rumors about the possible departure of Oprah Winfrey's talk show from broadcast television to her own cable channel, The Oprah Winfrey Network. CBS ...

Scripps Networks to acquire 65 percent stake in Travel Channel Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. is betting that food and travel are an ideal combination. The company behind the Food Network is snapping up a controlling stake in the Travel Channel, giving the ...

News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has said that a plan to begin charging readers of his newspapers online may be delayed. Murdoch had previously outlined plans to erect pay walls around his vast newspaper empire by the end of ...

News Corp. posts surprise rise in 1Q income, Murdoch says `everything' delaying online fees Media conglomerate News Corp. posted a surprise increase in quarterly profit Wednesday, but Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the company might not meet its goal of charging fees ...