TV TUESDAY IN-DEPTH: Top 100 Breaking News & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share | 7/22
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For the second year in a row, Robert Downey Jr. topped Forbes ' annual list of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. The magazine estimates that the Iron Man star earned $75 million between June 2013 and Jun...
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Like father, like daughter: Jimmy Kimmel 's new baby girl is a ham for the camera. Kimmel, 46, returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday, 11 days after his wife Molly McNearney gave birth to the couple's first child , Jane....
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Last year, Marvel took a bold move of connecting their movie franchise into television after the release of Capt. America: The Winter Soldier. When they spilled the beans that a game changing event will affect the final episodes of Agent...
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How To Get Away With Murder is a new drama created by Shonda Rhimes (Scandal/Grey's Anatomy). It is slated to premiere on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 10PM on ABC. Here's the official description for the first season: Annalise Kea...
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner has landed a recurring role on the final season of Sons of Anarchy. Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, will appear in at least two episodes — including the supersized season opener ...
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The crossover DC Comics fans have been waiting for is finally locked-in! Exec producer Andrew Kreisberg has revealed the exciting details for the upcoming episode in an interview, check out the scoop: Both episode 8 of 'Arrow' an...
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Loads of spoilers were shared by Grimm exec producer David Greenwalt during the recent TCA press tour. Via Zap2it , here are some things you can expect from the upcoming season 4: Season 4 picks up "one minute after" the Season 3 finale....
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AMC has released the official Comic Con poster for The Walking Dead season 5. Source: AMC
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Lucy Lawless (Xena) landed a guest starring gig on the upcoming second season of Agents of SHIELD. Details on her role are still under wraps, please stay stuned for updates. Source: TV Guide
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ABC Family has released the official description for the Aug. 4th installment of Switched at Birth titled "You Will Not Escape" . Source: ABC Family DAPHNE ORGANIZES A SENIOR DITCH DAY Daphne encourages her classmates to join her i...
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CBS has released the official description for the Aug. 6th installment of Extant titled "What on Earth is Wrong?" . Source: CBS JOHN QUESTIONS THE VALIDITY OF MOLLY’S PREGNANCY When the validity of Molly’s pregnan...
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ABC has released the official description for the Aug. 4th installment of Mistresses titled "Coming Clean" . Source: ABC APRIL’S PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT HER AND SAVI REACHES OUT TO HER LONG-ABSENT DAD A shocking phone call b...
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Julia takes over as the leader of Chester’s Mill after the town in Under The Dome Season 2 Episode 5 "Reconciliation" airing next Monday on CBS.
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A shocking phone call brings April’s past back to haunt her in Mistresses Season 2 Episode 9 "Coming Clean" airing August 4th on ABC.
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On this day in 1996, Comedy Central introduced The Daily Show , with host Craig Kilborn...
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A promo for The Fosters Season 2 Episode 7 "The Longest Day".
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A new piece of element from the hidden treasures of Ryan Murphy (creator) has been discovered. The tone of season 4's Freak Show has been discussed by FX boss John Landgraf with reporters during the recent TCA press tour. ...
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Here are two sneak peeks for Teen Wolf Season 4 Episode 6 "Orphaned".
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Three sneak peeks for The Fosters, season 3 episode 7 "The Longest Day".
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This is a promo for Teen Wolf Season 4 Episode 6 "Orphaned".
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Official promo for Extant Episode 3 "Wish Your Were Here".
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Here is a promo for Switched at Birth Season 3 Episode 18 "It Isn't What You Think".
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Castiel's early season 10 arc on the CW's Supernatural has been previewed by showrunner Jeremy Carver in a report. Keep reading for the scoop: When we pick up Castiel, he will be on Earth. He will be alone for r...
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Exec producer Jeremy Carver has previewed the buzzy 'Demon Dean' storyline abound on Supernatural's tenth season. On Dean not being possed temporarily: Dean is not possessed by anything. It’s his own soul that&rsq...
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Brian Hallisay (Client List) has boarded the upcoming fourth season of ABC's Revenge. Hallisay will play Ben, a local cop and a new friend of Jack (Nick Wechsler) who is fun-loving and easygoing and drawn to Jack’s world ...
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The “Guardians of the Galaxy” cast either doesn't know much about the comic book property they just created for the big screen, or love letting little girls win. Chris Pratt , Zoe Saldana , Bradley Cooper , Vin Diesel and...
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NBCU CEO Steve Burke said Comcast doesn’t need to add content assets. Asked during Tuesdays earnings conference call about the programming consolidation trend sparked by 21st Century Fox’s bid for Time Warner, Burke said “we certainly ...
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Comcast beat analysts quarterly profit predictions, thanks in part to more high-speed internet subscribers. Earnings per share increased to $0.75, beating average analysts’ estimate of 72 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S...
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Arris Group said it has secured deals for its flagship cable access platform the E6000 Converged Edge Router – with Cable TV of East Alabama, and with Comporium, a provider that serves parts of North Carolina and South Carolina.
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In its 2Q earnings report, Gannett cites weakness in the national ad market. "An increase of almost 1% in local revenue was more than offset by a 7.3% decline in national revenue."
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With its pending acquisition of Time Warner Cable continuing to wind through the approval process, Comcast continued to show strong operating performance, with key quarterly subscriber growth metrics the best they've been at the nation's...
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The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) will use this fall’s Cable-Tec Expo in Denver to highlight two industry trends – Development Operations (DevOps) and Agile Development, a discipline that was largely spawned by the...
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Universal Sports Network and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have reached a multiyear extension of their current media rights agreement for the programmer to present the group’s marquee track and field event...
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Core spot spending will remain flat in the third quarter, according to the latest from Wells Fargo Securities, and the reason is not clear. The good news is political spending will start pouring in in the quarter with Nexstar and Sinclai...
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The Scottish Premiership will return to German pay-TV sports channel sportdigital after a one-year break from the 2014/15 season. Read the story »
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Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit reported a 20.4% increase in operating cash flow in the second quarter. Operating cash flow was $1.4 billion, compared to $1.2 billion a year ago. Revenues inched up 0.3% to $6.02 billion. With NBC...
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Verizon Communications continued to grow customers for its fiber-fed FiOS platform in the second quarter, but the rate of growth also continued to show signs of slowing in the period. Verizon added 100,000 FiOS video subs in the quarte...
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Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit reported a 20.4% increase in operating cash flow in the second quarter. Operating cash flow was $1.4 billion, compared to $1.2 billion a year ago. Revenues rose 0.3% to $6.02 billion. With NBC network climbing...
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The global game scored big Nielsens nationally in the U.S. and the popularity of the 2014 World Cup manifested for advertisers at the local cable level, according to Viamedia. The cable ad sales rep reported that over 285 local cable a...
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Analysts say gains by the NBC network, as well as the NBCU Entertainment arm of the company, boosted Comcast's second quarter profits. At NBCUniversal, operating cash flow rose 20% to $1.43 billion. The broadcast-TV segment reporte...
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German viewers can watch the Disney Channel on the go with a new app the children’s and family channel has launched for smartphones and tablets. Read the story »
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Here's a briefing on the legal and regulatory proceedings affecting broadcasters from communications attorneys David Oxenford and David O'Connor. The topics: Aereo ... CALM Act ... Class A TV ... Closed Captioning ... EEO Rules ... Emerg...
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Now that the court has ruled against Aereo for copyright infringement, broadcasters are taking on the FilmOn, which is launching a new streaming service it says won't have legal issues. Broadcasters say the company's new type of streamin...
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Antenna Hungária (AH) will add DIGI Sport 1 and DIGI Sport 2 to the channel line-up of its pay-DTT service MinDig TV Extra on August 1. Read the story »
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UPC Hungary has added HBO GO to its offer. Read the story »
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An MDI report says the upfront will be down 6.1% to $18.1 billion this year, marking the first time the numer will dip since the 2009-10 season. Broadcast is likely to be down about 10% and cable is down about 2%, according to sources fa...
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The writer, producer and director had more than 40 primetime TV and film credits to his name. He wrote more than 17 TV movies including TNT’s The Hunchback , for which he received a Writers Guild Award nomination in 1996; the Tom S...
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Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Video customer net losses improved year-over-year and were also the best result for a second quarter in six years.
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Ovum has found that most sub-Saharan countries will not achieve the ITU deadline to switch off their analogue TV due to a lack of public awareness, inadequate funding of TV infrastructure and insufficient supplies of set-top boxes.
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Alford is currently VP of Sales for Media General, and VP/GM of WTEN and WXXA in Albany, N.Y. He starts his new job Aug. 1.
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The Czech commercial broadcaster TV Barrandov is looking into the possibility of launching two more channels. Read the story »
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In a letter Monday, Colorado Senator Mark Udall Pressed the FCC to review the feasibility of DirecTV's offering the residents of Mesa and Montrose counties access to local television broadcasts. The Grand Junction-Montrose market is one ...
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Morgan Stanley is now the second largest shareholder in Spain’s Prisa. Read the story »
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Netflix, the American provider of on-demand internet streaming media, has revealed in its latest letter to shareholders (dated July, 21, 2014) that it now has over 50 million members in over 40 countries—up 1.69 million from Q1 201...
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The International Olympic Committee is considering the launch of a dedicated Olympic TV channel. Read the story »
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The Ukrainian DTT operator Zeonbud wants to consult with the National Council on TV and Radio over the latter’s decision to cancel a requirement for it to encode its signals. Read the story »
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Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform Watchever is now also available on Blu-ray players and home cinema systems from Sony in Germany. Read the story »
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San Diego Comic-Con is a sacred pilgrimage for fans of all things nerdy, but like any trip to Mecca, this journey can be daunting (if not dehydrating). But don't fret Nervous Nellies — the experts are sharing all the intel you ...
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BBC Worldwide is adapting its business model, reducing its dependency on DVD, and developing relationships with video-on-demand services. Read the story »
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Jason Biggs continued his apology tour after his controversial Twitter joke following the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane that killed the 298 people on board. The topic came up briefly during a chat on HuffPost Live about “Ora...
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King Midas World Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox have reached an agreement on “Tyrant.” FX has a new drama on the air under that title, about an American family that is drawn into the political turmoil of a Middle Eas...
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The 2014 Imagen Awards are set to honor a host of nominees across film and television for their positive portrayals of Latino culture on August 1, and now, they have a host. Comedienne Aida Rodriguez will take on emcee duties for the eve...
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Beverly Hills, Calif. — On Friday, FX released ratings for the premiere of The Strain. The news for the network was good — a 1.18 live-plus-same day Nielsen rating among adults 18-49 and 2.43 million total viewers. But FX waited to tou...
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“Sons of Anarchy” is the highest-rated TV show in FX's history, but leading into its seventh and final season, the motorcycle gang drama has never been nominated for an Outstanding Drama Emmy. That's been a point of c...
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Two Fox News hosts clashed Monday over the investigation into Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and one of them wound up calling “bullsh-t” on air. Bob Beckel and Jesse Watters were discussing the degree to which the U.S. should ge...
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Aw geez; “Fargo” is heading for the disco era. The second season of FX's Coen Brothers adaptation “Fargo,” which was renewed Monday, will take place in 1979, series executive producer Noah Hawley said at the T...
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Atlanta is the next launch site for Comcast’s cloud DVR and in-home multiscreen live TV streaming – features that are relatively new to the MSO’s IP-capable X1 platform. The launch in Atlanta follows earlier debuts in Boston, Philadelp...
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The Television Critics Association panel on FX's new drama “The Strain,” about a mysterious strain of vampirism that invades New York City, touched on a number of scary topics, but one of the more amusing moments of the d...
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Beverly Hills, Calif. — It’s not often that vampires are compared to a popular children’s juice, but that’s just what Guillermo del Toro did Monday at the TCA summer press tour panel for The Strain . del Toro, who created the Vampire dra...
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Two TV stations in the Midwest are the latest to get slapped over kids’ programming goofs.
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Stocks closed lower on Monday as investors remained jittery amid escalating war in Gaza and possible tougher sanctions against Russia. The S&P closed 4.6 points, or 0.2%, lower at 1,973.63, with 9 of 10 sectors in the red. The Dow sh...
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The streaming video service Netflix is large and getting larger. CNN reports that the service announced a milestone today, revealing that it now has more than 50 million members worldwide. That figure encompasses subscribers in 40 countr...
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Complete Coverage: TCA Summer 2014 Jeff and Jackie Schaffer, the creators of The League , are always looking to the NFL for new storylines as the FXX comedy approaches its sixth season. “There are certain issues in the NFL coming to the ...
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A television project from the man behind innovative feature films including "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" won't be moving forward. Writing on Deadline.c...
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Comcast confirmed that it added a section on its X1 interface that gives customers a way to try out apps and features under development at its Comcast Labs division. Comcast said it rolled out the feature to all X1 customers last week,...
