Liberty Media president and CEO Greg Maffei heaped praise on satcaster DirecTV for its strong first-quarter results as management of Liberty's Starz unit said Thursday that it won't underestimate a possible challenge from a premium pay TV joint venture by
First-quarter ad revenue for Mediaset's Telecinco unit were flat compared with the year-ago period, and profits inched 2.1% higher even though programming was altered by domestic elections and the Easter holiday, which fell in the first quarter this year.
Cablevision Systems will spend $350 million on building a wireless broadband network, management said Thursday, a day after other cable companies unveiled a wireless venture with Sprint and Clearwire.
Legislation that would create "a copyright czar" in the White House and streamline law enforcement efforts to catch intellectual property pirates won approval by the full House on Thursday.
Warner Music Group said Thursday that it is discontinuing dividend payments to conserve cash and lower debt amid a sluggish global economy, deteriorated credit markets and continuing music market turmoil.
Lou Festa has jointed City Lights Media Group as CFO, reporting to CEO Danny Fisher and overseeing the company's business and finance operations for its growing slate of TV and indie film projects.
The DGA's Jon Larson has been promoted to the newly created position of associate western executive director for the guild, overseeing thousands of assistant director and unit production manager members and acting as a staff liaison to the AD/UPM councils.
MTV Networks brought out Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart at its upfront to drive home the message that it is building partnerships with Madison Avenue.
The first full day of talks between AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers wrapped up Thursday with no reports from either side due to a press blackout.
One device conspicuously missing from Nokia's MWC and CTIA lineups this year has been the E71 , the rumored successor to the E61i -- and for QWERTY S60 nerds, the next great hope. No worries, though; if the current rumor
For those that need to be in the know about the very latest supposedly-leaked 3G iPhone shots that hit the web this week, we've got you covered -- but we're not convinced, especially of the device on the right. The
Never one to miss an opportunity to trot out yet another luxury handset , Mobiado has now taken the wraps off its new Camo candybar phone, which apparently adds some ruggedness to Mobiado's usual excess. That comes in the form
Breaking with the longstanding tradition of granting exclusivity to the carrier in each country that can withstand Apple's vice-like iPhone profit sharing pressure, Italy's Telecom Italia has issued a super-brief statement simply letting the world know that "it has signed
