Reuters - Britain's largest pay-TV firm BSkyB is
to launch an online subscription music service and has signed
the world's largest music group Universal as its first partner,
in a deal that could challenge Apple. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:15:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The U.S. government's campaign
against television indecency was dealt a blow on Monday when a
court overturned a $550,000 fine against CBS Corp television
stations for airing a glimpse of pop singer Janet Jackson's
breast during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast.
Mediaweek.com - -The Premise:
Spun-off from Beverly Hills, 90210, this contemporary version looks at life in the famous zip code though the teenage eyes of Annie Mills (Shenae Grimes) and her brother Dixon (Tristan Wilds), whose family has moved to Beverly Hills to keep an eye on their troubled grandmother (Jessica Walter). -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:23:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - NBC Universal has sold more than
$900 million in advertising time for the upcoming Olympic Games
in Beijing, booking nearly 90 percent of its inventory three
weeks ahead of the opening ceremony, the company said on
Monday. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:01:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Sony Pictures Classics is
in advanced negotiations to acquire "Synecdoche, New York,"
writer Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut and one of the more
buzzed-about titles from this year's Cannes Film Festival. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:06:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The first round of bids for Reed
Elsevier's Reed Business Information unit is expected to range
from $2 billion to $2.5 billion and are due August 11, sources
familiar with the matter said on Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:45:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The U.S. government's campaign
against television indecency was dealt a blow on Monday when a
court overturned a $550,000 fine against CBS Corp television
stations for airing a glimpse of pop singer Janet Jackson's
breast during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast.
Reuters - Converting to a fully digitized
entertainment library is a good way to cut down on clutter in
the house. So what replaces the CD rack once you do? -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:22:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The clock is quickly ticking
down on a process that could see German media giant Bertelsmann
sell its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment
tojoint-venture partner Sony Corp in the coming months. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:58:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
