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Iraq suspends Al-Jazeera and 9 Iraqi TV channels
Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels on Sunday after accusing them of ...
Reports: 'Derrick' actor an SS member during war
Reports that the late German actor Horst Tappert, best known for his longtime role as dapper TV sleuth Stefan Derrick, served in a feared Nazi SS unit ...
2 beloved TV soaps revived online starting Monday
Taped to a wall at the entrance to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford is this greeting: "Welcome (back) to Pine Valley." Pine Valley, of course, ...
Pro-Kremlin youth hunt down 'spice' pushers
Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some ...
TV reporter fired for profanity to hit red carpet
A North Dakota news anchor whose profanity-laced television debut got him fired after one broadcast is already getting job offers. A.J.
Big week for news with Boston Marathon bombs story
The deadly Boston Marathon bombings and the massive manhunt for two suspects helped television news, with Fox News Channel leading all cable networks ...
TV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston
Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15.
TV reporter says he's fired for profanity on air
A weekend news anchorman for a North Dakota television station says he was fired after he opened his first-ever broadcast with obscenities. A.J.
Netflix's 1Q subscriber gains catapult stock
Netflix's move to compete against traditional cable-TV channels with original programming is pulling in more subscribers to its Internet video service ...
CBS buys small stake in mobile TV startup Syncbak
CBS Corp. says it has made a minority investment in Syncbak, a technology company that allows mobile device users to pick up signals from their local ...
More than 40 million watch end of manhunt
Nearly 42 million people watched the last hour of Friday's manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect on television. That was the Nielsen ...
CBS Twitter feeds are compromised
The Twitter accounts for two national CBS programs have been compromised and suspended. A CBS News spokeswoman confirms Saturday that tweets sent ...
Photos force suspects' move, breaking bombing case
Moments after investigators went before television cameras to broadcast photos of two men in ball caps wanted for the Boston Marathon bombing, queries ...
Boston drama grips television networks
So much for scripted police procedurals. The marathon manhunt in Boston was a real-life drama that kept the biggest television networks and their ...
Contract gives NBC Notre Dame rights through 2025
NBC Sports Group announced a 10-year contract extension to televise Notre Dame football games Thursday, doubling the length of its previous agreement.
ABC's Robin Roberts hospitalized again
Robin Roberts spent two days in the hospital fighting off an infection as part of her recuperation from a rare blood disease, and is off "Good Morning ...
Media frenzy on marathon investigation
For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, people could flip through different television channels and hear completely different accounts of the ...
Provo, Utah, next city for ultra-fast Google Fiber
Google will take over a troubled municipal fiber-optic system and make Provo, Utah, the third city to get its high-speed Internet service via ...
UK TV pulls terrorist satire after Boston bombings
A British television channel is pulling a comedy about a group of hapless terrorists from its schedule in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon ...
NCAA men's basketball title game wins ratings
Unlike the men's basketball championship game itself, there was no contest in the ratings. Louisville's gripping victory over Michigan to win the NCAA ...
NBC networks to televise EPL next season
NBC is all in with the English Premier League. The EPL feels the same way about the U.S. broadcaster. All 380 English Premier League games will be ...
On screens, familiar images of terror flash
The Boston Marathon explosions and their aftermath were captured in chilling images that ran as relentless tape loops of terror online and on TV ...
EU clears $22.6bn cable operator, pay TV takeover
The European Union's antitrust body has cleared the 17.2 billion euros ($22.6 billion) takeover of Britain's Virgin Media by U.S. cable TV operator ...
Chinese talent show captivates Taiwanese viewers
A Chinese singing competition that has captivated television viewers in Taiwan is raising concerns about China's cultural influence on the island.
Lawmakers ready to unveil immigration deal
A bipartisan group of senators is almost ready to share with colleagues and voters an immigration overhaul crafted over several months. The so-called ...