May 24, 2013

Major Networks Sue Dish Network for Allowing Customers to Skip Ads

dish network auto hop

*How annoying is it when you get to the good part of your movie or soap opera and BAM! It’s time for a commercial. Some of you have hollered out loud at your televisions. Don’t worry! We don’t judge. But did you know that there’s a service out there now that will help you avoid [...]




Hulu Plus Adds ‘Cosby Show,’ ‘Whoopi’, ‘Tracy Morgan’

Cast of "Whoopi"

*Online video service Hulu has added “The Cosby Show,” “Whoopi,” “The Tracy Morgan Show” and eight other Carsey Werner classic sitcoms to its Hulu Plus subscription service. A rep for Hulu, in which Walt Disney, News Corp. and Comcast’s NBCUniversal are partners with private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, declined to comment on the deal, [...]




Urban Media Foundation Receives $35,000 Grant from NBCUniversal

Channel 4 veteran news reporter Beverly White, left, and Craig Robinson, president and general manager of KNBC and diversity executive of NBCUniversal, right, present check to Sherion Johnson, director of external relations and fund development for the Urban Media Foundation.

  As part of its ongoing commitment to public secondary education in local communities, the NBCUniversal Foundation awarded $200,000 in grants to six nonprofit organizations in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday. The Urban Media Foundation (UMF) was awarded a grant of $35,000. Other grant recipients included Big Brothers big Sister of Greater Los Angeles [...]




The Pulse of Entertainment: Shirley Murdock’s ‘Dream’ Debuts as #1 Most Added Single on BDS/Billboard Charts

Shirley Murdock

*“When I got the news that it was most added Gospel single (on BDS/Billboard) I was speechless, thankful and encouraged,” said Tyscot Music Gospel artist Shirley Murdock about her first single, “Dream,” off of her upcoming CD/DVD “Live: The Journey.” “The song was birth 10 years ago.” Murdock explained that its release was “under His [...]




The Pulse of Entertainment: ‘Final Destination 5′ So Gory its Funny

(L to R) Emma Bell, Nicholas D'Agosto, Arlen Escarpeta and MilesFisher

*“Making you laugh is intentional,” said Craig Perry director of the Warner Bros’ presentation of Final Destination 5, which arrives in theaters August 12, 2011. Final Destination 5 is the second film of the Final Destination franchise shot in 3D, which added to its “shocking,” but expected, string of deaths. I’ve seen previous Final Destination [...]