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Primetime ratings slide continues with weak Monday 6 May 08, 23:53 ET Reuters - Broadcast networks received more bad news Monday night, when most shows' ratings registered week-over-week declines. more Hollywood producers suspend talks with Screen Actors Guild 6 May 08, 23:48 ET AP - Hollywood producers on Tuesday temporarily broke off contract talks with the Screen Actors Guild, calling its demands regarding DVD sales and online content "unreasonable." more Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 1st Oct 2005 20:06 UTC 6 May 08, 22:05 ET Microsoft and Intel last week tried to swing the computing, consumer electronics and entertainment industry toward HD DVD in a format war to establish a higher-capacity successor to today's DVD. more List of the top 20 shows in the prime-time Nielsen ratings 6 May 08, 17:50 ET AP - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for April 28-May 4. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. more Studios, actors near new deadline in contract talks 6 May 08, 17:50 ET Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild and major studios entered a final day of contract talks on Tuesday before their latest self-imposed deadline to close a deal and put to rest Hollywood's persistent labor anxieties. more Several big network shows hit low marks in the ratings 6 May 08, 17:49 ET AP - The May "sweeps" is precisely the wrong time to hit low marks in the ratings. But several big shows did last week. more Cast Announced for Season Two of Gone Country 6 May 08, 17:22 ET A diverse cast for the second season of CMT's Gone Country was announced Tuesday (May 6). Hosted by singer-songwriter John Rich, Gone Country 2 will feature seven celebrities from every realm of the entertainment industry and immerse them in all things country for a chance to break out as a country star. more Accenture Survey Finds Broad Agreement Within Media and Entertainment Industry on Direction of Digital Market 6 May 08, 17:07 ET Media and entertainment companies are in broad agreement on the way the digital market is evolving, where the opportunities lie and what will drive revenues over the next five years, according to findings of an Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey released today. more Disney results beat Wall Street 6 May 08, 17:06 ET Reuters - Walt Disney Co on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected 22 percent rise in quarterly earnings on double-digit growth at its movie studio, theme parks and media networks, sending its shares up 3 percent. more Disney says second-half 2008 room reservations up 6 May 08, 17:04 ET Reuters - The Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday its domestic hotel bookings were slightly ahead for the second half of the year, compared with the year-ago period. more Playboy posts quarterly loss, shares drop 6 May 08, 15:43 ET Reuters - Adult entertainment publisher Playboy Enterprises Inc posted a quarterly loss on Tuesday because of weaker publishing and domestic television revenue and forecast more trouble during the year, pushing its shares down 8 percent. more Midday Update 6 May 08, 15:13 ET Looks as if Japan is the latest country considering an "iPod tax" for compensating the entertainment industry for lost revenue due to file-swapping - Macworld U.K. more India's Entertainment Industry Faces a 'C' Change: Consolidation ... 6 May 08, 10:11 ET The Big B, Hindi cinema superstar Amitabh Bachchan, was missing at FICCI Frames, the annual meeting of the entertainment and media (E&M) industry held by ... more TCM Competition 6 May 08, 07:56 ET THE film channel TCM (Turner Classic Movies) honours one of the biggest and best names in the entertainment industry throughout May, the legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra. more Owner of Tropicana casinos files for Chapter 11 protection 6 May 08, 07:05 ET AP - The owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, nearly five months after New Jersey regulators stripped the Tropicana Casino and Resort of its license. more Tropicana Entertainment's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing 6 May 08, 06:36 ET AP - NAME: Tropicana Entertainment LLC more Accenture Survey Finds Broad Agreement Within Media and ... 6 May 08, 05:33 ET The FINANCIAL -- Media and entertainment companies are in broad agreement on the way the digital market is evolving, where the opportunities lie and what ... more Super Bowl 30-second ads to cost $3 mln in 2009: report 6 May 08, 04:50 ET Reuters - NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co, plans to say next week that the entry price for a 2009 Super Bowl 30-second ad will be $3 million, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. more Microsoft brings TV shows from NBC, others to Zune 6 May 08, 01:56 ET Reuters - Microsoft Corp said it will start offering television shows for its Zune portable media device, more than two years after Apple Inc introduced the feature for its iPod player. more ABC extends Sunday streak on strength of "Housewives" 6 May 08, 01:55 ET Reuters - ABC enjoyed across-the-board ratings gains Sunday night, with its dramas climbing slightly from their post-writers'-strike malaise. more Cruise "Mission" return not impossible: Redstone 6 May 08, 01:35 ET Reuters - Sumner Redstone, the executive chairman of cable network and movie studio owner Viacom Inc, will not oppose the casting of Tom Cruise in the next installment of the "Mission: Impossible" movie franchise. more "Runway" stops here for Bravo show's producers 6 May 08, 01:08 ET Reuters - Dueling fashion divas have nothing on the ongoing tug-of-war drama between NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. over the cable hit "Project Runway." more Spidey and Bond DVDs headed to Vietnam 6 May 08, 01:04 ET Reuters - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will become the first major U.S. studio to release DVDs in Vietnam. The studio has partnered with Vietnamese company Galaxy Studio for distribution. more

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