entertainment - "television"

The British Open drama proved that golf's majors are worthy of fan and television attention, even without Tiger Woods in the mix. As golf's best of the rest get set for the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills this week, Logans.com has set a ...

When Pacific Poker and 888.com announced their gaming revenues, the numbers showed a drop in the three months to June 30, and football is to blame. 888.com representatives have pointed to the Euro 2008 football tournament as the culprit, saying that online poker players stopped playing during the run of the tournament to watch it on the television. Poker revenues were down an average of $116 per player...

If there's still a need to prove reality television's pervasiveness and influence, an interview with a TV star and a segment from a TV show should provide sufficient evidence.In an interview with Out magazine, Neil Patrick Harris, star of How I Met Your Mother and, previously, Doogie Howser, M.D., said that when he was coming to terms with his own sexual orientation, he found a role model in gay Real World New Orleans cast member Danny Roberts.'The first face that empowered me was Danny Roberts from The Real World: New Orleans. I think before him I'd never seen anyone wear [homosexuality] so comfortably. He was around my age. I could look to him as a role model -- if you could say that, even though he was on a reality show. He represented a way that I could behave and stand tall comfortably without being an overt advocate and without being someone hiding in the shadows. I liked that,' Harris said.Neil Patrick Harris also says he watches American Idol and So You Think You Can Danc

TV News: Strong auds for first month on DTT -- Disney Channel has shot straight to the top of Spanish TV charts after just one month as a dedicated digital terrestrial television service.

TV News: TV unit topper to head org -- Lionsgate TV topper Kevin Beggs has been named president of the Hollywood Radio and television Society.

The late children's television presenter Mark Speight will be honoured with a memorial service in London later today.The CBBC host was found hanged at a building next ...

Music News: Music unit nabs exec for film, TV music post -- Downtown Music Publishing has appointed Jumee Park as director, Film/TV Music. She will coordinate and manage Downtown's relationship with film studios, television production companies, music supervisors and trailer houses.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge has dismissed a woman's wrongful termination claims against Bob Barker, former host of the CBS <CBS.N television game show 'The Price is Right,' attorneys for both said on Wednesday.

ADVERTISERS have invested millions of dollars in a spate of big-budget television commercials to be launched over the next two days in the lead-up to tomorrow night's Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony.

TV News: Duo to sign agreement on content distribution -- Venezuela's Cisneros Group chairman-CEO Gustavo Cisneros will be in Beijing on Monday to sign a strategic agreement with China Central television prexy Zhao Hua Yong.