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Sling TV beefs up its basic lineup and adds a movie tier
Just how much does an online television service have to offer before it has a legitimate alternative to pay TV? Sling TV announced Wednesday that it's adding AMC and its sister channel IFC to its $20-a-month basic package. AMC is home of "The Walking Dead," "Better Call Saul" and "Mad Men," while IFC is a commercial-supported channel featuring original comedies and indie movies. It's also rolling out a new commercial-free movie tier for $5 a month, built around EPIX and the AMC-owned Sundance Channel. The addition of AMC and IFC addresses a thin spot in the Sling TV lineup, which is traditional entertainment programming. The basic tier's other...
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Sling TV beefs up its basic lineup and adds a movie tier
Just how much does an online television service have to offer before it has a legitimate alternative to pay TV?
Sling TV announced Wednesday that it's adding AMC and its sister channel IFC to its $20-a-month basic package. AMC is home of "The...
'Properties of Silence' delves deep but has no answers
There are two particularly haunting images in “Properties of Silence,” a surreal visual poem by About Productions now at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse: sand pouring from a shower head and a refrigerator filled with nothing but...
Study: Digital content makes teens feel good about themselves
There's no question teens love digital stars: They flock to annual conventions such as VidCon, subscribe in mass numbers to YouTube and Vine accounts and even start their own video blogs.
But Defy Media, a digital content company geared...
KABC-TV retains lead for 6 p.m., 11 p.m. newscasts in L.A. market
KABC-TV Channel 7 has long generated the highest ratings for evening newscasts in Los Angeles, but KCBS-TV Channel 2 is gaining ground.
In the TV station business, it can take years for a station to surpass a competitor — unless there is a major shake-up...
NBCUniversal developing a subscription comedy channel
NBCUniversal is preparing to launch a subscription digital comedy service aimed at millennial viewers who watch hours of entertainment on digital devices rather than the old-school TV.
NBC's proposed over-the-top service is expected to launch later...
In China, documentary film on air pollution quickly goes viral
The hottest movie in China this weekend wasn’t “Fifty Shades of Grey” or Jackie Chan’s latest, “Dragon Blade.” Instead, a pointed and emotional environmental online documentary has swept the country by storm, putting its air pollution crisis front and...
Live from Beijing, it's 'Saturday Night'? China wants its own version of 'SNL'
It’s hard to imagine a Chinese version of “Saturday Night Live” -- could mainland censors really abide sharp satires of President Xi Jinping or private-parts-in-a-box jokes? Nevertheless, online video portal Sohu.com is going to try to make a go of it...
'Mockingjay Part 1' sets up 'Hunger Games' finale nicely
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99
Available on VOD------------FOR THE RECORD: "The Hunger Games": In the New Releases column of the March 1 Calendar section, a review of the home theater release of the...
Net neutrality: Telecom firms prepare to unleash the lawyers
Here's what went down on Friday's Consumer Confidential segment on KTLA-TV:
Net neutrality. Now that the Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules for online content and privacy, phone and cable companies have wasted no time releasing...
When golf fans look up, they want to see stars
No one has to remind Rory McIlroy that his sport is lacking something vital right now.
With Tiger Woods hobbled by injury and Phil Mickelson not getting any younger, golf has lost much of its star power. McIlroy — the current No. 1 player — senses the...
How Leonard Nimoy was cast as Mr. Spock on 'Star Trek'
His role as Mr. Spock made a lasting impact on pop culture, but Leonard Nimoy barely noticed when he first heard about the role back in 1966.
"I really didn't give it a lot of thought," Nimoy recalled of the time his agent first called about...
Leonard Nimoy: On TV he was much more than Mr. Spock
Depending on when you encountered him, Leonard Nimoy was always something different. In the '60s, he was a bit player on TV. In the '80s, he was a successful film director. And in the '90s and beyond he was a respected photographer and artist.
But...
The Mosul Museum video from Islamic State could be a staged drama
The Islamic State wants the global community to know that there's a new sheriff in town. So it wrecked a museum full of precious sculptures and on Thursday posted video of the vandalism on the Internet.
At least, that's what their video wants you to...
MLS can't afford to have these kind of strikers
If there's one thing Major League Soccer absolutely, positively cannot afford this season, it's a strike by players.
So guess what the league is looking at only days before Friday's scheduled season opener between the Galaxy and Chicago Fire at StubHub...
Bill Weir checks off his 'Wonder List' for CNN
After Bill Weir arrived at CNN from ABC’s "Nightline" in late 2013, he went right on the air to fill in as a prime-time host interviewing guests in a studio.
Recently looking back on it, he realized his mind was often somewhere else.
“There...
Did 'Sex Box' turn anybody on?
Did the controversial “Sex Box” turn on viewers? All signs point to a less than satisfying performance.
In WE tv’s latest reality show, the title is the concept. Couples have sex in front of a live audience -- though unseen inside a camera-free,...
Gabriel Kahane's moving love letter to L.A., 'The Ambassador'
Gabriel Kahane hearts L.A.
Although the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter has been heralded as a star of New York's new-music scene, his latest album is a love letter to the City of Angels. Now, "The Ambassador" — 13 songs, each based on a...
'Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors' is bringing the Spider-verse from the comic book world to TV
'CBS Evening News' anchor Scott Pelley is all about the journalism
If you look closely at the desk where Scott Pelley anchors the "CBS Evening News," you can spot about a dozen small, framed photographs standing off to his right.
They depict the 13 journalists who have died in the line of duty for CBS News,...
FCC tightens Internet oversight with new net neutrality rules
Federal regulators dramatically expanded government oversight of the Internet, installing the once-arcane concept of net neutrality as a guiding doctrine for broadband networks that have become essential to everyday life.
To ensure the uninhibited flow...
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