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Tesla's Chinese Rival Nio Inc. NIO plans to expand into the Middle East, specifically the UAE, by the end of this year. CEO William Li revealed the move during an [...]

The bundle, called StreamSaver, is the latest joint effort from entertainment companies looking to woo price-weary customers. Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, is planning to offer its streaming service [...]

Those planning to fly on an American Airlines flight will have to wait a little longer before getting to purchase an alcoholic beverage onboard their flight-but the airline will soon [...]

Byline: Margaret Sullivan For a long time, Fox News has ruled the cable-news roost. With its rabidly right-wing prime-time hosts and news shows that too often gave a showcase to [...]

AT&T's streaming platform goes live on Wednesday. At $15 a month, it's more expensive than its rivals and comes at a time when household income is dropping. HBO has been [...]

''Cops,'' one of the original reality shows on television, is moving to cable after 24 years on network television. Starting in September, new episodes of the show will be televised [...]

Byline: Carol Memmott, USA TODAY In Hatfields & McCoys, the History miniseries that premieres Monday (9 p.m. ET/PT), Devil Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner), the head of the legendary clan, is [...]

The E! network announced an ambitious lineup of original programming Monday, including a new singing competition from one of the producers of ''American Idol,'' a relationship show with a Jonas [...]

It has been two years since ''New York Noise,'' a beloved public television show devoted to the city's underground rock bands, went off the air. Now an online subsidiary of [...]

The Weather Channel had a new prime-time hit last week: the weather. The storm that swept across the country last Monday to Thursday spurred hours of additional live coverage, and [...]

A YEAR ago, 18-year-old James Newman was a senior at St. Ann's, the artsy private school in Brooklyn. Last Friday night, he was standing before thousands of hormonal teenagers, as [...]

Byline: Gary Strauss After offering viewers front-row seats into the offbeat worlds of junk pickers, antiques dealers, pawn shop operators and other players on the fringes of mainstream consumerism, cable [...]

Byline: Reid Cherner TV watch To fans who say they could watch college basketball 24 hours a day, ESPN is once again giving you that chance. The second annual 24 [...]

THE BUZZ / BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Toronto -- News Corp.'s STAR network is launching four of its Indian channels on Rogers Cable - with an additional three Mardarin-language services slated [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand TV watch Details can sometimes symbolize sweeping trends. Like this one: ESPN formally announces today that on Nov. 17, its live men's NCAA basketball will include a [...]

THE BUZZ / BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Toronto -- The pilot for a new drama for the Cartoon Network is set to begin production in Toronto this month and will star [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand HBO this weekend re-airs fights of a boxer who, says HBO's Jim Lampley, was 'purely and simply an icon' to the sport's 'cult' followers. Arturo Gatti, the [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand TV watch Anything that saves us valuable seconds -- instant messaging, instant coffee -- propels progress. And on Monday's Home Run Derby -- often cable TV's highest-rated [...]

Byline: J. Michael Falgoust The search has been on all year to find boxing's next superstar. HBO has gone back to the basics of what made its three franchises -- [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand TV sports You don't have to wonder what TV sports would look like if networks owned the events they cover. Just watch this weekend's ESPN-owned Bassmaster Classic, [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand Back in the 20th century, getting to see the happy feet, hip snaps and three-cone drills in the NFL scouting combine was by invitation only. But with [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand NFL Films President Steve Sabol, for the first time in 43 years, will get to the Super Bowl the day before the game -- rather than in [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand TV sports NBC, in detailing its Super Bowl coverage Wednesday, gave teams more incentive: The victor will get its trophy presented by NBC's Dan Patrick. Patrick, noting [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand In past years, says ESPN senior producer Jamie Horowitz, it took a month to produce one World Series of Poker show. But this year, there will be [...]

Byline: Bertrand Marotte Pierre Karl Peladeau is expected to unveil today Quebecor Media Inc.'s much-anticipated plan for wireless service in the province. Observers and analysts have been eagerly awaiting details [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand TV sports Weekend watch Thursday, TBS announced on-air roster changes for its MLB playoff coverage. Among them: Adding a still-active player -- Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz [...]

Byline: Robert Bianco and Gary Levin LOS ANGELES -- On a day dedicated to edgy cable channel FX, the network talked to TV writers about saying goodbye to the series [...]

IRL IndyCar Series *What: Firestone Indy 200 *When: Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN *Where: Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn. *2007 winner: ScottDixon *Quick hit: Marco Andretti will race in the American [...]

Byline: Gary Levin and Robert Bianco The New Season: Notes from the summer TV Critics Press Tour LOS ANGELES -- HBO executives mapped the cable network's future, and spoke briefly [...]

Byline: Gary Strauss Don't be a party pooper when it when it comes to History Channel's All About Dung (premiering tonight, 9 ET/PT). Clearly, there are enough references to this [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand Hiestand on TV Selected overnight ratings Youngsters will need to indulge plenty of baby boomer nostalgia as the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers -- a storied [...]

Byline: J. Michael Falgoust Rather than ease his way back into the picture after his first defeat, Ricky Hatton is jumping in with both feet Saturday. The Brit (43-1, 31 [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand ABC's Indianapolis 500 coverage Sunday (1p.m. ET) again will offer viewers a TV element that's great for continuous action sports: so-called side-by-side coverage where live action runs [...]

Spectator sports Inside the industry No chance for upsets with the four top seeds playing in this year's Final Four. At least ESPN Classic has one today: It re-airs coach [...]

Byline: MATT HARTLEY Rogers Communications Inc. is gearing up to make Internet use more expensive for consumers who have a penchant for chewing up bandwidth by downloading movies or playing [...]

Byline: Gary Levin HBO prefers its series shrink-wrapped. How else to explain the timing of In Treatment, a new nine-week series following last summer's couples-therapy drama Tell Me You Love [...]

Byline: Bill Keveney Cable movie channels are taking an unusual route to get noticed by-- original series. Starz, the pay-cable movie network, is the latest entry into series production with [...]

Byline: AP Los Angeles -- A bisexual dating show featuring a woman who gained fame on MySpace is in the works for MTV. A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila, [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand ESPN launches Monday Night Football Part Deux this Monday, with the big change being leading man Joe Theismann supposedly having been abducted by aliens and replaced by [...]

Byline: Michael Hiestand Like missile throw-weights during the Cold War, the college basketball TV tonnage keeps getting bigger. Starting Saturday, ESPN and spinoffs ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Classic will show [...]