Television News

As the prospects for significant growth in social TV activity abound, some early research results are helping television broadcasters and social media firms prepare for new audience behaviors.

A nationwide strike has erupted across Greece following the sudden closure of the state TV channel yesterday. Workers in all key industries and services walked off the job today in protest at the move, bringing the country to a virtual stop.

Athens - ERT is the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation and operates in Greece, until now. As of Tuesday Greece is left without a public broadcaster.

Beverly Hills - Not to lead to confusion or anything, or maybe to do just that, the Broadcast Television Journalist Association has handed out their TV winners. But, the Television Critics Association has also handed out their nominations. Those can wait for now.

HBO's shocking "Game of Thrones" episode last week, "The Red Wedding," was the program attracting the most social media action in the history of the cable network, with more than 700,000 mentions recorded.

Toronto - “Joel Zimmerman chatted on the Internet about finding a dead rodent in his computer, which is how he got what nickname? a) I7chy b) Myk3 c) Rata23 or d) deadmau5?” That's a taste of what you may get as a contestant in “The Adam Growe Quiz Show”.

A recent study from Experion Marketing Services reported that Americans spend on average 58 minutes a day on their smartphones, but television viewing habits remain the larger concern.

Toronto - Seven years after going off the air, “Arrested Development” returned yesterday on Netflix with 15 brand new episodes. But of course you probably knew that already.

Coming off the heels of a $1.1 billion acquisition of popular social media blogging site Tumblr, Yahoo announced on Friday its entry into the bidding for digital video property Hulu.

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor now goes through the legendary Carol Burnett. It was announced today (May 22) that Burnett is this year's prize winner.