Mansha Daswani

In less than 24 hours, Roseanne Barr went from basking in the glow of her top-rated, much-talked-about comedy to being out of work, facing the anger of her former co-workers, the scorn of cable news talking heads and ridicule by talk-show hosts.

The average person will spend 479 minutes a day consuming media this year, a 12 percent increase since 2011, with that number expected to rise to 492 minutes in 2020, Zenith says.

Telefónica will integrate Netflix into its pay-TV and video platforms across Latin America and Europe.

Net income for the fourth quarter at Lionsgate rose to $91.3 million on revenues of $1.04 billion, while for the full fiscal year profit was up to $473.6 million on revenues of $4.1 billion.

Recaps the network upfront announcements and looks at the big-picture trends in U.S. broadcast TV.

ESPN has reached a five-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for exclusive multimedia rights to matches for its Caribbean footprint.

Comcast Corporation has confirmed that it is "considering, and is in advanced stages of preparing," a bid to acquire the assets that 21st Century Fox has agreed to sell to The Walt Disney Corporation.

AMC Networks posted first-quarter revenues of $741 million, reflecting a 2.9 percent gain, with a net profit of $157 million.

Third-quarter revenues at 21st Century Fox were down by 2 percent to $7.42 billion from the same period last year, delivering a net profit of $858 million.

The Walt Disney Company's revenues for the second quarter grew by 9 percent to $14.5 billion, delivering a net income of $2.9 billion, 23-percent higher than the year-ago period.