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  • Andrew Griffith, CFO of BSkyB, tells CNBC they are seeing broad based growth expanding their operations into new areas like communications.

  • Viacom Headquarters in New York City.

    What to expect when two giants—Viacom and Time Warner Cable—report quarterly earnings before the bell on Thursday.

  • Two movie production-distribution companies plan to expand if allowed to raise funds on the Shanghai exchange.

  • Russell Crowe in Les Miserables.

    Elliott Management's Paul Singer, long-famous for making Argentina miserable, turns out to be an investor in "Les Miserables." Yes, that Les Miserables. As in, the movie.

  • Celebrity gravesites become popular attractions, visited by tourists hoping to connect with their once living idol. See some of the most popular celebrity gravesites of all time.

  • Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, while Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence took acting honors, as Hollywood celebrated its own and helped sharpen the race for Oscar glory in February.

  • CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, to talk about the company's blowout quarter and his plans to take on rivals and invest in original content.

  • The DISH Network's Hopper with Sling is displayed at the 2013 International CES on January 7, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV.

    CBS has filed an amended lawsuit against Dish Network accusing the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company of concealing material facts about its ad-skipping technology during contract negotiations in 2011.

  • Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah:. The business part of show business is in full swing at the Sundance Film Festival, where film buyers are cutting deals to distribute movies playing at the independent-cinema showcase.

  • PARK CITY, Utah-- Despite equal representation of male and female filmmakers at this year's Sundance Film Festival, a new study shows there has been little change in the number of women working as directors and producers at the independent-film showcase over the past decade.

  • Jessica Chastain poses after winning the Best Actress Golden Globe Award for her role in Zero Dark Thirty.

    Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her supernatural horror film "Mama" and the Oscar-nominated Osama bin Laden hunt thriller "Zero Dark Thirty."

  • LOS ANGELES, Jan 16- Four Hollywood studios were named on Wednesday in lawsuits brought by two directors and a representative for late actor Charles Bronson claiming what could be up to hundreds of millions of dollars in back royalties on films distributed to the home video market.

  • Mel Karmazin, CEO Sirius XM Radio

    New technologies are putting traditional media companies at a disadvantage as advertising dollars come under increased pressure, Mel Karmazin, the former chief executive of Sirius XM Radio, told CNBC.

  • Television now serves as home to programming as ambitious as anything Peter Jackson can put on the screen, with the budgets to prove it. What are some of the most expensive television productions of all time? Read ahead to find out.

  • Eager to tap China’s movie market, Hollywood studios try to win censors’ approval — taking on Chinese partners, tweaking story lines and, when filming in China, inviting bureaucrats to the set. The New York Times reports.

  • ...the Golden Globes! The award broadcast was the highest rated since 2007, bringing in nearly 20 million viewers.

  • Iran hostage drama "Argo" scored a sweet double victory at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, winning best movie drama - the night's top prize - and best director for Ben Affleck on a night that left front-runner "Lincoln" with just one trophy.

  • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 13- "Argo" won the Golden Globe on Sunday for best dramatic movie, the annual Hollywood award show's top prize. "Argo," directed by Ben Affleck, is the tale of the rescue of American diplomats trapped in revolutionary Iran in the 1970 s.

  • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 13- "Les Miserables" won the Golden Globe on Sunday for the best movie musical. The film is the big-screen version of the popular stage musical about French revolutionaries. The Golden Globes, handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were awarded at a star-studded dinner in Beverly Hills, California.

  • "Zero Dark Thirty" hits theaters nationwide today, reports CNBC's Julia Boorstin; and Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason Magazine; and CNBC Contributors James Pethokoukis and Keith Boykin, discuss the controversy over the torture scene in the movie.