LONDON (AFP) ― The BBC has dismissed criticism that veteran nature broadcaster David Attenborough misled viewers over images of polar bear cubs featured in his hugely popular TV series “Frozen Planet.”Eight million viewers in Britain watched images of a polar bear caring for her newly born cubs in scenes shown on November 23 that were juxtaposed with pictures of an adult polar bear.The fact that the footage of the cubs was actually shot in a zoo in the Netherlands was only revealed in an accompa

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.“As new ways of consuming music have emerged, RightsFlow has been at the forefront of solving the complex issues of licensing and royalty payment management,” YouTube product manager David King said in a blog post.“By combining RightsFlow’s expertise and technology with YouTube’s platform, we hope to

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) ― The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site.Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses are rushing to prevent their good names from falling into the hands of the pornography industry. Over the past two months, they have snapped up tens of thousands of “.xxx’’ website names that could be exploited by the adult entertainment business.“Dow

Police are looking into a sex video and photos which allegedly show a former Miss Korea with her ex-boyfriend. The alleged victim, who now works as a TV presenter, filed a claim against a blogger Tuesday for uploading the video online, the police said.The three-minute video shows a woman, who appears to be the presenter, in a sexual act with a man whose face is not shown.The video and other photos, including a passport photo of her, quickly spread online after appearing on the blog Sunday.The pe

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- Cable television operators have started to re-air high-definition terrestrial TV programs late Monday following the government's mediation efforts."We have decided to accept the recommendations made by the national broadcasting watchdog and started the retransmission as of

RENO, Nevada (AP) _ An original, autographed drawing by Walt Disney, believed to have been made about 1920 before he hit it big in the entertainment world, will go up for auction in Reno this week.The whimsical drawing of a cigar-chomping man wearing a derby hat will be among 1,400 items up for sale

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray is due back in court on Tuesday for sentencing, facing up to four years in prison after being convicted over the King of Pop’s 2009 death.Prosecutors want Murray to get the maximum jail term and be ordered to compensate the Jackson family for the star’s loss of earnings, estimated at $100 million for the comeback shows he was preparing when he died.But the 58-year-old medic’s lawyer Ed Chernoff asked in submissions to court last week for

NEW YORK (AP) ― Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters garnered the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on Monday, including two for the BBC crime anthology “Accused.”“Accused,” written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting