Mark Lazarus, president of Turner Entertainment Group, is leaving the company as part of a reorganization. Three senior Turner executives have been promoted to president of their divisions, reporting to Phil Kent, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting. The three…
Directors Put Hope Into Writers Talks The Directors Guild of America has entered into contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and could end up with a good deal in new media reuse, Daily Variety reports….
Toshiba cut the prices of its least expensive HD DVD players in half, 10 days after Warner Bros. may have ended the next-generation format war by deciding to exclusively back Sony’s competing Blu-ray player. Toshiba’s suggested retail price for its…
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation announced the honorees for its First Amendment Awards dinner, to be held Thursday, March 6, naming professionals from across the span of TV journalism. The honorees are: Bob Schieffer, the CBS News chief…
CNN is dedicating its 8-9 p.m. weekday hour, starting today, to campaign-related coverage through Super Tuesday on Feb. 5. “CNN Election Center” will be co-anchored from the campaign trail by John Roberts with assorted members of CNN’s anchor team from…
Every Baby Co. plans to launch a new season of its video-on-demand series “eebee’s adventures” on Comcast, Cox and Bresnan Communications systems on Jan. 21. The infant media company also plans to launch “eebee’s SongBooks,” a series of three music…
Traffic to video sites continued to lag in the first week of the year, as vacations still dominated most people’s calendars. YouTube drew 30.7 million unique visitors for the week ending Jan. 6, down slightly from 31 million for the…
Video-sharing site Dailymotion introduced several video ad formats today, the company said. Among them are a “toaster ad,” which lets advertisers include a mini-commercial overlay on the bottom portion of a video; a “home theater ad,” which wraps around the…
Online video ad network Tremor Media raised $11 million in a second round of funding, the company announced today. Lead investors include Canaan Partners and Masthead Venture Partners. The pair also led Tremor’s first round of funding in 2006. The…
ESPN, a division of the Walt Disney Co., has acquired a stake in NBA China, a new entity that will conduct all of the National Basketball Association’s business in China. ESPN was one of five partners that spent $263 million…