Wal-Mart’s broom may spell DVD’s doom. Ever since Toshiba conceded the next-generation DVD war by discontinuing its HD DVD format, studios have been counting on a surge in U.S. DVD sales as customers who were waiting on the sidelines take…
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences President Peter Price took the stage early this morning at New York’s St. Regis Hotel to announce the 29th annual Sports Emmy nominations, recognizing outstanding achievement in television sports coverage. This year’s list…
Zenith Media said it is subscribing to a suite of new services from Nielsen Co. The data Zenith gets tracks viewing of TV programming on a variety of digital platforms and will be used for advertising planning and to analyze…
The CW is developing an updated version of 1990s teen-drama “Beverly Hills, 90210” and is talking to “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas about writing the project, the Hollywood Reporter says. Original “90210” creator Darren Star isn’t involved, the newspaper reports,…
DirecTV will start offering video-on-demand services by June to better compete against its cable competitors, led by Comcast, the Wall Street Journal reports. On-demand content will be delivered through a broadband connection to digital video recorders in customers’ set-top boxes,…
Worldwide television advertising sales will rise 5.8% to $123 billion this year as the Beijing Summer Olympics will more than offset spending pullbacks from the economic slowdown, the Hollywood Reporter says, citing a new report from Informa. North American ad…
ABC renewed reality show “Duel” while NBC ordered new reality series “I Can Do That,” in which contestants are physically challenged throughout a 50-day U.S. road trip, Daily Variety reports. Both shows are produced by BermanBraun, which was also asked…
CBS expects its March Madness on Demand Web cast of NCAA basketball tournament games to deliver $25 million in ad sales, double last year, Bloomberg reports. The Web cast could produce a profit of $18 million, the network said. –…
“Ugly Betty” producers brought on former “Dirt” showrunner Joel Fields as executive producer, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Fields helps replace Marco Pennette and James Hayman, who both recently left the show, the newspaper reports. – Danny King
Comcast is testing its so-called wideband networks, which would more than double the speed of its cable modems, Multichannel News reports. Comcast plans to offer the service to 20% of its subscribers by the end of the year. The top…