An unnamed Google executive said that the company’s television ad platform, which will allow marketers to log into an interface to place national cable-spot buys, will soon be available to all advertisers, according to MedaDailyNews. Google TV Ads are currently…
Liberty Media lost its bid to block Barry Diller’s plan to divide IAC, the Wall Street Journal reports. Delaware courts denied a petition from Liberty, led by media mogul John Malone, today on the grounds that Liberty’s position as IAC…
Online video studio For Your Imagination has landed $1 million in seed capital from ConsensusOne Ventures, the companies announced today. The money will help fund FYI’s day-to-day operations as it continues to seek a series A round of funding, FYI…
Analysts Ron Darling and Buck Martinez will join Chip Caray this baseball season on TBS. Mr. Darling is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who won an Emmy Award for his work in broadcasting. He is a radio announcer for…
Online television network Revision3 signed a deal to syndicate its shows to Internet video service blip.tv, the companies announced this week. Under the deal, Revision3 will distribute its entire catalog of Web TV shows to Blip.tv, including “The Digg Reel,”…
Anchor David Marash resigned from the English-language version of the Arab cable news channel Al Jazeera, saying that the network’s headquarters in Qatar had increased its control over the operations, the New York Times reports. The former “Nightline” correspondent’s two-year…
ABC ordered drama pilots “Finnegan,” “The Unusuals” and “Castle,” as well as comedy pilot “Bad Mothers Handbook,” Daily Variety reports. “The Unusuals” is from “Bones” creator Noah Hawley while “Bad Mothers Handbook” is based on a book by Kate Long,…
The head of the Television Bureau of Advertising said advertisers should be cautious about pulling money out of television, and said TV station Web sites make local media more attractive, Mediaweek reports. Speaking at the group’s annual marketing conference TVB…
CBS Paramount Network TV signed “CSI: Miami” writer Sunil Nayar to a two-year, seven-figure agreement in which he’ll develop new projects while remaining with the show, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Nayar was also promoted to executive producer of the series…
The Federal Communications Commission will give satellite-television providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network four years after next February’s digital switchover to carry all local channels in high definition, Television Week reports. Broadcasters had argued that satellite companies, which provide…