Web video metadata company Gotuit has launched a program that makes it easier for publishers to manage and distribute their video assets through metadata. Gotuit VideoMaker Pro allows publishers to add metadata—information within the media—to their video clips, including names,…
New York’s public broadcasting channel WLIW this fall will debut an international news program, “Your World Tonight,” replacing “BBC World News” after their distribution contract ends. The program will be a half-hour featuring information and commentary on events around the…
Playboy Enterprises is creating Playboy Audience Network to expand the reach of its original programming, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The network will include digital partnerships with YouTube, Metacafe, Break.com, Veoh and Howcast to distribute lifestyle and video content. Also, Mixercast…
Malcolm Dudley-Smith has been named the executive VP of Warner Bros. International Television Distribution’s branded services unit for the newly created Warner TV, reports Daily Variety. Dudley-Smith is a 14-year veteran of Warner Bros. —Vlada Gelman
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has approached TV stations in at least 10 markets to switch to digital TV service months ahead of the Feb. 17 deadline, reports TVNewsday.com. Martin wants to test the DTV conversion by using the stations as…
Time Warner expects to make a “complete structural separation” from Time Warner Cable, new Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said Wednesday as the company announced lower first quarter earnings. Time Warner Cable already has its own publicly traded stock, but…
Time Warner expects to make a “complete structural separation” from Time Warner Cable, new Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said Wednesday as the company announced lower first quarter earnings, TVWeek reports. Time Warner Cable already has its own publicly traded…
The Dolan family’s Cablevision is likely to make a bid for Sam Zell’s Long Island newspaper Newsday that will exceed the $580 million offers from both Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Mortimer Zuckerman, Newsday reports, citing sources it didn’t identify….