HD programming picks for April 17-23: Fantastic Festivals of the World: Argentina, “Lenny,” “Cars”/“Who Killed the Electric Car?” Fantastic Festivals of the World: Argentina (HD Theater). Thursday, April 17, 8 p.m. Cowboy up, Argentina style, with La Fiesta de la…
Lifetime Goes HD Via U-verse, FiOS Lifetime Networks on Tuesday started airing its flagship Lifetime Television channel in high definition after reaching distribution agreements with two fiber-optic television services, AT&T’s U-verse and Verizon’s FiOS. Lifetime, co-owned by Walt Disney and…
In a significant set of changes at NBC Local Media, WNBC-TV President and General Manager Frank Comerford will take over all sales efforts for the division. He will be replaced at the station by former KXAS-TV President and General Manager…
(Corrected at 12:30 Pacific. Eliminate reference to financial goals in first paragraph.) Jason Kilar, CEO of the Hulu video Web site, said the NBC Universal-Fox joint venture has surpassed its traffic goals in its first month of public operation. Speaking…
With General Electric’s stock hitting four-year lows, the calls urging the company to sell off units including NBC Universal are becoming a chorus, the New York Times reports. GE announced lower-than-expected earnings last week and selling NBC Universal would generate…
Comcast has enlisted top sports producer Mike Weisman as a consultant to improve the quality of its Golf Channel and Versus sports networks, the New York Times reports. Mr. Weisman will continue to work for NBC Sports, where he revamped…
The Screen Actors Guild has begun signing interim contracts with independent film producers to put some pressure on the major studios, Daily Variety reports. The deals—the first of which is with the Film Department–would allow actors to complete work on…
U.S. Internet users viewed 66% more online videos in February than a year earlier, ComScore Networks reports. About a third of online videos were viewed from Google’s YouTube site, with News Corp.’s MySpace representing about 6% of the videos viewed,…
NBC Universal acquired the domestic rights for “Gemini Division,” the Internet science fiction series staring Rosario Dawson, as well as zombie-comedy Web series “Woke Up Dead,” from Electric Farm Entertainment, the Hollywood Reporter says. NBC has the rights to broadcast…