The player: Bob Zitter, chief technology officer at HBO The play: Mr. Zitter was largely responsible for HBO being the first cable network to broadcast in high definition. That was in 1999, the same year CBS started HD broadcasts. More…
AT&T’s U-verse fiber-optic television service this week added three HBO channels, pushing its total high-definition linear channel inventory to more than 40. Meanwhile, Verizon’s FiOS service will expand its HD video-on-demand service to 14 states, up from four, within the…
HD programming picks for April 3-9: “Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace,” NCAA Final Four, “Play Misty for Me” “Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace” (Spike TV). Friday, April 4, 8 p.m. ET. Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman…
The popular social networking site MySpace has signed deals with Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music for a new joint venture, MySpace Music. MySpace Music will allow fans access to DRM-free digital downloads for purchase, ad-supported audio and…
Denise O’Connor has been named VP of business development for the National Association of Television Program Executives. Ms. O’Connor most recently was associate publisher at Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, and previously was sales director, cable and international, at Electronic Media…
Cartoon Network said the new George Lucas series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” will anchor a fantasy/adventure block on Fridays, part of a new schedule for Turner Broadcasting’s kids network. Sunday night will be movie night on the channel, which…
Veronica Belmont, the host of popular Web series “Mahalo Daily,” announced Wednesday she is leaving her role after five months. She will do some reporting as a correspondent for the show though, she said. On her blog, www.veronicabelmont.com, she said…
Cable networks including E!, National Geographic, Oxygen and Versus were given credit for higher ratings because of an error by Nielsen, MediaPost reports. Audience estimates were overstated for 21 cable networks since October 2007 because of problems measuring data from…
Presidential candidate Barack Obama will appear on the April 15 edition of HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,” Multichannel News reports. Mr. Gumbel will interview Mr. Obama about his experience as a high school basketball player and continued love for…
ABC ordered three pilots, including comedies “Roman’s Empire” from “Malcolm in the Middle” writer Al Higgins, and “Never Better,” whose executive producers include Warren Littlefield and John Heyman, Daily Variety reports. A third, untitled pilot is a comedy from Kristin…