ABC’s Miami affiliate WPLG-TV is making preparations to move into a state-of-the-art facility next spring, TVNewsday.com reports. The new station will feature tapeless, file-based operations, HD news, automation and a new transmitter, which will help WPLG transition to digital broadcasting,…
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Sezmi Corp., formerly Building B, will release a new set-top box that combines traditional broadcast TV, cable programming, movies and Internet video into one streamlined reception system. The company announced it is starting to test the technology in pilot markets…
Ion Media Networks has obtained the rights to air seasons 11 through 14 of the NBC drama “ER,” TVNewsday.com reports. The deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television brings the series to Ion Television’s prime-time lineup beginning in June, the Web…
The National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumer Electronics Association have launched a nationwide competition to encourage over-the-air viewers to transition to digital television before the Feb. 17 deadline, TVNewsday.com reports. The “Rabbit Ears Pioneers” contest seeks stories and anecdotes…
ICM has named Greg Lipstone sole head of its international TV and media division, Daily Variety reports. Lipstone’s former co-head, Steve Wohl, has left the talent agency, the newspaper says. ICM formed the division last year to produce alternative programming,…
Full speed ahead. With the adoption of liquid-crystal display televisions going worldwide and the U.S. switchover to digital broadcasts less than 10 months away, that’s the attitude Sony is taking with its factories as it attempts to ensure it has…
The BBC’s iPlayer will be available to 3.5 million Virgin Media cable TV customers today, Daily Variety reports. The BBC iPlayer provides viewers with access to more than 350 hours of BBC programming from the past seven days, the newspaper…
Comcast’s first-quarter earnings beat analysts’ estimates as the largest U.S. cable television operator boosted revenue with more high-speed Internet and telephone subscribers. Cable subscriber numbers were little changed amid increased competition from satellite and fiber-optic television operators. Net income fell…
Although many are celebrating the emergence of Sony’s Blu-ray as the winner in the next-generation DVD player format war, count ABI Research among the naysayers. Within the past two weeks, the Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based research firm has twice questioned whether…