Comedy Central has picked up Lewis Black’s freshman series for a sophomore season. “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” uses a political debate format wherein a rotating pair of comedians argue who or what is more evil in matchups such…
Fox Broadcasting has laid off Yvette Urbina, manager of drama development, and Monique Nash and Xenia Lok, managers of current programming, the Hollywood Reporter says. The move comes during the middle of a management restructuring that has brought in Matt…
Turner Sports has enlisted technology company KnockNok to host chat rooms for the NBA Playoffs on TNT.tv and TNT OverTime on NBA.com, the Hollywood Reporter says. KnockNok previously hosted chat rooms for February’s NBA All-Star Weekend on TNT OverTime and…
What does it really cost to produce a Web video series? $200 per minute or $2000? Or maybe $20,000? Daisy Whitney’s “New Media Minute” gives you the low-down. The numbers may surprise you. This week’s “New Media Minute” breaks down…
The last time you searched for a video of cats on skateboards what were the search terms you used? I bet it wasn’t “cats on skateboard videos.” It was probably just “cats on skateboards.” Because more than a year after…
Former Amp’d Mobile founder Peter Adderton has resurfaced on the entrepreneurial circuit via a new venture he’s launching today in partnership with the William Morris Agency. Mr. Adderton and William Morris said they have formed Agency 3.0, an agency that…
MySpaceTV struck an exclusive programming deal with production shop RDF USA to carry Webisodes of the British format “Banzai.” Under the deal, the episodes will be exclusive to MySpace (link to: www.myspacetv.com) for 30 days before additional U.S. Web distribution…
The number of videos viewed online is increasing dramatically each month because video sites have lessened their standards for what constitutes a view. That’s the finding of a new research report from online video services firm TubeMogul, which claims video-sharing…
The how-to video company Howcast expanded its reach today via distribution deals with AOL, Metacafe, Bebo and Blip.tv. Under the new deals, Howcast’s user-generated, how-to videos will be available to those sites. Howcast said the deals expand its reach to…