The chairman of the world’s sixth-largest ad agency holding company, Vincent Bollore of Havas SA, said he expected marketers to reduce ad spending as tough economic conditions cut into their bottom lines, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Bellore said…
For Best Buy’s most recent quarter, sales of flat-panel televisions were a bright spot. For Circuit City, it was the bright spot. The two largest U.S. electronics retailers, which reported fiscal-first-quarter earnings this week, both said flat-screen TV sales increased…
The player: Kevin Towes, product manager for Adobe Systems’ Flash Media Server The play: Mr. Towes helped develop Flash Media Server 3, which was released to the public last December. The server is the first of its type that online-video…
Singer Janet Jackson is developing a music competition series with 25/7 productions for MTV, Daily Variety reports. Jackson will serve as a mentor to the competitors on the show, which has already begun casting, Variety says. —Sergio Ibarra
Blu-ray Gets The Violent Treatment in September Blood will be a little redder in the fall as “L.A. Confidential” and both volumes of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films will be released on Blu-ray in September. “Confidential,” the 1997 neo-noir thriller…
FX will begin showing five-minute “minisodes” of “Rescue Me” for fans waiting for the series to return from its break, made longer by the Writers Guild of America strike, USA Today says. The clips, which will begin airing next week…
HD programming picks for June 19-25: “The Sting,” “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” “Risk Takers: Polar Bear Alert Specialists” “The Sting” (HDNet Movies). Thurs., June 19, 2:30 p.m. ET. Con-man caper starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford won a…
Fox has ordered a pilot for Wilmer Valderrama’s “The Emancipation of Ernesto,” the Hollywood Reporter says. If Fox picks up the series, which follows Ernesto’s journey in Los Angeles to find his father, it would be the first in a…
“All My Children’s” Leven Ramblin is making the leap to prime time, joining “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” as a regular cast member in the series’ second season, TV Guide reports. Ramblin is set to play John Connor’s school friend…
The Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association Tour is increasing visibility for its fresh and familiar faces through a new $15 million branding effort aimed partly at raising TV ratings for its events, the New York Times says. Stalwart Serena and…