Online video destination site and network Mevio landed $15 million in venture funding from Crosslink Capital, with investment also from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and DAG Ventures. Mevio said it will use the cash infusion…
Tim Dukes, a radio veteran who moved to Wall Street, has joined Tribune Co. as VP of promotions for Tribune’s broadcasting and interactive divisions. The hire was announced Wednesday. Mr. Dukes spent more than 20 years in on-air and management…
Former Turner Entertainment Group President Mark Lazarus has joined Career Sports & Entertainment as president of media and marketing, the company said. CS&E is an Atlanta-based sports and entertainment agency that takes an integrated approach to marketing for clients including…
With 62% of AFTRA members voting to approve the union’s labor agreement with the studios, cousin actors union SAG may lose leverage in its own negotiations, Television Week reports. SAG has waged a public relations campaign to get its members…
Fox Cable Networks has promoted distribution head Michael Hopkins to president of affiliate sales and marketing. Most recently, Mr. Hopkins led Fox’s effort to gain carriage for the Big Ten Network on Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, after a…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, who has said he’s looking to make deals, ought to be a popular fellow at media broker Allen & Co.’s annual retreat and conference for moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, the New York Post says….
Google is finding it harder than expected to sell ads on the Internet video offerings on YouTube, the Wall Street Journal reports. One ad buyer says marketers are still testing the waters on YouTube, according to the paper. YouTube, which…
The Walt Disney Co. says it will waive retransmission fees for the next three years for smaller cable operators that carry Disney-affiliated networks, Television Week reports. The offer affects 91 cable operators in the 10 markets with ABC owned and…
Rumors that interactive advertising is on the way seem finally to be worth believing. MTV Networks said Cadbury will be running an interactive campaign on its tween-targeting network The N. Although the cable industry is trying to get coordinated through…
Everyone in research knows that if you carry a gun, you’re more likely to get your questions answered. Well, maybe only those who spent their early years policing the dangerous streets of Belfast. And that may mean only Jackson Collins,…