CBS President Les Moonves admitted he was reluctant at first to embrace new media for fear of losing viewers, MediaWeek reports. Speaking at New York City’s Mixx Conference and Expo today he said, “The Internet is not cannibalistic; it is…
Online video destination Hulu added several new features today, including genre-based channel browsing, show recommendations, actor-based searching and user discussion forums. The site now includes 17 genre-based channels, including action/adventure, comedy, horror/suspense, news and information and reality/game shows. Hulu said…
Producers for Fox’s new sitcom “Do Not Disturb” sent a letter to a selected number of television critics agreeing with them that their series premiere episode wasn’t the greatest 30 minutes of television, Daily Variety reports. The finger is being…
AT&T launched its U-verse Total Home DVR system in Los Angeles today. The system allows U-verse TV customers to play back standard and high-definition recorded programs on any connected TV in the home with no additional fees. With the new…
Former “Roswell” star Brendan Fehr has been cast to play the younger brother of David Boreanaz’s Seeley Booth on Fox’s “Bones,” TV Guide reports. Apparently, younger brother will usurp big brother in trying to woo Emily Deschanel’s Dr. Temperance “Bones”…
CBS and Walt Disney Co.’s Disney Channel have inked agreements with Netflix that allow shows such as “NCIS” and “Hannah Montana” to be streamed from the Web site of the movie rental provider. Disney Channel will make available about 500…
Telemundo will broadcast all three presidential debates, as well as the vice presidential debate on Oct. 2, live and in Spanish. The first debate between presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama will take place Friday, Sept. 26, at 9…
Former “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow is gearing up to star in a new Web series for automaker Lexus, says the Hollywood Reporter. Kudrow plays the lead psychiatrist character in “Web Theory,” the original short-form comedy series that launches today. Kudrow…
Video consumption at the top two video sites in the world dipped slightly in August, according to the latest figures from online measurement service Nielsen Online. YouTube delivered 4.7 billion streams in August to nearly 77 million unique visitors. That’s…
CBS Mobile has launched an application for the popular iPhone that lets users upload, view and comment on their own photos and videos. The application, EyeMobile, is a mobile version of CBSEyeMobile.com, a site for citizen journalist reports that launched…