Research firm Screen Digest expects Hulu to surpass YouTube in advertising revenue next year, the Financial Times reports. This year, YouTube is expected to generate $30 million more domestically than the NBC Universal-News Corp. upstart. Next year, however, both companies…
DriverTV, a distributor of promotional videos designed to get cars off the lot and into your driveway, has unveiled a new content-distribution network, Advertising Age reports. With the new network, small and mid-sized Web publishers can choose to showcase DriverTV…
Writers Guild of America West is considering taking legal action against Los Angeles’ Hollywood & Highland commercial complex over the arrest of three of its staffers on Thursday during “American Idol” auditions at the location, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. The…
TVNewser is just as confused as everyone with the news of Arianna Huffington’s guest hosting gig tonight on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” given Huffington’s testy relationship with NBC News and its late senior VP and “Meet the Press” anchor…
ESPN has outbid Fox for the rights to most of the major end-of-season college bowl games,b including the BCS Championship game. The $500 million, four-year deal puts the football games on cable for the first time. College football becomes one…
Brooke Shields tells Us Magazine that her show, NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle,” isn’t canceled despite reports to the contrary. “Our bosses are saying, ‘You’re not canceled, don’t worry,’” says Shields. “We’re just trying to figure out how to make this make…
TiVo is partnering with Domino’s Pizza to give its subscribers the opportunity to finally order pizza from their remote controls, Advertising Age reports. TiVo customers simply have to click “I want it” from their TV remote when they see the…
Sunday night’s “60 Minutes,” featuring the first post-election interview with President-elect Barack Obama, drew the program’s largest audience since January 1999 and the largest television audience of the season so far. The interview attracted 25.1 million viewers, giving the program…
Online video is showing signs that it, too, is being affected by today’s economy, Mediaweek reports. Web production firms 60Frames and Revision3, branded video site Break.com and Web video aggregator Veoh have all had layoffs, as reported earlier on TVWeek.com….
NBC Universal plans to take its online video venture with News Corp., Hulu.com, global, the Hollywood Reporter says. Speaking at a summit in London, NBCU International President Pete Smith said the company plans to expand Hulu to Germany, the United…