The Walt Disney Co., whose divisions include ABC and ESPN, spent $1.7 million lobbying the government during the third quarter, the Associated Press reports. The company’s subsidiary, Disney, lobbied on legislation ranging from tax treatment of film productions, theme park…
Online video technology service blip.tv today released an iPhone application that plays blip.tv-hosted clips on the popular mobile phone. iPhone users must view the videos through the mobile Safari browser, blip.tv said. The application represents a step toward making Web…
Twitter has rejected a takeover offer worth $500 million from Facebook, the Silicon Valley Insider reports. The offer was in all-stock form. Twitter felt the figure was inflated and the shares should be valued at the lower figures that have…
Ad network and technology provider Collective Media is expected to unveil its own performance-based ad network, MediaPost reports. Directive Network will stand out from more than 200 other networks, according to its CEO, Joe Apprendi, because, “unlike a lot of…
Popular original Web series “The Guild” landed a sponsorship deal for its second season with Microsoft and Sprint, the show’s creator and star Felicia Day announced today. The second season of the award-winning Web show will be sponsored by Sprint…
Oxygen Media has appointed Gerry Logue as vice president, creative director. Mr. Logue will oversee the creative direction of Oxygen’s brand across all platforms for in-house creative and external agencies. Additionally, Barbara Shornick has been named vice president of sales…
After 12 years on the air, “Hannity & Colmes” is nearing its end, with TVNewser reporting co-host Alan Colmes plans to leave the show by year’s end. Colmes will stay with Fox News as a liberal commentator and as host…
In the wake of last week’s announcement that the college football Bowl Championship Series would move its big games from ABC to ESPN, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tells Broadcasting & Cable not to expect any post-season games from his league…
The president and general manager of ABC’s Fresno, Calif., affiliate KFSN-TV resigned Sunday due to racial comments he made while in a jury selection pool. Last week while at Fresno County Superior Court, Bob Hall told a courtroom that he…
The Discovery Channel’s head of development production, Jeff Hassler, left the network on Friday and has been replaced by one of his deputies, Gena McCarthy. Discovery said in a statement that under Mr. Hassler, the network has ramped up the…