President-elect Barack Obama appeared in a 90-second video message that was played today in Istanbul before the European Olympic Committee, the largest regional group in the Olympic movement, the Associated Press reports. Obama made a personal appeal to the body…
TheWB.com is celebrating the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by putting all nine Thanksgiving episodes of “Friends” in one spot for the first time. The Web site also features Thanksgiving-themed episodes from “Everwood,” “The OC,” “Gilmore Girls” and “In Living Color,” as…
Comcast’s digital cable, Internet and telephony services will be available in 400 Sears stores throughout the country in a new marketing agreement between Comcast Corp. and the retailer, Multichannel News reports. One hundred of those stores will carry a Comcast…
Local search network Local.com has announced the integration of local video ads throughout its local search Web site, MediaPost reports. “Local video bridges the product gap that exists between businesses that advertise in print, but perhaps don’t have the budget…
T-Mobile USA has named Yahoo the official search engine for most of its mobile phones, MediaPost reports. Web2go comes complete with a customizable home page that provides news, financial information, weather, Flickr photos and Web images, MediaPost says. Yahoo will…
Before they take off to Iraq to entertain the troops, WWE stars will meet with the media Dec. 1 in Washington, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Chris Jericho, William Regal, CM Punk, Beth Phoenix and Brie Bella will be making the…
An extended version of last night’s episode of NBC’s “The Office” will be available Tuesday on the network’s Web site, NBC.com, the Hollywood Reporter says. The episode will feature additional scenes and extra footage. “What fan of ‘The Office’ wouldn’t…
Gannett Broadcasting announced today three executive appointments in its TV station group, Mediaweek reports. Ken Tonning was named president and general manager of the company’s Tampa Bay, Fla., CBS affiliate WTSP-TV. Tonning previously was president and GM of WTLV-TV and…
When Katie Couric appeared on “The Late Show With David Letterman” Wednesday, the host forgot to ask the news anchor about Sen. John McCain, who during the campaign canceled his “Late Show” appearance claiming he was rushing back to D.C….
MTV will replace Tila Tequila with bisexual twin sisters Rikki and Vikki for the third season of “A Shot of Love,” premiering Dec. 9. Renamed “A Double Shot at Love,” the reality competition series will feature 12 straight guys and…