Public-television station WNET will build a studio at New York’s Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Reporter says. The studio, scheduled for completion next spring, will house programming for station WLIW21 as well as for Thirteen, the newspaper reports. —Danny King
A panel of IBM and Accenture executives said more U.S. viewers are getting their television content from the Internet because of more choices and dissatisfaction with traditional advertising practices on TV, Multichannel News reports. Meanwhile, executives at NBC and CBS…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency may fine U.S. cable leader Comcast for failing to properly respond to questions about moving analog channels to digital tiers, Multichannel News reports. The FCC is looking into pricing practices of…
ESPN, the No. 1 sports cable channel, must face a suit by the Quicksilver Inc. clothing company that a logo for the network’s international X Games competition violates a trademark, Bloomberg News reports. Quicksilver, which sued in June, established enough…
The folks at TiVo have seen an increase in broadcast viewing, at least among TV lovers who own TiVo digital video recorders. Live viewing is up a bit, but time-shifted viewing is up even more. TiVo’s StopWatch ratings service provides…
Have you ever said to someone, “I’ll get into shape if it kills me?” Now there’s a TV series that shows you that being in shape could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency situation. “Could You…
British-born world traveler Joe Warren is settling down at MediaVest USA to run the North American Kraft agency-of-record account as senior VP. Mr. Warren joins MediaVest from Universal McCann, where his last assignment was working on the global and high-tech…
If you want people to watch TV commercials, maybe you ought to put them up in a hotel room. A recent study found that 28.3% of business travelers and 23.9% of leisure travelers watch more TV commercials while on trips…
NBC’s new Amy Poehler comedy is still on track to debut this spring—and it’s just added another cast member. In an interview with TelevisionWeek, NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman said Ms. Poehler’s untitled comedy will begin filming its pilot episode…
The online video news service 1Cast planned to officially launch today in a private beta with initial news programmers including CNBC, the Associated Press, Reuters, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Agence France Presse. The 1Cast service is a personalized service…