Former FX and New Line marketing chief Chris Carlisle has been named president of Fox 21, the 20th Century Fox TV production unit behind “Sons of Anarchy” and “Beauty and the Geek.” Mr. Carlisle will be the first executive to…
Web video service Brightcove has let go 25 of its 172 employees, amounting to 15% of its workforce, MediaPost reports. The company said the cuts will be throughout its departments with the hopes of reorganizing around “key strategic priorities,” according…
Hulu.com received 24 million unique visits from the U.S. during the month of October, about double from the month before, Multichannel News reports, citing new comScore numbers. Having only launched in March of this year, the NBC Universal-News Corp. site…
Raycom Media has executed a round of cuts at many of its affiliates, TVNewsday notes, citing local reports at affiliate cities. Among the stations seeing cuts are WOIO-WUAB in Cleveland (13 cuts), WMC in Memphis (15 cuts), WIS in Columbia,…
After Barack Obama ran for president promising change and openness, and making a point of refusing to accept lobbyists’ contributions, the president-elect’s transition team secretly held a meeting with broadcasting lobbyists to discuss the digital TV changeover. The unannounced meeting…
Saturday night’s pay-per-view fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao drew 1.25 million purchases and $70 million in PPV revenue for HBO Sports, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The event, in which Pacquiao defeated De La Hoya, was the…
“Mr. Belvedere,” the 1980s TV series, will be available on DVD from Shout! Factory sometime in the next year, TVShowsonDVD.com reports. The company began working on getting the rights to the show earlier this year, and posted a message on…
Stations in Washington, D.C., and 29 other states are gearing up for the largest analog shutoff test yet on Dec. 17, Broadcasting & Cable reports. National Association of Broadcasters Senior Director of Media Relations Shermaze Ingram said more stations are…
Capitol Hill may consider a DTV “nightlight” bill as early as Wednesday, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing unnamed sources on the Hill. The Short-Term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness (SAFER) Act would allow broadcasters to continue delivering analog signals in…
The Producer Guild of America announced nominees for its annual awards, Daily Variety reports. In the TV categories, HBO, Bravo and NBC led the networks in nominees with four each, the trade says. Best comedy series nominees are Showtime’s “Weeds,”…