Soulja Boy Tell ’Em, the rapper behind the “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” online viral phenomenon, will star in a Web series called “Soulja Boy Tell ’Em: The Animated Series,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, slated to debut in January,…
China is again censoring certain Web sites it deems inappropriate after not interfering during the Summer Olympics, Daily Variety reports. The Foreign Ministry’s Liu Jianchao said the government reserved the right to censor sites that it feels contain illegal subject…
Bert Ellis and Dan Sullivan have been chosen to manage New World TV LLC, the holding company in charge of Pappas Telecasting properties, TVNewsday reports. New World parent company Fortress Credit Corp. was the only one to bid on the…
The Radio-Television News Directors Association will present its 2009 Paul White Award to Fred Young, senior VP of news at Hearst-Argyle Television. The Paul White Award, which is RTNDA’s highest honor, will be given to Mr. Young at the RTNDA…
Detroit has been at the forefront of the economic recession and can serve as “the poster child for the challenges of television advertising,” BIAfn analyst Mark Fratrik tells TVNewsday. The main reason for the hardship in the area has been…
Tuesday and Wednesday night airings of “American Idol” received the most DVR playback in terms of viewers, Daily Variety reports, citing Nielsen Media Research year-end lists. Tuesday night performance shows averaged 2.15 million more viewers under live-plus-seven viewing, while Wednesday…
Joost is discontinuing support for its Web video viewing software and will shift focus to its Web-based video player, Multichannel News reports. The program, introduced in early 2007, had a limited audience due to hardware requirements and lack of some…
Boston’s local Fox affiliate WFXT may make its DTV switch early due to a malfunctioning analog antenna that may not be in service through the Feb. 17 transition, the Boston Globe reports. The damaged antenna has already cut off the…
The National Association of Broadcasters will open a hotline for people to phone in with their DTV-related questions, TVNewsday reports. The national hotline will address callers’ concerns regarding February’s analog shutoff as well as questions about the government’s converter-box voucher…
MLB Network will launch Jan. 1 at 6 p.m. ET with the live, one-hour studio show “Hot Stove.” The program will be followed by a broadcast of Don Larsen’s 1956 World Series perfect game, as called by Mel Allen and…