The world’s largest social networking site is betting about half of its users will be accessing MySpace on mobile phones in the next few years. That was the prediction issued today by MySpace, which also announced it had launched a…
Microsoft’s streaming video service Silverlight gained more market share today via a deal with CBS Sports. The network’s CBSSports.com will use Silverlight technology to deliver the 2009 NCAA Division I men’s basketball March Madness Tournament starting Thursday, March 19. Silverlight…
About an hour into its digital-only life, Fort Myers, Fla., CBS station WINK-TV had received only half a dozen phone calls from viewers about the digital switch today. However, the broadcaster is bracing for more calls during primetime tonight. Fort…
The Federal Communications Commission said over the weekend that its final list shows 421 TV stations will switch over to digital-only signal by midnight tonight in the biggest switchover of the DTV transition. The number is a slight increase from…
Comcast investors are pushing for more returns from the company, even after winning stock buybacks and their first dividend in almost a decade, Bloomberg News reports. Yet shareholders may have a hard time persuading Comcast CEO Brian Roberts to return…
The Minority Media & Telecommunications Council has asked the FCC to extend the advertising nondiscrimination rule, which requires broadcasters to certify that their ad contracts don’t discriminate by race or gender, to cable, satellite and telecommunications companies, Multichannel News reports….
At least two Cleveland television stations are planning to pool some resources, with Raycom-owned CBS affiliate WOIO-TV and Gannett’s NBC affiliate WKYC-TV sharing video from planned events, such as a political press conference, and helping them free up resources for…
AMC’s “Mad Men” won at the Art Directors Guild Award on Saturday for a single-camera television show, Daily Variety reports. Other television winners included “Little Britain USA” for a multicamera series, “Weeds” for a half-hour single-camera series and “John Adams”…
While scripted television shows still tend to have leads who are young and white, reality programs consistently include a broader range of races and ages, with CBS’ “The Amazing Race,” for example, including both Asian American and African American teams,…
McG will executive produce a pilot for CBS called “Thunder Road,” a reality show where contestants drive cars through a dangerous obstacle course, the Hollywoood Reporter says. McG, whose TV credits include “Chuck” and “Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious,” will executive produce…