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Showtime’s Sunday night premiere of “The United States of Tara” outpaced the series premieres of other original series for the cable network, including “Californication,” “Dexter,” “The Tudors” and “Weeds.” “Tara’s” telecast at 10 p.m. drew 881,000 viewers. On-demand viewing leading…
The producers behind “Lonelygirl15” and “KateModern” inked a deal to license a new show in the “Lonelygirl15” saga to Polish producers Agora and A2 Multimedia, the companies announced today. The new show, “N1ckola,” blends reality, documentary and fiction, said EQAL,…
Peter Lassally, longtime executive producer of “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,” said NBC’s decision to strip Jay Leno in primetime is “depressing,” http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162378-Peter_Lassally_Saddened_by_NBC_s_Leno_Plan.php reports. According to the trade, the decision places less importance on the 11:35 p.m. time period…
Obama trumped Obama, with many online news outlets beating their own traffic records on Inauguration Day to surpass their previous records from Election Day. By 3:30 EST on Jan. 20, CNN.com had served more than 21.3 million live video streams,…
Online video technology firm Fliqz landed $6 million in Series C funding, the company announced today. The round was led by Triangle Peak Partners and included participation from existing Fliqz investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. Fliqz services more than 35,000 online…
Online video search service Pixsy introduced a new feature today to help the publishers it works with make money on their video content. The new “Pixsy Premium Feed” embeds pre-rolls ads and overlay ads into the licensed and syndicated video…
The top five most popular online video sites stayed mostly steady in visitors and videos viewed in December compared with the month before, Nielsen Online reported. That suggests viewing habits for sites such as YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Yahoo and the…
Social networking site MySpace has partnered with production shop Endemol to create a new interactive reality Web series called “Get Married on MySpace,” the companies announced today. The show will award a free wedding to one couple in the United…
Lionsgate TV and “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner, after months of negotiations, reached a two-year, seven-figure overall deal that will keep him as executive producer and showrunner on the award-winning AMC series, the Hollywood Reporter says. The deal, signed Friday,…