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TVB ePort has surpassed the $200 million mark in order volume. TVB ePort facilitates eBusiness transactions between stations, agencies and rep firms by acting as an electronic bridge. More than 20,000 orders were sent by 97 agencies/advertisers to 845 TV…
The Nielsen Co. has acquired strategy consulting firm Cambridge Group. Cambridge Group founder and CEO Rick Kash will report to Nielsen Co. Chairman-CEO David Calhoun. Cambridge Group has helped Fortune 500 companies develop and implement growth strategies. “The Cambridge Group…
QVC has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it again made deceptive claims for dietary supplements, despite promising in 2000 not to do so. The FTC announced the settlement today. The FTC charged that…
Jeff Wachtel, the executive reponsible for some of cable’s highest-rated original series, has been promoted to president of original series at USA Network. Since Wachtel’s hire in 2001 as executive VP of original programming, USA Network has launched shows including…
Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” will travel to the Persian Gulf. The show will record one week of shows in front of U.S. troops as part of a USO entertainment tour. The shows will be broadcast on Comedy Central on…
Piracy is a fact of life on the Web, and network television shows now exist everywhere, even where they aren’t supposed to be. That was the conclusion of a panel at South by Southwest Interactive on how the companies creating…
MTV Networks is in conversations with a number of online distribution partners to expand the reach of its programming online, the company said during a panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. SXSW Blog: Trial &…
Break Media and Castrol GTX have teamed up to produce original webisodes titled “Urban Car Legends.” Break’s Creative Labs will write, direct and produce seven episodes over a seven-month campaign, with the first episode launching today. The new episodes will…
ABC has been promoting its upcoming series “Better Off Ted” on the NBC Universal-News Corp. Web video site Hulu, Broadcasting & Cable reports. While ABC hasn’t jumped on board airing entire episodes on the site, the network did pay to…
NBC Universal kept under wraps its plan to rebrand Sci Fi Channel as Syfy by negotiating through New Fizz Corp., Conde Nast Portfolio says. Michael Hinman, owner of the fan site Airlock Alpha formerly known as SyFy Portal, says a…