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Robert Redford will be participating in upfront advertising meetings for the Sundance Channel. The network does not air commercials, but has been expanding its branded entertainment and sponsorship efforts. Mr. Redford’s presence is “our way of telling our agency partners…
More than 10 million North American consumers marked the holiday season last year by buying a new high-definition television set. But some of the industry’s component makers are now finding less reason to celebrate. Manufacturers of liquid-crystal display television components…
The player: Terry Denson, VP of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon The play: Mr. Denson has led the Verizon FiOS fiber-optic television service’s growth from its September 2005 inception to its current subscriber base of more than 1 million…
New Satellite Boosts Dish’s HD Capacity; Cox HD Channels Also Rising Dish Networks plans to launch a satellite this week that will allow the company to boost its high-definition channel count to as many as 100 by the end of…
HD programming picks for March 13-19: “Road Trip: The Hamptons to Niagara Falls,” NASCAR Nationwide Series, “Love and Death” “Road Trip: The Hamptons to Niagara Falls” (Discovery HD Theater). Friday, March 14, 9 p.m. Do as the rich do by…
Wal-Mart’s broom may spell DVD’s doom. Ever since Toshiba conceded the next-generation DVD war by discontinuing its HD DVD format, studios have been counting on a surge in U.S. DVD sales as customers who were waiting on the sidelines take…
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences President Peter Price took the stage early this morning at New York’s St. Regis Hotel to announce the 29th annual Sports Emmy nominations, recognizing outstanding achievement in television sports coverage. This year’s list…
Zenith Media said it is subscribing to a suite of new services from Nielsen Co. The data Zenith gets tracks viewing of TV programming on a variety of digital platforms and will be used for advertising planning and to analyze…
Break Media partnered with actor-comedian Dax Shepard, who is producing the original Web series “Bro Search” for Break.com that premieres today, the media company announced. Mr. Shepard hails from MTV’s “Punk’d” and feature films including “Employee of the Month.” His…
Daisy Whitney continues rockin’ and talkin’ with some of the biggest names at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas. In her latest videos, she talks to Felicia Day, creator of “The Guild,” which was just named by…