NBA Puts Turner on Net Duty
The NBA is looking for a do-over on its cable channel. The basketball league last week signed a deal to have Turner Broadcasting operate its Web businesses as well as program and market the NBA TV cable network. NBA TV,…
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GLAAD Announces 2008 Award Nominees
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was scheduled to announce the nominees for its 19th annual GLAAD Media Awards on Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The awards recognize “fair, accurate and inclusive representations of…
NHL Attains Goal
Attendance, Ratings Gains Reflect Popularity
Red Bull to Sponsor IFC Search, Series
Red Bull has signed on to sponsor an original scripted series for IFC’s Web site. In a nod to the trend toward user-created content, the series will be developed from ideas that come from IFC’s new Media Lab Studios. An…
Apple TV May Encourage Convergence Services
The greatest opportunity in the revamped Apple TV may not be in the device itself, but in its potential to nudge cable and satellite operators to introduce Web-to-TV convergence services quickly, as TiVo did for the digital video recorder business….
DGA Deal Sets Stage for Writers
Showrunners Split on Merits of Directors’ Pact
TV Guide Network Expands Web Content
TV Guide Network is expanding its broadband video slate this year and plans to acquire and develop original scripted series for the Web for the first time. The new initiative follows the cable channel’s successful Web video efforts last year,…
HBO on Broadband Gets Test Rollout
Service Offers Downloads for High-Speed Subs
NatGeo Turns Up Heat on Promo Campaign
Realistic-looking news bulletins from the future about flooding in New York and water emergencies in Southern California are part of a multifaceted campaign for an upcoming special on global warming on National Geographic Channel. The “bulletins” don’t mention the special,…