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Hollywood, Wireless Struggle for Control

Creative Business Models Needed to Get Players Working Together

Advantage to CBS in Appeal of FCC Ruling

3rd Circuit Court Has Reputation as Media-Friendly

Mobile TV May Change Channel

New MediaFLO Execs Try to Build Awareness

Partnerships Plant Seeds of Innovation

So who are the innovators leading the pack in wireless entertainment? It depends who you ask. Few industry sources agreed to be identified as they discussed their experiences with carriers, for fear of upsetting their bedfellows, but the feedback gathered…

QuickTakes: To what extent has the FCC’s decision in the Janet Jackson indecency case affected programming decisions?

“It has been said that the FCC decision has had a chilling effect. Certainly, when many seem to be taking the most cautious approach to language and content fearing FCC fines, it can potentially impact the creative process and thus…

Post-Startup, Video CEOs Step Back

Execs at Veoh, Revver Find It’s Time to Shift Duties as Business Grows Up

Edwards Buys Ad Time on MSNBC to Rebut Bush’s Iraq Speech

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is opening a new front in political advertising tonight when he takes issue with President Bush’s view of the war in Iraq in a two-minute national ad on MSNBC. The commercial, taped in the library…

Chart: National Sports Ratings for Week of Sept.3-9

National Ratings for Week of Sept. 3-9, 2007 Event  Outlet Household Rating Men 18-49 Rating Monday, Sept. 3 College Football (FSU vs. Clemson) ESPN 4.3 3.9 PGA Golf (Deutsche Bank Championship, Final) NBC 3.4 1.6 U.S. Open Tennis (Week 2,…

MTV to Air Yahoo! Concert Series in HD

Yahoo!’s Internet concert series, sponsored by Nissan, will become a monthly show on MTV’s high definition channel. “Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music,” will appear on MHD beginning Sept. 17 with a performance by Rascal Flatts. The show tapes twice…

NBCU Names Marianne Gambelli Ad Sales President

Mike Pilot, who joined NBC Universal last year as president sales and marketing, plans to hire an executive to oversee the company’s cable entertainment networks as part of a reorganization of NBC’s sales operations. Marianne Gambelli, who has been executive…