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Does anyone know where the broadcast networks stand when it comes to making original series for the Web? You’ll get a different story depending on whether you talk to CBS, ABC or NBC. CBS pulled the plug on original Web…
Online television studio Generate struck a multiyear television development and production deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of a growing number of partnerships between a new-media shop and a traditional television studio or network. The companies announced the deal…
By linking viewing behavior to purchase activity, research company TRA promises clients it can better target their TV buys. And at least one of its clients has begun to take advantage of TRA’s data. While most of TRA’s clients are…
Discovery Channel is pushing the action with a new series called “Adrenaline Rush Hour.” The series from Nash Entertainment—best known for its reality shows “World’s Most Amazing Videos” for Spike TV and “Most Shocking” for truTV—goes beyond explosions, rescues and…
The most-watched commercials in homes with TiVo digital video recorders appeared during the top-rated show, Fox’s “American Idol,” according to TiVo’s StopWatch services. Movie ads also show up on TiVo’s list of ads that encountered relatively little fast-forwarding. The list…
Is it “selling out” when you leave a cutting-edge television network aimed at democratizing the media with user-generated content to join a media-buying agency and work for product marketers? No, says Ezra Cooperstein, who left Current to join Initiative as…
NBC has shifted its Feb. 2 Sunday morning time schedule in order to accommodate an expanded edition of “Today,” which will feature Matt Lauer’s live interview with President Barack Obama, TVNewser reports. “Today’s” Super Bowl edition will feature Meredith Vieira,…
Ion Television will begin to roll out a full high-definition simulcast transmission on Feb. 16, TVNewsday reports. The initial rollout will begin in 20 markets, with more to come throughout the year, the site says. The initial shift will reach…
Nasdaq Hearings Panel has dropped Young Broadcasting from its common stock listing after Young failed to meet the requirements for inclusion, TVNewsday reports. Young trading on Nasdaq was suspended at the end of the day Tuesday, the site says. Young…