The Insider: (D)Rat It
(D)Rat It Here’s an appetite killer. After New Yorkers were treated to endless loops of video of rats on a midnight gambol in a fast-food franchise restaurant, a crew from “Inside Edition” set out to see how hard it would…
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Tech Briefs: Mobile TV Poised for Rapid Growth
The number of mobile video subscribers in the United States grew to 6.2 million by the end of 2006, according to new research from mobile research firm Telephia. That’s an increase from 2.5 million people at the start of 2006….
Eddie October Takes U.S. Rights to Three Int’l Formats
Eddie October Productions has snagged U.S. rights to a trio of international series formats: “How Long Will You Live?,” “Top of the Tables,” and “Resistance” which will be developed for distribution to network, cable and syndication outlets. “How Long Will…
Judge Bars Cablevision from Distributing Remote Storage DVR
A New York federal judge barred Cablevision Systems from giving viewers devices to remotely copy content and replay it later, siding with the Cartoon Network, Twentieth Century Fox, Time Warner, Disney, CBS and NBC that the plan infringes programmers copyrights.The…
Bravo Cashes ‘Paycheck’
Bravo will be leaving an impression in the game show genre, announcing Friday that they’ve picked up the pilot “Paycheck,” a show based on a new U.K. format from IDTV.Picture This Television, who is responsible for the hit show “Celebrity…
CBS, Sprint Form Mobile Streaming Deal
CBS and Sprint today shook hands on a deal that will make CBS programming available to Sprint TV subscribers.Beginning in April, users will be able to stream to their handsets live mobilecasts, full episodes and video clips of select CBS…