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VideoJug Bottles One-Stop Shopping

Schankowitz Builds Online Repository of Self-Help Shorts

WTNH-TV: Defective Parts In Sikorsky Helicopters

David went up against Goliath when New Haven, Conn., station WTNH-TV reported that Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.—a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. with posted 2006 revenues of $47.8 billion—was installing defective parts on its Blackhawk helicopters. The potential for…

TV-Trained Baby Boomers Have Seen It All Before

Survey Aims to Pinpoint What Gets Viewers to Absorb Ads

Internet Contributes to TV Use

Triangulation Links TV, Web Promos to Increase Viewer Ad Retention

BBC 2/National Geographic: Galapagos: Born of Fire

Horace Newcomb described the BBC/National Geographic production “Galapagos: Born of Fire” as one of the most beautiful things he has ever seen. That’s quite an accolade from the director of the Peabody Awards. The high-definition series explored the history, landscape…

HBO Family: The Music in Me

In HBO Family’s “The Music in Me: Children’s Recitals From Classical to Latin, Jazz to Zydeco,” a mother talks about her 10-year-old trumpeter son’s foot, which he can’t keep still when he’s playing music. The infectious half-hour program arouses a…

Digital Dealmakers: Ted Briscoe

The player: Ted Briscoe, CEO of Vibe Solutions, parent company of video service Pyro.TV The play: Vibe Solutions recently introduced Pyro.TV, a site that organizes, aggregates and syndicates Web video. Online video creators can pair up with Pyro.TV via its…

Expect the Unexpected in Emmy Nominations

Prime Time TV Awards Offer a Mix of Usual Suspects and Surprising Newcomers

HBO: Baghdad ER

“Baghdad ER” shows where it’s headed from its opening scenes, with the flash of a severed human arm as it is disposed of by medical personnel from the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq. Produced by HBO and Downtown Community…

Emmy Spotlight 2007: Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Having won what will likely be only his first Emmy for “Entourage” last year, the rubber-faced Jeremy Piven is poised to dominate his category for as long as the hit HBO comedy is on, especially now that perennial nominees such…