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Online video usage apparently is not as pervasive as TV networks and video-sharing sites would like to believe. Research firm Leichtman Research Group reports that only 4 percent of adults over 18 watch video online at home every day, while…
TiVo partnered with Amazon to test a new service that will link Amazon’s online video store UnBox to TiVo devices. As part of the trial, TiVo users will be able to watch videos from UnBox on their TVs.The deal follows…
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, has partnered with social networking site Facebook to create a new TV series featuring user-generated content.Under the deal, Facebook users will be encouraged to share their videos online at Comcast’s user-generated ziddio.com site. The…
After six years as head of AFTRA, John Connolly is switching unions. Mr. Connolly will step down as national president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in March to become national executive director of Actors’ Equity Association….
The true paternity of Josh, a character on Fox’s “24” who is putatively the nephew of lead character Jack Bauer, has yet to be determined by the show’s writers, showrunner Howard Gordon said.“On that subject, nothing has been resolved,” “24”…
Wal-Mart entered the crowded TV and movie download market Tuesday, introducing a service to compete with Apple’s iTunes, AOL and Amazon.com.Wal-Mart’s new service, released as a test version, includes more than 3,000 movies and TV shows with television episodes selling…
CBS soared Monday night to win the evening among total adults 18 to 49, overthrowing “Heroes”-powered NBC.CBS’s comedy and procedural block, including a strong series premiere for “Rules of Engagement,” gave the network its highest-rated Monday of the season, a…
Former President Bill Clinton will give the keynote address at Promax/BDA’s June conference in New York on media marketing. President Clinton’s appearance makes him the first former president to provide the keynote address at the annual gathering. Previously, Anderson Cooper,…
It’s official: Jeff Zucker is the new president and CEO of NBC Universal.Bob Wright, his predecessor who has run NBC since General Electric purchased it in 1986, will remain a vice chairman of GE. Until May 1, Mr. Wright will…
President Bush is reopening the fight over government support of public television, unveiling a 2007 government fiscal year budget that would cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by nearly 25 percent.There was some confusion on how to…