Canoe Ventures’ first interactive TV product has finally arrived, MediaDailyNews reports. According to the article, "Marketers can place overlays in spots that prompt viewers to click-through and request a coupon or sample. [Canoe CEO David] Verklin said Cablevision’s AMC and…
"Jimi Heselden, the British millionaire who owned the company, accidentally drove a Segway off a precipice and into a river, according to police in West Yorkshire, England, where he had his estate," Bloomberg reports, adding, "He was pronounced dead at…
Is the next cool music channel going to be on broadcast and not cable? Cool Music just completed a deal with Lin Broadcasting, putting "the eclectic 24/7 music network in a total of 53 markets and extends its reach to…
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion unwrapped its tablet computer on Monday, seeking to woo business customers who might otherwise opt to buy Apple’s iPad device, reports Bloomberg News. Called the BlackBerry PlayBook, the device has a 7-inch screen, smaller than…
Paul Romer, the creative executive who teamed with John De Mol to conceive and bring "Big Brother" to television, is departing Endemol, reports Deadline.com. Romer was an executive producer on "Big Brother" and shepherded its launch in the U.S. on…
Coinciding with the beginning of Advertising Week in New York, Nielsen today announced a new ad measurement product called Online Campaign Ratings service, reports The New York Times. The Online Campaign Ratings program is aimed at providing ad data from…
Sony Pictures Television announced today that it has picked veteran studio exec Sheraton Kalouria to take over the position of senior VP, programming business development. He will report to the Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, the company’s presidents of…
Just in time for the holidays, prices of flatscreen televisions will plunge because of a glut of inventory following a sluggish year, reports CNN.com. Manufacturers have been resisting lowering prices, with the average price for LCD panels actually increasing in…
Consolidation in the airline industry–hit hard by the economy–continued today with the announcment by Southwest Airlines that it would buy one ot its primary low-cost rivals. Southwest will purchase Air Tran Airways for $1.4 billion, according to a number of…
With Jeff Zucker announcing his departure from NBC Universal after Comcast takes control of NBC Universal from General Electric, his replacement has been named: Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s Kim Masters. The appointment seems to…