DirecTV and Panasonic have announced that they will fund six short films as part of a 3D film festival, which will help develop content for the 3D channel n3D, a partnership of the two companies, Multichannel News reported. Six filmmakers…
Oprah Winfrey said via Twitter that she faced a dilemma over her interview with President Obama, which was taped before Osama bin Laden’s death but aired one day after the news broke, reports the New York Post. "Show will feel…
Ownership of television sets in the United States has declined for the first time in almost 20 years, reports The New York Times. The reasons behind the decline include poverty, with some low-income households no longer owning TVs, and technological…
FEARnet made a number of programming announcements today, adding that it has secured long-term carriage agreements with Time Warner and Verizon Fios and has begun its linear carriage rollout with Comcast. With the new agreements, the network said it will…
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton wasn’t enough of a draw to rouse most Americans from their beds early Friday morning, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. An average of 22.7 million viewers at home in the…
Dish Network announced today that it has appointed a president for its new Blockbuster subsidiary, Multichannel News reported. The company gave the assignment to the executive VP of its Commercial Services division, Michael Kelly. Kelly has also led the Direct…
A&E Television Networks is changing its name and getting a new slogan, reports Jon Lafayette at B&C. The name change involves taking the "television" out: The cable programmer will now be called A+E Networks. It will carry the new tagline…
Dish Network and EchoStar have agreed to pay TiVo $500 million as part of an agreement to dismiss pending patent litigation, reports Bloomberg. “Our agreement with TiVo provides us a competitive advantage as one of the few multichannel operators with…
Logitech has reported disappointing sales for the company’s Revue with Google TV set-top box and related gear, according to CNet. The venture generated only about $5 million in sales during the last quarter, according to the story. That’s 72% below…
By Chuck Ross Is the future of TV streaming everywhere? So hints both DirecTV and Time Warner Cable, in two separate articles in Multichannel News. In one piece Todd Spengler writes, "On Tuesday, DirecTV sent some customers a survey asking…