Digital

Super Bowl to Feature Ad for Fox Animated Film with Hugely Popular App Tie-In

The Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, will feature an innovate ad for 20th Century Fox’s animated film "Rio," which will include an embedded code for players of a hughly popular app,Advertising Age reports. It’s a tie-in with the…

After Getting Yanked Almost a Year Ago, ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ Return to Hulu; Snooki and ‘Teen Mom’ to Subscription-Based Hulu Plus

After getting pulled from the video-streaming site Hulu almost a year ago, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the "Colbert Report" are returning to the service, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The announcement of the shows’…

Time Warner CEO Bewkes Is Planning Aggressive Push in VOD to Fight Netflix

Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes is planning an aggressive push in video-on-demand to fight Netflix, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. In a conference call with analysts on Wednesday, Bewkes said that the "digital transition in film"…

TV Properties Help Drive News Corp.’s Second Quarter Profit; My Space Brought In Less Revenues Than a Year Ago

News Corp.’s second-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by a 12% rise in advertising at the company’s U.S. channels and a five-fold jump in operating profit from its television unit, Bloomberg reports. The television unit was helped by higher political…

Lindsay Lohan Accused of Shoplifting; Charges ‘Likely’

Lindsay Lohan appears to be in hot water again, accused of shoplifting after a visit to a Venice, Calif., jewelry store, TMZ.com reports. Lohan reportedly turned over an expensive piece of jewelry to authorities before they could serve a warrant…

Google Says It Has Caught Microsoft’s Bing in a Sting Operation, Accuses Company of Stealing Google’s Search Results

Google’s simmering hassle with Bing appears to be erupting into a full-blown war as Google says it has caught Bing copying its search results to improve its own operation, Search Engine Land reports. Bing doesn’t deny the accusation, according to…

With the Weather So Bad in Much of the Country, The Weather Channel Shatters Records

WIth the weather so bad in so much of the U.S., on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, "The Weather Channel (TWC) set a new one day digital record and plans the most live coverage ever in the network’s history," TWC announced. The…

Journalism 2.0 Begins Today

"This morning [Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011], Rupert Murdoch will finally unveil The Daily, a news app that he hopes will put his News Corporation front and center in the digital newsstand of the near future," write Jeremy W. Peters and…

Marking a First, Comcast and Time Warner Sign Streaming Deal to Put CNN, TNT and Other Networks Online

Comcast and Time Warner have agreed to a streaming deal that will place networks TBS, TNT,. Cartoon Network and CNN online, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog, calling the arrangement a first-of-its-kind deal. The contract is part of the companies’ vision…

Stephen A. Smith Jumping Back To ESPN for Radio and Online Gigs

Stephen A Smith is returning to ESPN, but only on radio and online. Regarding what he will do on the radio and online , ESPN said in an announcement, "Smith will host a pair of two-hour, weekday local radio shows…