Digital

Jerry Levin, the Former Time Warner CEO Who Made the Controversial Deal With AOL, Back in Media–TV Specifically

Gerald Levin, who, when he was CEO of TIme Warner spearheaded the company’s controversial merger with AOL, is back in media–TV specifically, MediaDailyNews reports. According to the article, "Levin will be senior advisor of the company [Oasis TV], helping its…

This One’s Worrisome: Nielsen Says It’s Been ‘Grossly’ UNDER-Estimating Time Spent On Websites For AT LEAST the Last Three Months

Nielsen says its measurement of the amount of time users spend on websites may have been "grossly underestimated for at least the past three months," Advertising Age reports. According to Ad Age the undercount was "due to a flaw in [Nielsen’s] system that failed to recognize…

This Is Getting Old Fast: Latest Distributor and Programmer NOT To Agree: Scripps and U-Verse; Bye-Bye Bobby Flay, at Least for Now, for AT&T’s 3 Million Subs

AT&T U-Verse has dropped the Scripps Networks Interactive channels from its service after the two companies failed to come to terms on carriage rates, B&C reports. HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country are the channels…

With Cable Operators Losing TV Customers, Could Hulu and Netflix Finally Be Having an Impact?

The Associated Press asks whether Internet TV services such as Hulu and Netflix are finally convincing people to cancel their cable-television subscriptions, as cable operators have been losing TV customers at an even faster rate. Third-quarter results from top cable-TV…

iTunes Increases Sample Time of Songs From 30 Seconds to 90 Seconds; Says Move Should Improve Sales

According to CNET, the following note has been sent from Apple to record label executives:

Google Exec: Broadcasters Don’t Understand Google TV

Broadcasters who are demanding payment before allowing their content to be seen on Google TV don’t understand the service, a top Google executive says, according to the Canadian Press. According to the article, "Rishi Chandra, Google TV’s lead product manager,…

ABC Wins Bidding War for Blog-Based Sitcom From ‘American Dad’ Exec Producer

A bidding war over a project from "American Dad" executive producer Nahnatchka Khan that’s based on the blog "Dealbreaker" has been won by ABC, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Produced by 20th TV, where Khan is under an overall deal,…

Television Sales at Walt Disney Studios Will Be Merged With Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios is bringing together its television sales unit with DVDs and digital, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Janice Marinelli, who previously was in charge of TV distribution of TV shows and movies, will add the…

A Pissed Cablevision Settles Dispute With Fox. Usually Once the Programmer and Distributor Agree to Terms, Everyone Makes Nice. Not This Time

Cablevision and Fox have ended their retransmission dispute that had kept three million Cablevision subscribers in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Philadelphia areas from seeing the World Series among other programming. When most programmers and and distributors settle these…

Will YouTube Become a Content Channel a la ABC, NBC, or CBS? Google Hopes So

Search giant Google wants its YouTube service to become a content channel on the living room television set, able to compete with TV networks such as ABC, CBS and NBC, reports Claire Atkinson in the New York Post. Google executives…