Digital

Advertisers Getting Interested in 3D Commercials

Advertisers are getting more and more interestied in shooting commercials in 3D, Adweek reports. With so few 3D-capable TVs in the market right now, the big opportunity is to show these commercials in movie theaters before a 3D feature, the…

Broadcasters Request More Time From FCC to Make Retrans Comments

The National Association of Broadcasters has asked the FCC for a 30-day extension to make comments on a petition to revise its retransmission consent rules, B&C reports. The extra time would would extend the comment period until May 18 and…

With Lionsgate Seeing Icahn Settlement ‘Unlikely,’ Execs Seek to Improve Performance of TV Investments; Also, Haim Saban Joins Lionsgate Asian TV Venture

With financial trader Carl Icahn focused on a hostile takeover bid for the independent studio, Lionsgate, company Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer and Vice Chairman Michael Burns find themselves at a critical poin, the Los Angeles Times reports. A settlement with…

With Rave Reviews for the iPad as the Next Best Thing, Has Your Media Company Got an iPad App? Here’s a List of Those That Do, and What These Apps Accomplish

The iPad is here, and a number of reviews have been raves. For example, the Walt St. Journal’s influential Walt Mossberg says the iPad is pretty close to being a decent replacement for laptop computers. If the iPad comes anywhere…

NatGeo Channel Locking up Volunteers to Promote Solitary Confinement Show

Perhaps in a first for a television show promotion, National Geographic Channel is locking three volunteers in solitary cells and Web streaming their "imprisonment" as a way to promote a new documentary on solitary confinement, the New York Times reports….

NBC Reverses Stance on iPad Viewing

A day after Apple revealed that the iPad would include free streaming of CBS and ABC programs and NBC was anticipated to follow their lead, NBC has decided not to play ball, reports the New York Times. NBC will now…

Zucker Responds to Senator’s Concern About NBC Charging to Watch Some Live Streaming of Olympic Events

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker has written a letter replying to a Senator’s concerns that NBC charged a fee to watch some live streaming of Olympic events, B&C reports. In a letter to Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis), Zucker wrote that…

Citadel and DirecTV Resolve Retrans Dispute, Keeping Stations on DirecTV

Citadel Communications and DirecTV resolved their differences and struck a retransmission deal, which will keep the stations on DirecTV, B&C reports. The three stations — two ABC affiliates (WOI in Des Moines, KLKN in Lincoln, Nebraska) and one CBS affiliate (WHBF…

Networks Developing Episode Streaming Capabilities for Apple iPad Launch

When consumers get their hands on the new Apple iPad this Saturday, April 3, they will discover that ABC and CBS television shows are available on the new device, reports the New York Times. By the end of April, NBC…

Hulu May Test Subscription Service With an iPad App

Hulu may test a subscription service with an application on Apple’s iPad device, responding to pressure from its content partners to ask consumers to pay up for the online video site, the New York Times reports. Unnamed people familiar with…