Time Warner and AOL will officially separate Dec. 10, when AOL will begin trading under its own stock symbol, according to Forbes.com. Forbes quotes All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka, who says that AOL’s once-lucrative subscription business is "’withering away," that its advertising revenue has been…
Eileen Kiernan and Sandra Cordova Micek have joined NBC Universal’s Integrated Sales Marketing team as VP of Green is Universal and Healthy at NBCU and VP of Women at NBCU, respectively. Their function is to oversee NBCU’s media deals across different platforms. Kiernan, whose background…
NBC.com is getting in the Internet phone business, with a free voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application, B&C reports. The free application is called Communicator, and will offer unlimited calls and text messages, as well as a way for fans…
NBC’s Vancouver Olympics inventory isn’t sold out, with fewer than 90 days before the event, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Agency estimates are that NBC has about one-third of its avails which still must be sold if sales are to be…
Univision Communications, which includes Univision, TeleFutura and the Galavision cable network, has made a major deal to bring full-length programming to the Internet’s biggest video site, Reuters reports. The deal, with YouTube.com, is a revenue sharing arrangement, with the majority…
A new TV service debuts in Los Angeles today, eventually hoping to become an alternative to programming distributed by cable and satellite providers. It’s called Sezmi, and snares programming through over-the-air signals (including cable channels that it gets by leasing…
Comcast’s On Demand Online service will launch sometime before Dec. 12, Multichannel News reports. More than 15 million of the company’s broadband and video customers will be able to access the Web-video service from as many as three computers, including…