Univision will conduct the first nationwide digital transition test during this Saturday’s edition of “Sabado Gigante.” The test, scheduled during the 9:30-10 p.m. EST half-hour, is part of the network’s 30-day countdown to the government-mandated analog shutoff June 12. For…
YouTube remains the No. 1 online video site, even as Hulu continues to grow exponentially, Nielsen Online reports. Hulu is the fastest-growing site among Nielsen Online’s top 10 video brand sites, which include YouTube, Yahoo!, Fox Interactive Media, Nickelodeon Kids…
Fewer than 3% of U.S. TV households are still completely unready for the digital transition on June 12, Nielsen said today. As of May 10, 3.3 million or 2.9% of households are completely unprepared, down from 3.5 million unready households…
The FCC will go over plans for the final 30 days before the digital television transition at its May 13 public meeting, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Staffers from the FCC and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration will discuss outreach…
Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst production company wants to develop “Blah Girls,” an animated Web series, into a television show, Daily Variety reports. The series, which follows three teenage girls named Krystle, Tiffany and Britney, will next become one-minute segments on “The…
Viewing of streaming video continues to grow at an extremely rapid rate. Figures from Nielsen for April show that while there was a slight decrease in the number of unique viewers watching Web video, those who are clicking for content…
Apple’s iPhone is becoming more than a must-have gadget as marketers look for ways to advertise on applications made for the device, the Wall Street Journal says. An iBurger app, which allows users to take bites out of an onscreen…
FoxNews.com’s audience increased by nearly 50% in April to 15.7 million unique users, MediaWeek reports citing figures from Nielsen. FoxNews.com trails MSNBC.com and CNN.com in audience, but leads all news and information sites in time spent per person, the trade…
Goggle is giving up on its efforts to sell radio commercials, the Wall Street Journal reports. What went wrong? “Google misjudged the capacity of its technology to work beyond the Web, and underestimated the human side of the business. Radio…
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