Antonio Banderas will executive produce a version of a popular French short comedy called “Camera Cafe” for the U.S., with its debut slated for Website Mio.TV, Daily Variety reports. The show is about office life, as seen from a camera…
Break Media acquired HBO’s original digital studio, HBOLabs, for an undisclosed amount as part of Break’s expansion into branded content. The deal brings HBOLabs’ shows, assets and some of its employees to the online media company. “We are doing well…
Top executives at major media companies endorsed the idea of putting cable TV shows on the Internet for free, but only for subscribers, USA Today reports. Viacom’s Philippe Dauman, Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes and Disney’s Bob Iger all discussed the…
Web video show host and Internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk has signed a seven-figure, 10-book deal with HarperStudio, the Wall Street Journal reports. His first book, “Crush It! Turn Your Passion Into Profits in a Digital World,” will be available in…
Brandon Brown has been appointed chief executive officer of Zodiac Interactive, a developer of software for interactive television. Mr. Brown replaces Michael Rivkin, who will move into the position of chief technology officer. Mr. Brown has served at Sigaba and…
NBC is making the pilot for “ER” replacement “Southland” available on numerous on-demand and digital platforms a week before the show’s April 9 premiere. Hulu and NBC.com have already started streaming the Warner Bros. TV-produced show, and iTunes is expected…
MyDamnChannel will premiere the mockumentary “Pilot Season” on April 20. The 30-episode series stars Sarah Silverman, Isla Fisher, David Cross and Andy Dick as desperate actors, agents and studio execs trying to survive Hollywood’s television pilot season. The first two…
Interactive sales for broadcast TV stations surpassed the billion-dollar mark for the first time in 2008, according to Television Bureau of Advertising’s “Benchmarking: TV Web Sites Surpass $1 Billion” report. Revenues grew 36% to $1.03 billion in 2008 for interactive…
CBS Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel is alleging in a lawsuit that a television producer tricked him into appearing on Internet informercials, the Associated Press reports. Filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, the suit alleges Encore Television Group…
Disney has purchased family-oriented Web sites from Kaboose for $18.4 million, Mediaweek reports. The sites—Kaboose.com, Funschool.com, Zeeks.com, Babyzone.com and AmazingMoms.com—together reach more than 5 million monthly users, according to comScore. —Aimee Picchi