Dish Network has signed an agreement with Comcast’s Fandango movie-ticket booking division that will allow its customers to buy movie tickets with their remote controls, Multichannel News reports. The application runs on OpenTV’s middleware and takes the subscriber’s Zip code…
1Cast, which aims to be the Hulu of online news, has signed agreements with Bloomberg and Dow Jones to distribute content on its Website and mobile applications, MediaWeek reports. The start-up already has agreements with news companies including the Associated…
TV.com has made several content deals, brings its video library to more than 2,000 hours of content. The new content deals with NCAA and its content library rightsholder, Thought Equity Motion, and Starz Media are in addition to existing agreements…
The International Academy of Web Television has opened voting for the Streamy Audience Choice Award for best Web TV series. Fans can vote at www.streamys.org or http://vote.streamys.org using their iPhone. Voting will be open until moments before the winner is…
Josh Schwartz, creator and executive producer of “Chuck,” “Gossip Girl” and “The OC,” will speak at this year’s NAB Show, scheduled for next month in Las Vegas. Mr. Schwartz will participate in a session titled “Josh Schwartz: Creating in the…
Piracy is a fact of life on the Web, and network television shows now exist everywhere, even where they aren’t supposed to be. That was the conclusion of a panel at South by Southwest Interactive on how the companies creating…
MTV Networks is in conversations with a number of online distribution partners to expand the reach of its programming online, the company said during a panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. SXSW Blog: Trial &…
Discovery Communications is suing Amazon.com Inc. alleging that Amazon’s Kindle electronic book product infringes on a patent the media company holds. The suit was filed in United States District Court in Delaware. Discovery says it and its founder, John Hendricks…
The Sci Fi cable channel, soon to be renamed Syfy, says it is moving into the youth market by forming a partnership with Acclaim Games and ZooKazoo to develop a series of online games and entertainment destinations. The partnership will…
Break Media and Castrol GTX have teamed up to produce original webisodes titled “Urban Car Legends.” Break’s Creative Labs will write, direct and produce seven episodes over a seven-month campaign, with the first episode launching today. The new episodes will…