CBS will launch a weekly medical Webcast Thursday at 2 p.m., Broadcasting & Cable reports. “Doc Dot Com” will be hosted by CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook, B&C says. The network earlier this month launched a weekly Webcast…
Anheuser-Busch’s attempt to build Bud.tv into an entertainment oriented Web site ended, Advertising Age reports. The cost to produce TV quality content proved to be too much for even a giant brewer with a big budget, the trade paper says….
ESPN is launching a localized Web site devoted to sports in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The site will feature a “SportsCenter”-style newscast with breaking news provided by WLS-TV, the local Disney-owned station. MillerCoors has signed on as the charter…
Bucking the bad economic news, online video ad network Tremor Media landed $18 million in venture funding in a round led by Meritech Capital Partners, with participation from Tremor Media’s existing investors. The cash represents the third round of funding…
BlueRun Productions, which is in production with such horse-related films as “Of Kings and Cowboys,” signed a content agreement with HorseTV, Daily Variety reports. Over the next three years, BlueRun will create at least six original series for the network,…
Online television convergence play Boxee got hit with some bad news: It must remove Hulu from its service at the end of this week. Boxee, which landed $4 million in funding late last year to help make above-board content deals,…
Oscar.com is launching two new online series leading up to the 81st annual Academy Awards on Sunday. The nine-episode Web series “Road to the Oscars” will debut a new episode every day through Feb. 23. Host Chris Harrison will give…
Facing a prolonged recession and a contracting advertising market, online television studio ManiaTV has put itself up for sale and expects to find a buyer by the end of this month, TelevisionWeek has learned. The Web studio that landed advertisers…
Initial reports from some of the 421 stations that yesterday switched to digital TV signals suggest the most dire predictions about the transition may have been overblown. Some DTV issues are surfacing, however, with antenna and other problems arising. Broadcasters,…
The William S. Paley Television Festival will host panels celebrating shows including “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Mentalist,” “90210” and a combined evening for “Battlestar Galactica” and prequel “Caprica.” The full lineup, announced today by the Paley Center for Media,…