General managers are tightening the bolts and preparing for the reaction to their digital transitions as a midnight DTV deadline looms for 421 stations. The Federal Communications Commission announced over the weekend that the original list of 368 stations approved…
Multimedia production shop Generate is bucking the layoff trend, announcing several new hires today. The company added Chris Gwiazda as chief financial officer and Tim Stephen as executive vice president of business affairs. In addition, Generate said founding partner Pete…
Open-source online video provider Kaltura has inked a deal with media network Always On to deliver the video on its site. The site, which launches March 1, will include conference footage and video interviews with industry leaders. Kaltura said it’s…
Digital media company Betawave introduced an advertising-supported video distribution network called Betawave TV, centered on delivering family-friendly online programming. The service will carry animated content, youth-oriented news, action sports and other information targeting a younger demographic. The Betawave player can…
The world’s largest social networking site is betting about half of its users will be accessing MySpace on mobile phones in the next few years. That was the prediction issued today by MySpace, which also announced it had launched a…
Microsoft’s streaming video service Silverlight gained more market share today via a deal with CBS Sports. The network’s CBSSports.com will use Silverlight technology to deliver the 2009 NCAA Division I men’s basketball March Madness Tournament starting Thursday, March 19. Silverlight…
AMC and Sony are debuting online Webisodes for the series “Breaking Bad,” part of a plan to promote the start of the show’s second season, the Hollywood Reporter says. The companies will premiere five stand-alone shorts, between three to five…
The debate over whether and how Internet access should be available on television sets is playing out with chip makers and television manufacturers, with the former developing technology to allow it and the latter saying they don’t want it, the…
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