David Faustino, who played the son on Fox’s “Married . . . With Children,” is appearing in a new Web series called “Star-ving” on Crackle, a video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Los Angeles Times says. “This is…
An analysis of DVD sales figures by trade group Digital Entertainment Group shows that unit sales of new releases were down almost 20% in 2008, according to a report issued Wednesday by Sanford Bernstein analyst Michael Nathanson, the Hollywood Reporter…
Google launched a self-serve video creation feature for its Internet-based TV ad-buying system via a deal with online advertising service SpotMixer, the companies announced today. The SpotMixer technology lets Google AdWords customers produce their commercials on a do-it-yourself basis using…
“The View” and “General Hospital” are now available on ABC.com’s online video player. The five most recent episodes of each program will be viewable for free in the player. Episodes of “The View” will be added to the player at…
Jimmy Fallon unveiled the logo for the new incarnation of NBC’s “Late Night,” which Fallon will begin hosting later this year. Online viewers for Fallon’s Web series were allowed to vote on one of three suggestions, with the winning design…
Cartoon Network New Media and Grigon Entertainment have launched a massively multiplayer online game, Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall. The game allows users to create avatars to battle alongside popular Cartoon Network characters. More than 2.5 million accounts were created during…
Billy Berghammer has been named director of gaming editorial for G4TV.com. He will be responsible for gaming content on all of G4’s nonlinear platforms, including G4TV.com, G4 on Demand, G4 Podcasts, G4 Mobile and the network’s Wii and PS3 browser-based…
Yahoo’s choice for a new chief executive, Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz, doesn’t have a media or advertising background, and that doesn’t worry her, Advertising Age says. She plans to start talking to Yahoo customers today, which is a good move…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators” series that he gives the chance of a date move for the DTV transition 50/50 odds, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Martin said he felt it was critical that some action be…
Tom Wheeler, a former cable lobbyist who’s now leading President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team that’s vetting different government agencies, was key in Obama’s decision to ask broadcasters to push back the digital television transition, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Wheeler, on…