YouTube is pursuing a variety of strategies in an effort to turn its market dominance into revenue, according to Jordan Hoffner, the video Web site’s director of content partnerships, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The executive detailed those strategies at a…
Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Richard Wiley sees a relatively smooth transition ahead, both on the digital front and in the political arena, as a new Democratic-controlled FCC takes over just as the DTV conversion goes into effect nationwide, Broadcasting…
Kansas City, Mo., station KCWE-TV, a Hearst-Argyle-owned CW affiliate, will shut down its analog broadcast on Dec. 19, making the switch to digital two months ahead of the national deadline, TVNewsday reports. The early conversion “will provide local viewers with…
The proliferation of digital broadcast channels is increasing demand for children’s educational programming, TVNewsday reports. As stations approach the Feb. 17 deadline for digital conversion, many are adding digital channels and in the process are increasing their FCC-mandated obligation to…
Comedy Central has relaunched its Jokes.com Web site, which now offers and cross-references 5,000 standup comedy clips and 12,000 text-based jokes. The revamp of the site follows updates of the network’s other sites, including ComedyCentral.com, TheDailyShow.com, SouthParkStudios.com and ColbertNation.com. Together,…
Jonathan Miller, former head of AOL and USA Broadcasting, is talking to investors about raising money to buy all or part of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. Miller, now with the investment company Velocity International, would need between $28…
Getting paid for work on programming created for and appearing on the Web is a key point for the Screen Actors Guild in its labor dispute with the studios and networks. The Los Angeles Times takes a look at this…
During October, the total number of Web searches dropped, but Google still managed to increase the amount of searches it handled, as well as its market share. Rivals Yahoo and MSN had a tough month, with searches down 12% and…
While traditional local media such as television, radio and newspapers are struggling, new media companies are gaining ad revenue by offering cheaper, more accountable ways to reach consumers, Dow Jones reports. Outfits like IAC/InterActive’s CitySearch, TruMedia Networks and Google getting…
Univision Communications’ interactive division, Univision Online, will introduce an interactive webnovela in 2009. Univision Online and Endemol are teaming with Amistad Productions for “Vidas Cruzadas” (Crossed Lives), a 15-episode webnovela featuring the on-screen reunion of Kate del Castillo and Guy…