ESPN’s online service ESPN360.com is offering new features, MediaPost reports. The Web site is launching its new video player as well as “ESPN Conversations,” where online viewers can chat with each other during games. Also, ESPN360 will run a plethora…
The Los Angeles Times reports on its visit to a taping of TheWB.com’s new music-heavy Web series, “Rockville, CA,” and talks with creator Josh Schwartz. The show is Schwartz’s attempt to capture the excitement of being young even if most…
Lifetime is getting all dressed up on the Web. The women’s television network said Monday it acquired casual games maker Roiworld.com, which is No. 1 in the dress-up game category for teens in South Korea. Lifetime plans to launch a…
Comedian Sarah Silverman’s “The Great Schlep” video, which urged young voters to schlep to Florida to convince their Jewish grandparents to vote for Barack Obama for president, earned more than 15 million views online. The video is an example of…
Internet television network Revision3 tripled its revenue in 2008 and also signed more than 40 new deals this year with content providers including Hulu, YouTube, MySpace and Yahoo, Revision3 announced today. The news of the company’s growth comes just two…
Sumner Redstone’s daughter, Shari, resigned as chairwoman of Midway Games, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move could indicate that the family will sell Midway in order to reduce the debt load that forced it to sell some of its…
The Screen Actors Guild reminded members they cannot work for non-union producers, even when doing new-media projects, Daily Variety reports. SAG said in a message to members that as of Jan. 1 it will “vigorously” enforce compliance with Rule One,…
YouTube, which was known for making short video clips popular on line, is now going to show some complete films and television shows from financially troubled MGM, the New York Times reports. With the popularity of Hulu showing that full-length…
Fox, Ion Media Test Digital Video via Cell Phone in Chicago
I was flying over “ruby red” Utah last Tuesday when the television networks called the presidential election for Sen. Barack Obama. We’d already had our first beverage and snack service—animal crackers, Terra chips and a Doritos snack mix among the…