“Married… With Children” vet David Faustino has signed with Sony TV for a new Web series, “Star-ving,” for the company’s online video site Crackle.com, Daily Variety reports. Faustino will serve as executive producer, along with Corin Nemec, Todd Bringewatt and…
After delaying a decision for hours, the Federal Communications Commission today gave the go-ahead to using the so-called “white space” between broadcast TV channels for new wireless devices, adding some last-minute limits on how the devices can initially be used….
February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasts will be commemorated Nov. 10 with an event hosted by NBC’s David Gregory that will include Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and NAB Chief Executive Officer David Rehr, Radio Business Report says. Univision chief…
U.S. households sped up their effort to prepare for next February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasts by either buying digital televisions or acquiring digital subscriptions or digital-to-analog converter boxes, Multichannel News says, citing Nielsen. The percentage of so-called “unready” U.S. households…
Netflix will add about 300 high-definition titles to its inventory that can be streamed directly to televisions through the Roku set-top box, Video Business reports. Netflix is enacting a similar “soft launch” of HD streaming titles through Microsoft’s Xbox 360…
HBO is starting a Web series “Ring Life,” which follows eight young boxers, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series, whose four- to six-minute segments will debut weekly on sites such as HBO.com and HBO’s YouTube channel, will be narrated by…
Online video provider Brightcove is ditching the free version of the service that it has offered for the last two years, the company announced Monday. Brightcove will shut down its so-called “Brightcove Network” on Dec. 17. The free version has…
NBC Universal’s chief digital officer George Kliavkoff is stepping down from his post by the end of the year, Daily Variety reports. Kliavkoff, who was behind the company’s digital ventures like Hulu and online summer Olympics coverage, is exercising an…
Google and Yahoo amended their advertising partnership to shrink the scale of the agreement, a move aimed to appease regulators concerned about antitrust violations, the Associated Press says, citing people familiar with the process. The two Internet giants shortened the…
Internet downloading differs substantially among age groups, while use of digital-video recorders does not, the Hollywood Reporter says, citing a study by ABI Research. Consumers in their 30s are four times as likely to watch video on their mobile phones…