NBC has pulled a skit featured in last weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” from its Web sites NBC.com and Hulu.com, Advertising Age reports. The skit, of a fake C-SPAN news report about the Wall Street bailout, featured former Golden West Financial…
Young men 18 to 34 are receptive to online ads and can recall about half of the ads they see on the Web, according to research released today from Break Media. The company found that 47% of online men in…
PBS is coming to a gaming platform near you under a deal announced today in which several of the network’s programs will be available for download on Microsoft’s Xbox 360. PBS said programs including “Wired Science,” “NOVA,” “Ken Burns’ Jazz,”…
Hulu will stream Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain live, TelevisionWeek reports. The online video site, a joint venture between NBC and News Corp., will feature coverage from NBC News for this debate. The site will…
IAC Chairman Barry Diller, former leader of the Fox network, told the Wall Street Journal that the online advertising market gives him a headache. “Try to understand Internet advertising,” he told the Journal. “Social network advertising is being discounted because…
Hulu broadened its programming lineup further with the news that it will stream the Tuesday night presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama live on Hulu.com. The feed will be provided by NBC News and will run about 90…
“Playmate Show & Tell” is the fruit borne out of the development and production deal between Spike TV and Playboy.com announced back in May, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show, to be found on Playboy.com and Spike.com, will feature three…
The Supreme Court is staying clear of a $74 million judgment against Dish Network for its violation of a patent held by TiVo involving digital video recorders, the Associated Press reports. The court denied Dish’s appeal today without comment, according…
NBC Universal’s female-skewed online hub iVillage will now prominently feature the media company’s syndicated “Access Hollywood,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The Web site’s entertainment section will now display an “Access Hollywood” module that feeds news links that lead back to…
The broadband channel Barely Political is on track to deliver more than 13 million views this month, a record for the political parody network and the latest evidence of consumers’ appetite for all things political this election season. Barely Political…