Online video portal AOL Television plans to premiere an interview-style Web series on Oct. 1 dubbed “Outside of the Box” that will cast popular TV stars interviewing each other using fan-submitted questions. The debut episode will feature “Private Practice” stars…
Online video content company Break Media plans to launch its newest Web property targeting the young male audience today, with NBC on board as the first advertiser for ScreenJunkies.com. The site will feature breaking news, previews, reviews and recaps of…
Web video creator Brett Rounsaville probably has the perfect job skills given the current economic climate – he knows how to hunt and gather and live off the land. As “Amtrekker,” Rounsaville has spent the last year living out of…
MediaPost is reporting the launch of DisFriends.com, a social networking site created with the Disney fan in mind, where Disney-ites can create profiles, share pictures and journals and communicate with one another using live chat and discussion boards. To celebrate…
Online ad network Adconion inked a deal with Michael Eisner’s new-media studio Vuguru to syndicate the media titan’s new Web series “Back on Topps” starting today. The partnership is part of Adconion’s effort to expand beyond its core ad network…
GSN and Imagination Entertainment are launching GSNshop.com. The online store will feature over 1,000 games from GSN’s array of shows, including a new Bingo America DVD. The DVD game will be released in tandem with the second season premiere of…
Broadband video health information and lifestyle network HealthiNation landed $7.5 million in a series B round of venture funding, led by Intel Capital. The cash infusion will support additional growth in programming, ad sales and operations for HealthiNation, the company…
NBC Universal’s 2008 Beijing Olympic Games coverage on the NBC Olympics Mobile Web site attracted 6.5 million unique visitors and 36 million page views, according to Omniture. The mobile Web site also garnered 826,000 mobile video views and 300,000 total…
Beginning Feb. 1, AT&T will sell DirecTV as a co-branded satellite TV service, MediaPost reports. The satellite company will be enveloped into the AT&T Advanced TV video portfolio and join AT&T U once the telecommunications giant’s deal with Dish Network…
ABC doesn’t care which platform you use to watch entertainment, as long as it’s ABC content you’re watching, CNET reports. With ABC shows already on Facebook, AOL and Veoh, the network and its “Open ABC” initiative aims at allowing its…