More HD Shows Coming to iTunes Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the release of iTunes 8 at a press conference Tuesday in San Francisco, Hollywood.com reports. The new version of iTunes will allow for the availability of more HD releases…
The player: John Wilson, senior VP and chief television programming executive, PBS The play: Mr. Wilson helped lead PBS’ progress from launching its first high-definition channel in March 2004 to ensuring that all programming sent by PBS to its 356…
In a nod to the ever-shortening attention span of the American public, multichannel service operators have gone from pitching how many linear high-definition channels they can offer each household to crowing about how many HD programs that single household can…
U.S. flat-screen television buyers say size doesn’t matter much, according to a survey released this week. Of course, they may be lying. About one in three consumers whose annual income is between $25,000 and $100,000 said picture quality was the…
Of 797 calls to the Federal Communications Commission helpline, only 23 came from residents of the Wilmington, N.C., area who were unaware that the digital TV transition in their market was going to happen Sept. 8, five months ahead of…
The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications & the Internet is holding a DTV status hearing Sept. 16, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The hearing is about a group of TV stations along the U.S.-Mexico border that oppose a bill allowing them to…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told TVNewsday that Monday’s transition from analog to digital in Wilmington, N.C., is “going smoothly.” The first day of the transition, 797 area residents called a call center for help and information. On day…
Streaming videos at Disney.com set a new record in July thanks to the strength of Disney properties including “High School Musical,” Daily Variety reports. According to comScore Video Metrix, streams at the Web site totaled 186.7 million for the month,…
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin continues to clean up when it comes to online video views. Of the top 100 most-viewed videos for the week ending Sept. 9, across the 20 Web video sites that research firm TubeMogul tracks,…
Burger King will present 10 exclusive digital shorts from “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” at youtube.com/bk, sethcomedy.com and targeted sites across the Google content network. The first two shorts debut today, with the rest of the shorts to be…