Online video distribution and research firm TubeMogul has launched a Web marketplace to connect advertisers with Web video producers. The marketplace includes profiles of popular Web shows and creators, along with viewership data and audience demographics. For instance, YouTube producer…
Google is scheduled to release many new animated shorts from “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane next Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. The videos are an “experiment” on online distribution, MacFarlane says as one of the first major TV producers…
Cable operator Comcast officially appealed the Federal Communications Commission ruling finding that the company improperly blocked its customers’ Web traffic, the Associated Press reports. Last month, the FCC determined the company violated a federal policy guaranteeing unfettered access to the…
The Federal Communications Commission will host a press conference on the digital television transition in Wilmington, N.C., at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. The event, to be held at Thalian Hall, is set to coincide with Wilmington’s early switch to digital…
DirecTV and AT&T have signed multiyear retransmission-consent agreements with Nexstar Broadcasting Group, MediaWeek reports. The agreements allow both DirecTV and AT&T to deliver locally produced video content to platform distributors. Nexstar has increased its revenue from retrans agreements by 14%…
MTV advertising once again goes interactive during its annual Video Music Awards, this time with satellite provider Dish Network, AdAge reports. Since Aug. 22 subscribers have been able to vote for the Pepsi Best New Artist award by using their…
ABC Family is bringing Internet personality Brigitte Dale’s video blog to its Web site. Ms. Dale’s blog, which covers news, pop culture and twenty-something issues, will be featured on ABCFamily.com starting this month. Ms. Dale will continue to write, produce…
Online retailer Amazon.com is now offering streams of TV shows and movies for rent or purchase, Lost Remote reports. On the Amazon Video on Demand site visitors can pay $1.99 per TV episode and port the videos to their Tivo…
A soft test of the digital television transition has been scheduled for Milwaukee, Broadcasting & Cable reports. At 5:10 p.m. on Sept. 15, a dozen stations will pull the plug on their analog video feeds for one minute. Viewers who…
While online advertising continues to rise, the gap between basic search ads and flashier display spots continues to widen, the Wall Street Journal reports. Online firms are spending more money developing the more complicated ads, but plain text ads are…