From the people behind set design Web site NewscastStudio comes set design firm Fifteenhundred. Michael P. Hill, founder of NewscastStudio, has partnered with Dak Dillon to launch a new set design firm that they promise will be fresh and innovative….
MTV’s collection of TV and Web properties aimed at the college audience, known as mTVU, will launch Web sites dedicated to 25 U.S. colleges with information specific to each university’s local scene, MediaWeek reports. MTV partnered with Zvents, a local…
DirecTV’s The 101 Network is scheduled to air Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid concert on Sept. 20, Multichannel News reports. Scheduled to perform at the concert are Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Kenny Chesney. The benefit concert will…
Dish Network will begin offering all programming in MPEG-4 form, Multichannel News reports. The satellite provider is touting itself as the first in the industry to transmit both standard and high-definition programming in the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding Standard. New…
Online television technology provider Move Networks has landed strategic funding from Microsoft, the companies announced today. The amount was not disclosed. Microsoft has been working with Move to integrate Microsoft’s Silverlight platform into Move Networks’ technology. In addition, Move Networks’…
Republican presidential candidate John McCain might have more views for his YouTube channel than Democratic candidate Barack Obama, but an Internet research company says there are more videos overall on the world’s biggest video site about Mr. Obama. More than…
Universal Sports is prepping for the first multiplatform coverage of the International Paralympics Games next month from Beijing, the Hollywood Reporter says. Coverage, including daily live and delayed highlights, will be available on UniversalSports.com and USParalympics.org from Sept. 6-17, and…
Computer-chip maker Broadcom Corp. plans to buy Advance Micro Device’s digital-TV business for $192.8 million, the L.A. Times reports. Broadcom will take over AMD’s production of a chip that connects the picture, sound, power and plugs for televisions, the paper…
Online video site Metacafe said it’s now allowing site visitors to update the tags, titles and descriptions for video on its site, similar to how Wikipedia works, the company announced today. The goal is to improve video search and recommendations,…
In this week’s “New Media Minute,” you’re not going to learn about Web advertising, Web series and if anyone is making money in online video. Instead, you’ll learn how to hammer a nail into your nose, eat fire, and how…