Advanced Micro Devices found a buyer in Broadcom for its digital television business a month after announcing it was quitting DTV, CNET reports. Broadcom will pay $192.8 million for the acquisition. AMD dropped digital TV to help streamline its businesses…
CNN has enlisted social news site Digg for its election coverage, just in time for the Democratic National Convention, MediaWeek reports. The result of this collaboration is “Digg Dialogg,” a program where users can submit questions to politicians and political…
Political news blog CNN Political Ticker reached a new usership high with more than 2.7 million page views Aug. 22. It is the No. 1 political news blog, according to Nielsen Online. The network’s CNNPolitics.com also has garnered its share…
Online video production company TurnHere struck a deal to become a video production partner with online video management platform WellcomeMat, the companies announced today. WellcomeMat specializes in producing and delivering videos to market local businesses. Under the agreement, TurnHere will…
With the Democratic National Convention starting today, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama finds himself trailing Republican candidate John McCain when it comes to video views, reports Silicon Alley Insider. According to data the online publication pulled from video distribution and…
Telemundo, the Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal, is moving all its digital assets under a newly created division, the Digital Media and Emerging Businesses Division. Peter Blacker has been promoted to executive VP of the new unit. Mr. Blacker,…
ABC News has faith in its daily Web video news show, pressing ahead with the specially created series instead of ending it as previously speculated, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, hosted by “World News” anchor Charles Gibson, is usually…
More kids said they spend an hour or more online than said they spend that much time watching TV, the New York Times says, citing a new study by DoubleClick Performics. According to the study, 83% of Internet users in…
Former “SportsCenter” wit Kenny Mayne is featured in the first scripted series on ESPN.com, TelevisionWeek reports. One episode of “Mayne Street,” which launches Oct. 2, features former “Sopranos” actors Tony Sirico, Steven Schirripa and Dominic Chianese.
Sports Web Site Prepares to Launch 1st Scripted Series