Blu-ray discs will outsell standard DVDs in the U.S. by a 3-to-2 margin by 2012 as Blu-ray player prices fall, retailers clear more space for the format and more people use videogame consoles and other devices to watch the high-definition…
The player: Martin Brown, video product marketing manager at Daktronics The play: Mr. Brown has helped Daktronics become the preeminent high-definition scoreboard maker for Major League Baseball. The Brookings, S.D.-based company has made or is making the primary scoreboards at…
HD programming picks for Aug. 21-27: “Remember the Titans,” Little League World Series, “Dazed and Confused” “Remember the Titans” (Starz). Fri., Aug. 22, 8 p.m. Denzel Washington stars as the coach of a 1971 Virginia high school football team that…
Sony, Toshiba to Outsource More LCD TVs to Taiwan Sony and Toshiba both will have more of their liquid-crystal display television sets built in Taiwan, Reuters says, citing Nikkei Business Daily. Sony has an agreement with Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision…
Disney is launching an online social networking site for parents, CNET reports. DisneyFamily.com will allow parents to create profiles, exchange recipes and swap parenting advice. The site will go up against already established competitors including CafeMom.com and OurFamily.com. —Christopher Perez
Virgin Media has picked up “Prom Queen” from Michael Eisner’s Vuguru, says the Hollywood Reporter. The 80 90-second webisodes will air on all Virgin Media platforms, including linear television, broadband, VOD and mobile. In the U.K., the show can be…
They face stiff competition on television, but on the Web the Atlanta-based CNN and Weather Channel are clobbering their competitors, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Thanks in part to their large staffs devoted solely to producing Web content, CNN.com is in…
Hulu, the joint venture between News Corp. and NBC, is now the eighth-largest video site in the U.S., reports the Silicon Alley Insider. Based on statistics released by Nielsen, Hulu served up 105 million video streams in July, 25 million…
Celebrities are playing in online video these days and they’re not just doing viral spoofs. Big name stars are signing up for Web series and that’s starting to change the game for digital media producers. For more details, check out…
SlamBall has signed a series of multiplatform content-distribution agreements for the 2008 SlamBall Championship Series. The title SlamBall game will be broadcast exclusively on CBS on Nov. 2. Eight regular-season games will be available on national sports network Versus on…