Jonathan Dube was named Vice President and Deirdre Michalopoulos was named Managing Editor of ABCNews.com today. For Mr. Dube, today’s announcement marks a return to the news site. He previously worked as a national producer for ABCNews.com in 1999, covering…
MGM Domestic Television Distribution has optioned Factory Publishing’s online graphic novel “The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore” for a possible television series. The graphic novels, which are designed for iPod and PC download, are set in a time where the…
Sprint and the National Football League have signed a deal that will give the cellular company exclusive rights to broadcast NFL games and other related content via Sprint mobile devices, Media Daily News reports. The service, dubbed NFL Mobile Live,…
Indie Web studio Generate is launching its new scripted online series “Republicrats” on Tuesday through MSN. The 24-episode series will debut two new episodes per week leading up to this fall’s presidential elections. The program itself is a political satire…
A study by Break Media and video ad technology provider Panache found that viewer engagement with video ads is strong, Online Media Daily reports. Ninety percent of pre-roll video ads reached completion, while click-through rates averaged 10%, the Web site…
ABC News, CNN, and NBC’s MSNBC.com are retooling their presence on Facebook in an attempt to attract more of social network’s young users, Broadcasting & Cable reports. ABC News and Facebook have removed the U.S. Politics application they partnered on…
“Midnight Rida,” a Web series spoof of “Knight Rider” from maniaTV, has counted Unilever’s Axe brand as its title sponsor from inception, Adweek reports. Axe approached maniaTV about integrating its new product, the Axe Detail Shower Tool, into a program,…
The FCC in September is expected to report its finding on whether TV airwaves can be shared with wireless gadgets that connect to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reports. The fight over so-called white space is key because broadcasters…
Next month, Seth MacFarlane, creator of Fox’s “The Family Guy,” will unveil an animated Web series called “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” that will be distributed solely on the Web through Google, the New York Times says. MacFarlane will…
Warner Bros. is breathing life into the 1960s popular child program “The Banana Splits,” Daily Variety reports. The franchise will see new shorts and videos airing on Cartoon Network and its Web site. Future DVD and CD releases are also…