With the U.S. switchover to all-digital broadcasts a mere six months away, consumer procrastination may be a good thing for high-definition television retailers. Most of the 9 million U.S. households who in late 2006 said they would buy set-top boxes…
HD programming picks for Aug. 14-Aug. 20: “Rushmore,” “The Karate Kid,” “Y tu Mama Tambien” “Rushmore” (Starz). Fri., Aug. 15, 8:20 p.m. Jason Schwartzman stars in and Wes Anderson directs the offbeat 1999 comedy about a prep-school kid dealing with…
FiOS, U-verse to Pick Up QVC Shopping Channel in HD Verizon’s FiOS and AT&T’s U-verse fiber-optic television services plan to carry high-definition versions of the QVC shopping channel, Web site TVPredictions.com reports, citing QVC Chief Executive Officer Mike George. Mr….
Based on a new system for measuring viewership on multiple platforms, NBC said more than 113 million people watched Olympic programming on Sunday. NBC is introducing what it calls a Total Audience Measurement Index, which combines into one number the…
MTV said Web viewers watched 6 million streams of Jonas Brothers clips, equaling more than 60,000 hours of programming, this past weekend. MTV streamed video content on the Web and on mobile phones from the band’s promotional tour for its…
Broadway Video Entertainment has launched “The Line,” its first broadband series, created by and starring talent from “Saturday Night Live,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series had a soft launch on Crackle.com and will be added to Hulu, Heavy.com and…
HBO is releasing the first four seasons of its Emmy Award-winning series “Entourage” through Apple’s iTunes store over the next few weeks in anticipation of the show’s fifth-season premiere. Seasons one and two are available for download now for $1.99…
The conventional wisdom from TV networks is that consumers turn to the Web to catch up on episodes of shows they missed. But new research from IMMI says only half of online TV viewers use the computer as a DVR….
Michael Mathieu has been named CEO of YuMe, the largest dedicated video ad network on the Web. Co-founder and former CEO Jayant Kadambi will take on a new role as president. He will remain on YuMe’s board of directors. Mr….
NBC said it plans to release the 50-episode Web series “Gemini Division” starting Aug. 18 on NBC.com, SciFi.com and GeminiDivision.com. Set five minutes in the future, the series stars Rosario Dawson as a New York City homicide detective. The Web…