MySpace has named Manu Thapar as senior VP of engineering, Angela Courtin as senior VP of marketing, entertainment and content and Tish Whitcraft as senior VP of customer care, Media Daily News reports. Additionally, Jason Oberfest has joined the company…
Despite promises to the International Olympic Committee that the Internet would be open to journalists covering the Beijing Olympics, certain Web site are being blocked by Chinese officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. One group identified 154 that are being…
Trade group representatives and a Disney executive debated the pricing for Disney-owned broadband network ESPN360, Multichannel News reports, citing a panel discussion it hosted. American Cable Association Chairman Steve Friedman said ESPN360 didn’t warrant its price tag, while David Preschlack,…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin celebrated the regulator’s likely decision to support his plan to punish cable giant Comcast for interfering with some customers’ file-sharing software, the New York Times reports. Such sanctions will be “increasingly applied” to overly…
ESPN is looking to court the young viewers who watch stuff like skateboarding, snowboarding and motocross where they live, online, with the ESPN Action Sports Network, the Los Angeles Times reports. The network is a hub of individual Internet sites,…
Search companies are racing to figure out the best way to search for and find all of the video turning up on the Web, USA Today reports. Companies including Blinkx and EveryZing are hoping they can beat Google in the…
Nickelodeon will add several shows from the 1990s and early 2000s to the iTunes store as part of Nick Rewind, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The shows, which include “Rugrats,” “Clarissa Explains It All,” “Doug,” “Hey Dude” and “Rocko’s Modern Life,”…
A study conducted by Integrated Media Measurement Inc. found that about half of those viewers who consume TV programs online are using the Internet as a substitute for watching shows on TV, AdAge reports. The other 50% use the Web…
The Federal Communications Commission is ready to accuse Comcast Corp. of slowing some customers’ Web traffic, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a win for consumer groups and high-tech companies, the FCC will rule Comcast deliberately prevented some customers from…
Redlasso will suspend its video search and clipping services for bloggers while it battles a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by NBC and Fox News Channel, Reuters reports. The company will continue to offer business-targeted services, in addition to continuing talks…