DirecTV ads saying that its subscribers’ programming won’t be affected when the U.S. switches over to digital broadcasts next February may be misleading, TelevisionWeek reports. Because some of its subscribers get local channels over the air, they will need a…
Some networks are using the increased inventory of channels from digital broadcasts to air versions that focus on local and regional areas, the New York Times reports. Bilingual music network LATV and Retro Television Network are among channels splitting off…
Popular Web video site MyDamnChannel.com is bringing back the Webby Award-winning series “You Suck at Photoshop” and “Wainy Days” for second and third seasons, respectively. “You Suck at Photoshop” has been viewed more than 9 million times. Lead character Donnie…
The line snaked around more than two city blocks in Brooklyn. Eager fans waited anxiously, hoping for admission into a prized event on an early June evening. They weren’t lined up to see Miley Cyrus perform or to catch a…
Add one more point of confusion to the digital TV transition. Satellite broadcaster DirecTV is airing misleading public service messages telling subscribers they don’t need to do anything in advance of the country’s Feb. 17, 2009, transition from analog to…
Formal bidding for the Weather Channel is over, with owner Landmark Communications now in direct talks with Time Warner Inc. and a group composed of NBC Universal, Blackstone Group and Bain Capital, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources. Both sides are…
Sony Corp. will add YouTube and Wired.com to its Internet Video Link module, AP reports. Yahoo, AOL, Sports Illustrated and Style.com already provide video for the device, which fits into Sony’s LCD flat-panel TVs, the wire service says. —Vlada Gelman
ESPN360.com has inked a deal with Bluff Media that will bring live coverage of marquee poker events to the broadband network. The agreement sees ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV, its 24-hour mobile platform, airing 24 poker events beginning today with…
Live mobile TV service MediaFLO USA will present live coverage of the U.S. Open golf championship next week, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Thirty hours of coverage will be available in partnership with ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports…
A National Association of Broadcasters survey found that while 89% of viewers polled in Wilmington, N.C., were aware of the coming digital TV transition, only 18% knew Wilmington stations are going to pull the plug early on analog signals, Broadcasting…