Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore, former writers of “That ’70s Show,” launched a comedy on Briggs Digital Media’s Cinsay.com Web site, Daily Variety reports. “Dan’s Detour of Life” stars Michael Kostroff, formerly of “The Wire,” as a father who moves…
The big broadcast networks are letting bloggers embed their show on their own sites, reflecting a change in the way network television is being distributed on line, the New York Times says. That means Web surfers can find programming anywhere,…
CBS Interactive will launch a new video player on CBS.com and the CBS Audience Network over the next few months, TVNewsday reports. The new player will feature HD quality, full-screen viewing capacity, a redesigned interface and embeddable video clips, the…
Turner will offer advertisers an ad network made up of its 19 Web sites, Mediaweek reports. The company will offer both display and video ad packages for Web sites such as CNN.com, CartoonNetwork.com and partner sites NBA.com and PGA.com, while…
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NBC Direct plans to formally launch its free video download service in the next two months, Silicon Alley Insider reports, citing an unnamed source. The ad-supported service has received largely negative reviews in its beta stage, the Web site says….
Comcast subscribers were denied access to the cable operator’s web portal when it was taken over by hackers, the Associated Press reports. Comcast.net went down at about 11 p.m. ET Wednesday and was back up by morning. Comcast told the…
Google’s growth in paid clicks grew sharply in April, which rivals Microsoft and Yahoo saw slower growth, the Wall Street Journal reports. The figures from comScore Inc. reverses earlier figures that showed Google’s click slowing, which raised concers about the…
Dish Network added local features to its interactive television service related to this year’s presidential election, Multichannel News reports. Dish launched its election portal in January as an attempt toward unbiased coverage, Multichannel News says. —Danny King
Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback said MediaDefender, an ArtistDirect subsidiary formed to fight peer-to-peer piracy, caused the Web video studio’s server and site to shut down over the Memorial Day weekend through a denial of service attack. In a blog post…