Video site Redlasso has rejected a cease-and-desist order from CBS, NBC and Fox, which claim the site is hosting unlicensed clips of their content, the Hollywood Reporter says. Redlasso suggested a deal could be made and has hired former CBS…
The Sci Fi Channel and SciFi.com are launching consumer game site Fidgit today. Fidgit’s fun and factual games will feature the language and attitude of gamers, but will be designed to appeal to both genre and non-genre game players. The…
ComScore has purchased mobile measurement company M:Metrics, Online Media Daily reports. The $44.3 million transaction makes comScore the leader in measuring the mobile Internet market and PC-based Internet usage, according to the company, the Web site says. —Vlada Gelman
Spike TV is relaunching its Web site on Friday with original content, a full-episode video player and social-networking features, Broadcasting & Cable reports. YouTube’s “The Angry Video Game Nerd,” Playboy Enterprises, Ultimate Fighting Championship and a merger with iFILM.com will…
Motorola has joined the Wireless Innovation Alliance, which is advocating that the Federal Communications Commission open the digital TV spectrum band to mobile unlicensed wireless devices, Broadcasting & Cable reports. A device that Motorola has been working on to ensure…
Glam Media launched video distribution platform GlamTV, which is aimed at its network of female-skewing Web sites, the Hollywood Reporter says. Sony BMG, E! Online, Lifetime Networks and TV Guide Broadband will provide programming content for the sites, including “E!…
TiVo is hitching its wagon to high-definition television growth. The U.S. digital video recorder leader offset its continued drop in subscribers from an expiring agreement with DirecTV by selling more high-definition machines and bundling them with Mitsubishi HDTVs being sold…
Segregation was a bad idea for the South. Now, says one media company, it’s a bad idea for television’s multisystem operators. Cable companies trying to catch up with satellite operators by expanding their high-definition inventory may be sabotaging their efforts…
The players: Simon Bax and Bill Tilson, co-founders of Broadcast Facilities Inc. The play: Mr. Bax, who left his position as Pixar’s chief financial officer when the company was acquired by the Walt Disney Co. in 2006, and Mr. Tilson,…
HD programming picks for May 29 to June 4: “Out of Africa,” “Dirty Dancing,” “To Die For” “Out of Africa” (HBO). Thurs., May 29, 6:15 p.m. Meryl Streep plays a Danish baroness, in a marriage of convenience, who moves to…