Blu-ray Is Really Big in Japan Blu-ray player sales last month in Japan were more than triple January sales of Blu-ray and competing HD DVD machines combined, Reuters reports, citing research firm BCN. April sales of Sony’s Blu-ray players, which…
Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger said networks should either start or expand video-on-demand choices to attract younger viewers, Multichannel News reports. Mr. Iger also said Disney would like to buy out partner Hearst Corp.’s shares in networks such as ESPN,…
TiVo reported that its first-quarter net income more than quadrupled as cost for marketing and research declined, the Associated Press reports. The digital video recorder pioneer racked up earnings of $3.6 million, compared to $835,000, despite a drop in total…
Children’s programming company DIC Entertainment has partnered with content manager and distributor Vivendi Entertainment to offer DIC’s shows online and through portable media and mobile devices. DIC has over 3,000 half-hours of programming in its library, including “Inspector Gadget” and…
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will partner with YouTube to present Daytime Entertainment Emmy-nominated shows on the YouTube Emmy Channel, TVNewsday reports. Fifty-seven videos, spanning 13 categories, will be available for viewing at www.youtube.com/emmys, the Web site…
The Walt Disney Co. will make the Disney Channel available for free in Spain through digital terrestrial television in July, the Wall Street Journal reports. The channel is currently broadcast on a number of Spanish cable networks, but Spain’s low…
An agreement between Disney-ABC Domestic Television and CinemaNow will allow TiVo subscribers to rent Walt Disney Studios movies via their Internet-connected DVRs directly from the TV, Multichannel News reports. The movies will be available to view for a 24-hour period,…
Film critics Jeffrey Lyons and Alison Bailes, who host the nationally syndicated “Lyons and Bailes Reel Talk” program, will contribute to the pop culture Web site CelebrityEverything.com. Mr. Lyons and Ms. Bailes will provide CelebrityEverything.com with exclusive pieces regarding what…
What happens when you put two hardened Web-video vets in front of a camera? Daisy Whitney’s latest “New Media Minute!” In her latest report, Ms. Whitney catches up with iJustine (real name Justine Ezarik) who rose to online video fame…