MySpace acquired a 30-day exclusive agreement to show U.K. “faux-Japanese” gameshow “Banzai,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The show’s 200 Web episodes will range from one to four minutes, the newspaper reports. –Danny King
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell called for a hearing on June 10 to discuss the status of the digital television transition, particularly in the Wilmington, N.C. test market, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The scheduled meeting addresses a…
CBS has added five more shows from its library to CBS.com and the “CBS Audience Network,” Silicon Alley Insider reports. “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The Love Boat,” “Twin Peaks,” “Family Ties” and “Perry Mason” will join the Web site and its…
The new AOL Money & Financial video site has enlisted CNBC as its primary content provider, TVNewser reports. Users will be able to access CNBC content through AOL Video and its video search destination, Truveo.com, the Web site says. —Vlada…
Hulu has made deals with seven entertainment and social network sites to distribute its videos, Reuters reports. Hulu videos now will be distributed on TV.com, TVGuide.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, Break.com and Zap2it.com, the wire service says. Hulu’s number of watched…
OpenTV announced that NBC Universal will expand its use of OpenTV Participate platform for interactive TV applications including Web, mobile and digital set-top boxes, Broadcasting & Cable reports. NBC Universal used OpenTV last year for the interactive element of “Heroes,”…
Cable operators will begin offering adapters for TiVo’s HD DVRs with cable card slots that can be used to resurrect channels that disappear due to switched-digital video technology, the Associated Press reports. Switched-digital technology frees up bandwidth space for more…
The switch to digital television is proving to be more troublesome than imagined for some analog viewers, the Washington Post reports. One viewer said that even though she had purchased a digital converter box, nearby airplane traffic and foot traffic…
NBC responded to complaints from Vista Media Center users who said they were unable to record “American Gladiators” and “Medium” on May 12, CNET reports. A NBC spokeswoman told CNET News.com that the network had “made an inadvertent mistake,” but…
A new Government Accountability Office study is raising questions about how fully ready TV stations will be for February’s digital TV transition, even as it reports “substantial progress” since its last station survey. The study hints that for some smaller-city…