Bilingual entertainment network LATV will expand its reach to 32 million households in a new partnership with Tribune Broadcasting, reports Broadcasting & Cable. As a part of the deal, Tribune Broadcasting will air LATV on the digital channels of its…
Beginning in May or June, Cablevision Systems will eliminate analog feeds of basic-cable channels including A&E, TLC, E!, Sci Fi Channel and Animal Planet, reports Multichannel News. Those channels will switch to digital format, requiring current digital subscribers to obtain…
Media company Cox Enterprises Inc. will announce today that it acquired Web-advertising company Adify Corp. for about $300 million in cash, the Associated Press reports. Adify, which runs an advertising network for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, helps generate revenue by…
Warner Bros. Television Group will resurrect its former broadcast network, The WB, as a new ad-supported Web video-based interactive site, TheWB.com. The site will feature some of the studio’s most popular shows from its library targeted to the 16- to…
The Associated Press has signed a deal with mobile video services provider Transpera to power the mobile content distribution of the AP’s Mobile News Network. Mobile News Network, scheduled to launch later this quarter, is the first product of the…
Sure, iTunes was instrumental in singlehandedly unleashing the digital video revolution in 2005 when Disney inked the deal with Apple. For the first time, TV shows really were freed from the TV set. But consider the numbers since then. Two…
TVGuide.com has seen record traffic on its Web site after a year of major renovations. TV Guide Online, a division of Gemstar-TV Guide International, estimates 12 million unique visitors monthly to its flagship site, representing a 40% annual increase in…
Calling it a dating show for the Internet era, FremantleMedia and Heavy.com are teaming up for “LoveRace,” targeted at the 18-25 year old demographic, Daily Variety reports. Contestants will use online videos and social networking sites to win dates, and…
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