Video search service Pixsy struck a deal with Lycos to power video and image search across Lycos. Lycos will use Pixsy to let users search for the latest Web videos and photos. As a video search engine, Pixsy competes with…
“Clearly there are good things happening,” an upbeat CBS Corp. President and CEO Leslie Moonves said Wednesday. He was speaking about the news that the striking Writers Guild of America had announced it would not picket the Grammy Awards ceremony…
Veteran news executive Joe Peyronnin has joined Gibraltar Associates as senior adviser for global communications and new media. He will be based in New York City, where he most recently was full-time corporate adviser to VFinity, a company that specializes…
The Auction Network is making its first appearance at NATPE. The fledgling online television network allows viewers to watch and bid on auctions from all over the world. Tallying results in real time, the Auction Network is making its move…
CBS-owned Last.fm, the music and social-networking Web site, is expanding to a platform that offers full-length streaming music recordings on demand for free. The global service will be ad-supported, and is considered by CBS to represent a very lucrative opportunity…
Internet video site Break.com teamed up with mobile content distributor Transpera to offer Break’s videos on cell phones. Under the deal, consumers can access Break’s mobile service via a mobile phone’s browser, the companies said. Transpera’s technology lets content owners…
Disney and ESPN Media Networks have appointed Tim Connolly to the newly created position of vice president, mobile distribution. Mr. Connolly has extensive experience in the wireless industry, most recently serving as vice president of sales and business development at…
World Poker Tour, whose pioneering TV show sparked the boom of card games on television, unveiled a new Web site powered by digital marketing and technology firm Digitaria. The revamp is part of World Poker Tour’s effort to bolster its…
Turner Broadcasting System said it extended its agreement with NASCAR to operate the auto racing circuit’s official Web site, NASCAR.com. The extension gives Turner Sports the right to continue to manage the site through 2014 and gives it oversight of…
NBC will rely on broadband video advertising network YuMe Networks to power the ads NBC delivers for its online download service NBC Direct, the companies announced today. Under the deal, YuMe will provide ad management, campaign management, trafficking and reporting…