The New York Yankees fell short of the World Series last year, but fans stayed tuned in longer to games shown locally on satellite TV, thanks partly to interactive features provided by DirecTV. Ray Hopkins, chief operating officer of the…
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Music network Fuse TV will let consumers choose which of three formats they prefer for the network’s new online-only Web series “Breaking Down” that launches today. “Breaking Down” is the network’s first Web series, though Fuse has previously offered outtakes,…
DIY Network renewed its online/on-air combo show “Blog Cabin” for another season. The online portion of the second season begins Jan. 1, 2008, with the on-air version slated for an August premiere. Here’s how the show works: From January through…
Income for Web Video Creators Varies From ‘Retire’ to ‘Keep Your Day Job’
FEARnet, the one-year old multiplatform horror network, is joining up with Verizon FiOS TV to offer the network’s video on demand channel to Verizon subscribers. The horror channel’s VOD service is already being carried by Comcast Cable and Cox Communications….
Talks Rocky Through Day 7 The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers aren’t anywhere close to a deal after day seven of negotiations. Studio moguls may pull out of talks until the two…
Local online ad spending will grow 48% in 2008 to $12.6 billion, driven in part by a healthy influx of local online video dollars, according to a new report from local media research firm Borrell Associates. The categories of local…
Voom HD Networks’ Gallery HD channel next month will premiere “Behind the Camera,” a series about the relationship between photographers and their subjects. The series, which will consist of 13 half-hour episodes, will feature photographers covering subjects ranging from celebrity…