Director-writer-producer Marshall Herskovitz will receive the Silver Anniversary New Vision award from the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors, the organization announced today. The award is honoring Mr. Herskovitz’s 25 years of creativity, including his involvement in “thirtysomething” and…
Sony Pictures Television has landed some serious star power in Jerry Seinfeld and Tony Bennett for its upcoming presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 7. Sony said the multiple Grammy and Emmy winner Mr. Bennett and Golden Globe…
MTV Networks plans to refine its Web sites so they can be measured more effectively by online audience measurement firm comScore, Ty Ahmad-Taylor, VP of product development at MTV Networks, said during a session at the NewTeeVee Conference in San…
Internet television technology firm thePlatform has inked deals with two children’s entertainment brands, HIT Entertainment and PBS Kids Sprout. Under the agreements, the Web video company will power online video publishing for HIT Entertainment’s Web channels for shows like “Barney,”…
New-media production shop ON Networks raised $12 million in a second round of funding, the company announced today. Accel Partners led the funding round, which included contributions from existing investors Austin Ventures and AT&T. ON Networks said it will use…
To coincide with the premiere of the fourth season of flagship series “Project Runway” on Bravo tonight, the cable network is launching its first mobile fan club. Consumers can opt-in free of charge for the club by texting RUNWAY to…
Online video technology firm Move Networks said that in October more than 6 million people watched long-form video online that relied on the Move player and technology. That figure comes from aggregate data for Move customers including ABC, Discovery, Fox,…