Blu-ray Proponents Bow ‘I Do Blu’ Campaign Blu-ray supporters Monday launched an educational campaign employing the slogan “I Do Blu.” The promotion began during Sunday’s airing of the final game of the World Series, with a commercial showing a generic…
HD programming picks for Nov. 1-7: “Because I Said So,” “Night at the Museum,” “The 41st Annual CMA Awards” “Because I Said So” (HBO HD). Saturday, Nov. 3, 8 p.m.: Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore star in a romantic comedy…
The current Hollywood writers contract will expire without a deal tonight as negotiations hit a roadblock over DVD and online residual payments. The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers took a hardline stance in today’s negotiations, saying they would…
Video search service Truveo said it’s expanding internationally and introducing video search portals for France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. The new sites are available today at: France – http://fr.truveo.com Germany – http://de.truveo.com India –…
Monday’s test launch of the Hulu video site from NBC and Fox is the latest evidence that broadcast and cable networks have gotten religion when it comes to Web video, but Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire said he still hasn’t seen…
As part of his presidential campaign Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is promising to make sure that any Federal Communications Commission members he appoints will ensure that Internet service providers can’t favor some content providers over others by providing them faster…
Pat Mitchell, president-CEO of the Paley Center for Media, will receive the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors’ Chair Award Dec. 7 at the Caucus’ 25th annual black-tie gala. Veteran talk show host and television producer Byron Allen will…
Video-centric social media company Vitrue closed its Series B round of financing session with $10 million, with a majority of the funding coming from early-stage venture capital firm Dace Ventures. Vitrue creates branded sites enabling its customers to review and…
Hulu, the online video venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, is officially up and running today in a private beta test. However, anyone can sign up for the test simply by visiting www.hulu.com and entering their email address. With…
Broadband advertising network YuMe inked a deal with video technology provider DAVE Networks to sell and serve ads against its content. Under the deal, DAVE will use YuMe to sell ads for its peer-to-peer system that provides video distribution, social…