Actress Alyssa Milano will be covering baseball online for TBS Hot Corner on MLB.com. TBS Hot Corner is a new broadband channel from Turner Broadcasting’s TBS, which will be broadcasting the major league division series and the National League Championship…
DirecTV and Thomson, a technology service provider, are rolling out new technology meant to help the U.S.’ No. 1 satellite TV supplier win more clients in apartment buildings. Residents of multi-dwelling units often are not allowed to put up satellite…
Comcast Monday launched HiDefHigh.com, a new Web site aimed at educating consumers about the company’s high-definition offerings. The new site, which has been in development for a couple of months, uses a Flash graphic of a talking parrot, in addition…
Marvel at Britney in High Def People just can’t get enough of Britney Spears and her performance at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. Now they can watch the event in high definition. MTV’s HD network, MHD, will air the…
HD programming picks for Sept. 13-Sept. 19: “Hollywoodland,” “All About My Mother,” “Torchwood” “Hollywoodland” (HBO HD). Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.: A private eye investigates a tip that “Superman” actor George Reeves’ mysterious death wasn’t suicide but murder. “All About…
The Emmy Award-winning writer-producer team of Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick have teamed up with MySpaceTV to distribute their new series exclusively online. “Quarterlife” picks up the mantle thematically of the team’s critically acclaimed “My So-Called Life” and “thirtysomething” by…
Video-sharing site Veoh Networks closed its third round of funding, adding $25 million to its coffers from a group of new investors. They include Goldman Sachs and former Viacom CEOs Tom Freston and Jonathan Dolgen. Veoh was the ninth most…
The online and video-on-demand horror network FearNet will launch its first original movie next month, timed to Halloween. The digital network, backed by Comcast, Sony and Lionsgate, partnered with Twisted Pictures, the production shop behind “Saw,” to create the new…
Warner Bros. Television Group plans to produce 23 short-form series for broadband and wireless, the studio announced today. The new projects originate from Warner Bros.’ Studio 2.0, the company’s digital programming arm. The series are produced by Jim Henson Productions,…
Michael Eisner’s online series “Prom Queen: Summer Heat” inked new distribution deals with eight online partners and a mobile TV provider. The spinoff of the spring series “Prom Queen,” which generated more than 15 million views online, will be carried…