NBC Universal and Intel have made a deal to create an online service called VIP Access that allows users of laptop computers with Intel Centrino chips and Viiv technology to download high-resolution programming from NBC.More than 20 shows from NBC…
ESPN said Thursday it is discontinuing its Mobile ESPN phone service and shifting to licensing as its mobile strategy.The service was launched to great fanfare during the Super Bowl on ABC, but added fewer than 30,000 customers, according to a…
Univision Communications shareholders on Wednesday approved the $13.7 billion acquisition of the biggest U.S. Spanish-language media company by a private group of investors that includes Saban Capital Group, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Madison…
MySpace.com ranks first among its peers in total video streams served with almost 1.5 billion, representing 20 percent of all videos streamed by Internet users, according to monthly figures released by comScore Media Metrix.More than 106.5 million people, or about…
NBC’s new game show “1 vs 100” will begin its five-week run Friday, Oct. 13, at 9 p.m. (ET), following an original episode of the network’s current game show performer, “Deal or No Deal.” After its series premiere, “1 vs…
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution confirmed Wednesday its daytime syndicated talk show “The Megan Mullally Show” is running on cabler TBS the day after it appears on local stations across the country.Terms of the TBS deal were not disclosed. “Megan”…
Both of MyNetworkTV’s new limited dramatic series “Desire” and “Fashion House” saw declines in adults 18 to 49 and total viewers in their second weeks on the air.At 8 p.m. (ET) from Monday, Sept. 11 through Sept. 15, “Desire” scored…
The producers behind “Live 8,” the most-watched live Internet broadcast, jumped ship from AOL to MSN. Control Room, the company formerly known as Network Live that produced “Live 8,” inked a multiyear agreement to provide live concerts to run online…
NBC extended the availability of its prime-time shows on video-on-demand via a deal announced Wednesday with Cablevision. Under the agreement, the New York-based cable operator has added NBC series “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “The…
Food Network said it is creating a line of home and kitchen products that will be sold exclusively at Kohl’s stores beginning in the fall of 2007.The deal, announced Wednesday, marks the first national merchandise launch for Food Network parent…