Lifetime Movie Network’s original film “What Color Is Love?” averaged 1.6 million total viewers for its debut on Sunday, Jan. 18. That makes it the network’s third highest-rated original film ever among women 18-49 and 25-54. Sunday night’s telecast of…
The inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th president of the United States turned out to be more traditional television than a showcase for broadcast technology. That made the story of the day less what the coverage looked like, but how…
Independent production studio and management company Generate has added Chris Pollack and Will Lowery to its management division. Mr. Pollack comes to Generate from his own independent management firm, where he worked with television writers, reality producers and feature directors…
Popular Web channel “Barely Political” has snagged the top two spots on YouTube’s most-viewed videos for the day for videos related to today’s inauguration of President Barack Obama. The political satire channel from online television network Next New Networks has…
Emeril Lagasse will serve as a guest judge on Bravo’s “Top Chef” on Feb. 18. The challenge, which will take place in New Orleans, will narrow the field from four contestants to three. The winner of “Top Chef: New York”…
Obama Team Takes Over White House Web Site It didn’t take long for the White House Web page to switch from one president to the next. By 12:10 p.m., minutes after Barack Obama took office as president, the Bush administration…
Online video technology firm Fliqz landed $6 million in Series C funding, the company announced today. The round was led by Triangle Peak Partners and included participation from existing Fliqz investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. Fliqz services more than 35,000 online…
Online video search service Pixsy introduced a new feature today to help the publishers it works with make money on their video content. The new “Pixsy Premium Feed” embeds pre-rolls ads and overlay ads into the licensed and syndicated video…
For years Keith Olbermann has ended his “Countdown” show on MSNBC with a reference to the Iraq War—the number of days since George W. Bush appeared in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner on a Navy aircraft carrier. President-elect Barack…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin in his last hours as chairman is delivering one last attack on cable pricing. In a letter to leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee and in an action taken by the FCC’s Media Bureau,…