“The View” and “General Hospital” are now available on ABC.com’s online video player. The five most recent episodes of each program will be viewable for free in the player. Episodes of “The View” will be added to the player at…
Cartoon Network New Media and Grigon Entertainment have launched a massively multiplayer online game, Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall. The game allows users to create avatars to battle alongside popular Cartoon Network characters. More than 2.5 million accounts were created during…
ESPN Classic will air a 10-hour marathon of “Breaking Barriers” on Jan. 20 to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration as president. An additional seven hours of the series, which profiles ground-breaking African American athletes such as Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe and…
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has appointed Brent Willman as its chief financial officer. He will oversee the network’s finance and accounting efforts, including long-range strategic planning, annual budgeting and evaluation of business opportunities and financial goals. Mr. Willman previously…
HBO and MTV are adjusting their telecast plans as Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Obama draws near. On Sunday night, HBO had been planning to telecast the opening event of the inauguration, an afternoon combined concert and reading at the Lincoln…
Billy Berghammer has been named director of gaming editorial for G4TV.com. He will be responsible for gaming content on all of G4’s nonlinear platforms, including G4TV.com, G4 on Demand, G4 Podcasts, G4 Mobile and the network’s Wii and PS3 browser-based…
Gannett, which owns 23 television stations across the United States as well as newspapers including USA Today, is having its employees participate in a mandatory furlough program requiring them to take off a week of work without pay, according to…
Several former Discovery Networks International executives have formed International Media & Entertainment Partners, a consultancy that will advise media clients on expanding internationally. The new venture is headed by Dawn McCall, ex-president of Discovery Communication’s international division. Former members of…
Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori said he and other executives at Fox are breathing “a sigh of relief” in the wake of solid premiere ratings for the new season of “American Idol.” “When you look at the broadcast environment (this…