Online television network Revision3 has linked up with video search service EveryZing to provide better search and discovery products for Revision3 programming on the Web, the companies announced today. The deal calls for Revision3 to use search tools from EveryZing…
The 26th annual William S. Paley Television Festival will honor new series “Fringe” and “True Blood.” The full schedule, featuring 10 more panels with cast and creative teams, will be announced Feb. 18. An all-inclusive PaleyFest09 Premium Pass that includes…
Linda Yaccarino, one of Turner Broadcasting’s top advertising-sales executives, is adding new responsibilities to her portfolio, with the cable networks operation giving her control of program acquisitions. She will also oversee Peachtree TV, Turner’s broadcast station in Atlanta. Ms. Yaccarino’s…
CBS is moving forward with its long-rumored John Mayer variety show, the network confirmed Wednesday. Awards veteran Ken Ehrlich is set to executive produce the hour while Rob Cohen (“The Big Bang Theory”) is on board to write comedy sketches…
Fourteen House Republicans are urging President-elect Barack Obama to reverse course on delaying the digital TV changeover, warning that a delay would be “a monumental error in judgment.” “No one said that this was going to be easy, but we…
“American Idol’s” season eight premiere marks the second year in the show’s history that debut ratings dropped year over year, down 16% among viewers 18-49 and down 10% in total viewers compared to season seven. The two-hour debut scored a…
President-elect Barack Obama believes that the speed of internet broadband service needs to be increased nationally, but a broadband stimulus package that will be part of his economic recovery package is more narrowly tailored, a member of the Obama transition…
Online television network Next New Networks generated 300 million views of its programs in 2008, triple the number from the year before, the company announced today. The Web studio’s signature property is the popular Web channel “Barely Political” starring ObamaGirl,…
In a new Beta Research survey of media buyers and advertisers, Discovery Channel topped the lists of networks they expected to spend more money in the next 12 months. Discovery was named by 45% of those surveyed by Beta Research,…
Who multitasks more while consuming media, men or women? This battle of the sexes pits guys who watch sports on ESPN and go online to see how their fantasy team is doing against women watching Lifetime and going online for…