“Life After People” is finding new life as a series on History. “Life After People” set ratings records for History in its original incarnation as a special. The program showed how cities, buildings and bridges would eventually crumble without human…
In his 2-month-old position as CEO of Bloomberg’s multimedia group, Andrew Lack is plotting the future of the financial news empire’s expanding television, interactive and radio operations. Mr. Lack, a veteran media executive whose resume includes a turn as president…
The Insider is no Cybill Shepherd, but she can now brag that she, too, has made out with Elvis. Not the thin Elvis or the fat Elvis, but the four-legged Elvis who was evicted all too early from “Greatest American…
West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s ascension to the chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee could mean a Senate far more active on broadcast television issues, industry executives and public-interest groups say. But media executives yearning for a drastic change in…
Online video sites want to get to know you better. The Sony-owned Webvideo destination Crackle is developing tools to offer personalized video recommendations to site visitors based on their past viewing history. NBC-Fox venture Hulu introduced a similar feature earlier…
‘Gemini Division’ Adds to Revenue Stream With Aussie Rollout
Ease of Targeting Specific Audiences Seems to Guarantee Its Success
Is it over yet? Queen Elizabeth famously described 1992 as her “annus horribilis.” For the rest of us, including much of the TV industry, 2008 no doubt will merit a similar epitaph. The year began with the Writers Guild of…
His cabinet now full, President-elect Barack Obama is readying to appoint other top administration posts, making the choice of a new Federal Communications Commission chairman imminent. While the Obama transition team declined comment, sources close to Congress said they expect…
YouTube expanded its high-definition viewing options for videos on the site today, the company announced in its blog. Now if a viewer selects “Watch in HD” for any hi-def-enabled video, the video will immediately start playing in the wide-screen HD…