YouTube struck a partnership with People magazine’s Web site People.com to launch a contest for an aspiring reporter to cover the red carpet at the Emmy Awards on Sept. 21. The competition is sponsored by Revlon. Applicants can submit videos…
The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the hunt for a division win, but they’ve already captured this year’s Governors Award in nominations for the 60th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, announced today. L.A.’s boys in blue will receive the…
Investors continue to pour more money into the online video how-to business sector. Instructional video network Graspr said it landed $2.5 million in series A funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and angel investors. Graspr also launched a syndication platform and…
China’s business boom may put a crimp in your ability to buy a high-definition television in a few years. Demand for desktop computers with flat-screen monitors in regions such as Latin America and China is likely to surge as businesses…
If you can’t beat ’em… Cable companies looking to win back customers who have moved over to satellite providers and other multichannel service operators may be rethinking their strategy of focusing on high-definition video-on-demand offerings. Instead, they’re hoping an increased…
The player: Scott Young, chief marketing officer at LodgeNet Interactive The play: Mr. Young is helping to boost sales at what the company says is the largest U.S. interactive-media systems provider for hotels. Its products, which allow guests to use…
Comcast to Boost 2009 Spending for HD Channels Comcast, the U.S. cable television leader, will significantly boost its capital expenditures next year in an effort to widen its inventory of high-definition channels, Multichannel News reports, citing Collins Stewart analyst Thomas…
HD programming picks for July 10-16: “Billy Elliot,” “Miss Universe Pageant,” “Major League Baseball All-Star Game”
ABC will gain two new affiliates Aug. 1 when West Virginia Media adds the network’s full lineup plus local news on the digital spectrums of its NBC-affiliated WBOY-TV in Clarksburg-Weston and CBS-affiliated WTRF-TV in Wheeling-Steubenville. Residents in both markets currently…
Verizon’s FiOS fiber-optic television service will start carrying the Big Ten Network as part of its effort to boost subscribers by offering more sports programming in high definition. Verizon said today that the channel will be available in both standard-definition…