A new Government Accountability Office study is raising questions about how fully ready TV stations will be for February’s digital TV transition, even as it reports “substantial progress” since its last station survey. The study hints that for some smaller-city…
IFC Films is joining forces with Amazon to make its library available through the Internet company’s Unbox technology. The digital video service downloads films to personal computers, TiVo boxes and portable media players. IFC Films titles including Oscar nominees “Y…
Dish Network’s satellite television service will provide interactive advertising capabilities to NBC television networks and owned-and-operated stations. Paying subscribers to the Dish service will have the option to use their remote controls to access more information, coupons and discounts from…
Netflix today will start selling a set-top box that will allow subscribers to stream movies directly to their television sets from Netflix’s Web site. Netflix Player by Roku, which was co-developed by digital-media technology company Roku Inc., will be available…
Worldwide television unit sales during the first quarter were little changed from a year earlier as a drop in demand for TVs 40 inches or larger caused a plunge in the sale of rear-projection TVs. Cathode-ray tube TV sales also…
NBC Universal promoted Shari Post to VP, prime-time ad sales, and confirmed that it hired Dave Barrington, who will be VP, daytime and late night, sales. Ms. Post, who had been in charge of daytime and late-night sales, will continue…
Hallmark Channel announced the first upfront deal of the buying season, completing a multimillion-dollar ad buy with media agency Starcom. The deal covers Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel in high definition. Bill Abbott, Hallmark Channel executive VP for ad…
NBC has given a series order to “Kings,” the two-hour drama pilot starring Ian McShane (“Deadwood”). The greenlight is somewhat anticlimatic, since the network announced last month that “Kings” would be part of its Sunday schedule come January. However, NBC’s…
The White House is blasting NBC News for what it contends is “deceitful editing” of correspondent Richard Engel’s interview of President Bush that aired last night on “NBC Nightly News” and this morning on “Today.” It also is questioning the…
Web video celebrity Amanda Congdon has signed with production studio Media Rights Capital to host a new online series, “Sometimes Daily,” a variety show covering news, technology, politics, the environment and other topics. “[Ms. Congdon] is the world’s first videoblog…