The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has turned to television producer Ken Ehrlich to executive produce the Emmy Awards for the fourth consecutive year. “The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” will be broadcast live on Sunday, Sept. 21, on…
Video-sharing site YouTube said in a blog post Friday that it’s offering some of its videos in a higher-quality format now. The site did not specify the format or what constitutes higher quality. However, YouTube said in its posts that…
Online animation network Aniboom at www.aniboom.com launched a contest today inviting Web video creators and Radiohead fans to produce an animated music video for any song off the band’s latest album. The contest will award the winners a $10,000 prize…
The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on indecency issues stemming from fleeting expletives that aired during awards broadcasts on Fox, the court announced today. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Federal Communications Commission’s appeal of the ruling…
Viacom Chief Philippe Dauman Met a Lofty Digital Revenue Goal. Now He Has the Scale to Do It Again
CBS Interactive’s new Web show “Moblogic” has landed its first advertiser, carmaker Saturn, the company announced today. “Moblogic” stars Lindsay Campbell, former host of “WallStrip,” and features news-of-the-day reports told via person-on-the-street interviews. Saturn is sponsoring the show, including a…
I am old media and proud of it. OK, fine. So maybe I am new media too. But I am only new media in the sense that I produce content for new media vehicles, such as Web video and blogs….
CBS Television Stations today launched the CBS Local Ad Network, a partnership between the company’s local TV stations and local bloggers and social media Web sites in CBS-owned stations’ markets. Under the partnership, CBS syndicates local news widgets to local…
Online video ad network BrightRoll has introduced high-definition ad units, the company said today. This will allow branded advertisers to deliver marketing messages in hi-def online, the company said. BrightRoll matches the ads with “hi-def ready” publishers, including Federated Media…
For broadcast television networks trying to woo back viewers after the writers strike, the next few weeks may prove a turning point. The networks are returning to the first-run scripted programming they lost during the 100-day Writers Guild of America…