World Poker Tour, whose pioneering TV show sparked the boom of card games on television, unveiled a new Web site powered by digital marketing and technology firm Digitaria. The revamp is part of World Poker Tour’s effort to bolster its…
The Federal Communications Commission is rejecting candidate U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s contention that CNN unfairly excluded him from last night’s debate of the Democratic presidential candidates in South Carolina. In a decision that apparently was handed down late Friday but…
Turner Broadcasting System said it extended its agreement with NASCAR to operate the auto racing circuit’s official Web site, NASCAR.com. The extension gives Turner Sports the right to continue to manage the site through 2014 and gives it oversight of…
Bravo is renewing “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” for a fourth season. The series is set to return later this year. “Kathy has a brilliant ability to capture the pulse of pop culture with her devastatingly entertaining commentary,”…
NBC will rely on broadband video advertising network YuMe Networks to power the ads NBC delivers for its online download service NBC Direct, the companies announced today. Under the deal, YuMe will provide ad management, campaign management, trafficking and reporting…
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is launching the first national advertising of the Democratic presidential campaign—a cable buy on CNN and MSNBC of a biographical spot—and he’s immediately getting ripped by rival Sen. Hillary Clinton for the purchase. The Clinton campaign…
Writers, Studios to Start Talking? After last week’s deal between the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers produced an agreement on how to split revenue from digital video, Daily Variety is reporting that…
YouTube’s traffic dipped for the second week in a row, with the world’s biggest video-sharing site reporting 29.7 million unique users for the week of Jan. 13, according to Nielsen Online. That’s down from 30.7 million for the week ending…
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