GroupM, the media buying arm of advertising giant WPP, has led a group making a $25 million investment into Invidi Technologies Corp., a leader in enabling targeted advertising over broadband television. GroupM’s investment indicates that it sees video advertising that’s…
FX’s acclaimed legal thriller “Damages” led in series nominations for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards as several breakout cable programs made strong showings. “Damages” received four nominations for its debut season, including best drama series. That category includes fellow…
Golden Globe Television Nominees Television Series – Drama “Big Love” (HBO) “Damages” (FX) “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC) “House” (Fox) “Mad Men” (AMC) “The Tudors” (Showtime) Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Patricia Arquette – “Medium” Glenn Close…
Upset over the writers’ focus on “picket line frivolity” as opposed to working toward a contract, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have voiced their disapproval of the Writers Guild of America’s joining Wednesday’s Service Employees International Union…
Democratic FCC commissioners Michael J. Copps and Jonathan S. Adelstein are blasting agency chairman Kevin J. Martin’s move to proceed with an FCC media ownership vote next week. In a statement the two issued Wednesday night, on the eve of…
Video search site ClipBlast released a new version of its service at www.clipblast.com that includes ad-targeting capability. ClipBlast now pairs video with targeted ads using its “Intelligent Index” feature that categorizes content in real time. ClipBlast will face competition from…
Awards Concerned for No-Shows Awards season is here and award telecast producers are raising concerns about who will cross the Writers Guild of America’s picket line to attend, Daily Variety reports. The Golden Globes, whose nominees are announced tomorrow, applied…
As part of its recent shift in focus to free, ad-supported content, AOL Video struck a deal with MTV Networks that will see clips from MTVN content on the AOL Video portal starting later this week. That will include short-form…
This is the time of year when people start thinking about the coming year, so while others are making resolutions, people in the advertising business are making projections. One seer who’s been at this for years, Universal McCann senior VP/director…
David Lang doesn’t think there’s much difference between creating traditional programs and making branded entertainment. “It’s still got to be great entertainment. Otherwise consumers aren’t going to watch,” said Mr. Lang, who was promoted last month to president of MindShare…