The battle for ratings supremacy between NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America” continues to grow more ferocious, and the Peacock’s longtime frontrunner is pulling out the stops – and some commercials – to retain its crown. On several occasions…
Facebook users love to “poke” friends they have linked to on the site. It’s an electronic way to tap a pal on the shoulder, even if they are miles away in a classroom or office. Now aficionados of the popular…
One reason for HBO’s continuing dominance in pay cable, cable generally, and television itself is the network’s policy of judicious coddling. At HBO, contributing talent—writers, directors, actors—is treated not with kid-glove deference but with palpable respect, an attitude that translates…
The player: Jeff Crigler, CEO of Voxant in Reston, Va. The play: Voxant is an online marketplace that syndicates news videos across the Internet. Mr. Crigler believes that as TV stations lose traditional viewership, they will not be able to…
“The Internet’s enormous power as a distribution mechanism isn’t a new phenomenon—we saw it first with the music industry and, inevitably, it has progressed to TV and video content. The writers strike is testament to how pervasive and mainstream Web…
Alltel Uses OpenVideo for Mobile Navigation
Last Wednesday night, Conan O’Brien emceed and wickedly cast a mock political movie. Bruce Springsteen did three acoustic numbers and delivered his own Harley to the stage for auction. In the spirit of the evening, themed “Stand Up for Heroes”…
CBS Mobile has tapped Danny Bonaduce for a new mobile video series that will air on major wireless carriers beginning this week. The first original animated program developed under the CBS Mobile brand will air a new three- to five-minute…
Organization Continues Fight to Narrow Gaps in Pay, Jobs