Online video ad network YuMe Networks closed a $9 million round of funding, the company announced today. The money in this second round comes from existing investors Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners and BV Capital as well as new investor DAG…
Food Network chef Mario Batali is branching out on his own to produce an online video series called “Mario Batali Unclogged,” debuting today on the Web site Serious Eats. Rather than partner with the network, the chef is working with…
Video-on-demand service Akimbo System revamped its management team and has appointed Neil Goldberg chief operating officer and Peter Chantel chief financial officer. Mr. Goldberg most recently was president of On Demand Media Group and also ran programming at VOD aggregator…
After months of testing, YouTube finally rolled out its copyright protection system dubbed YouTube Video Identification, the company announced Monday. The Google-owned site said in a blog post that the new system “goes well above and beyond our legal responsibilities.”…
A volley of words continues between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers as the two groups seek to reach a labor agreement before the WGA’s current contract expires on Oct. 31. The…
Small markets and short series are putting a crimp in Turner Sports’ first year of postseason baseball. Ratings on Fox are down slightly after two games of the American League Championship Series, but with a night game replacing a day…
ESPN has finalized a deal with Fox Sports Net that will allow ESPN to carry Pac-10 college basketball games for the first time since 1995. As part of the deal with Fox, ESPN’s 2007 slate will offer two regular-season Pac-10…
CNN is moving “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to 7 p.m. weeknights starting Nov. 5, when “The Situation Room” will begin running in one block from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. CNN also announced Monday that Mr. Blitzer will anchor the network’s…