Bright House Networks said it will launch Start Over in its Tampa Bay, Fla., division on Oct. 24. Start Over allows customers to restart live programs from the beginning by simply pressing the select button on their remote controls. Time…
Mobile TV as delivered by dedicated networks does not appear to be a viable business, a prominent analyst has told Red Herring. “It’s difficult to make a business case for mobile broadcast TV that can generate anything like the revenue…
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Who would advertise on a bisexual dating show? Would you believe the U.S. Army Reserve? That answer and others came Tuesday night when MTV premiered “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila.” There were some predictable sponsors—such as movie studios—who…
Lifetime inked a deal with online video service Paltalk to air both original programming and scheduled chats with Lifetime star Lisa Williams. Starting Friday, fans will be able to chat with Ms. Williams on Lifetime’s site or Paltalk right after…
NBC Universal is on a high-tech, green consolidation streak that extends from the newly constructed NBC News world headquarters, being shown off to the press Thursday afternoon at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, to long-term plans for a similar approach…
CNBC has hired Dennis Kneale, the Forbes magazine managing editor who has been a familiar face to Fox News Channel’s weekend business audience for several years, as media and technology editor. Mr. Kneale will report throughout CNBC’s 5 a.m.-7 p.m….
Former Cox Communications CEO James O. Robbins died Wednesday night of cancer. He was 65. Under Mr. Robbins, Cox became one of the nation’s biggest cable operators. He helped move it into the high-speed Internet and telephone businesses, which proved…
TV Land has relaunched its Web site, which will feature full-length streaming episodes of the classic TV series “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Leave It to Beaver” and “Gunsmoke.” Other shows being added to the site in the coming months include…
AT&T’s Internet Protocol TV service U-verse has added TBS HD and CNN HD to its high-definition roster, just in time to bring its 100,000 subscribers the 2007 Major League Baseball divisional playoffs. TBS has the rights to broadcast first- and…