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YouTube Gets Flexible to Pull in Network Partners

As YouTube tries to win over television programmers and the brand advertisers that want to sponsor their shows, the site is offering more flexible terms for providers of premium TV content. The new inducements? Functionality that lets programmers run...

Published Mon, May 25 2009 10:30 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, ESPN, CBS, YouTube, Print Edition

Upfront Digital Ad Sales Primed to Rise

With the majority of the networks’ upfront presentations still a few weeks away, it’s difficult to predict when advertisers will start spending on television and online buys. But digital executives at most of the broadcast networks are optimistic that...

Published Sun, May 10 2009 11:25 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, Fox, ABC, Advertising, CBS, NBC, The CW, Print Edition, Digital Upfront

Moonves: NBC’s Leno Move Helps CBS

CBS CEO Les Moonves said that NBC’s decision to put Jay Leno on in prime time will help his company’s bottom line. “We were the No. 1 network at 10 o’clock last year,” Mr. Moonves told analysts and investors during CBS’ quarterly earnings conference call...

Published Thu, May 7 2009 7:30 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Digital, Advertising, CBS, NBC, Syndication, Jay Leno, Earnings, Les Moonves

Google Teams With CBS, MGM on YouTube, Launches TV Ads Online

Google has teamed up with professional content companies including CBS and MGM, to offer long-form movie and TV content on the Web video giant YouTube. Among the studios and content creators already on board are Crackle, Lionsgate, Starz, the BBC, among...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 9:52 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Digital, Advertising, CBS, YouTube, Google, MGM, Google TV Ads Online

Media 1Q Earnings: Bernstein's Grim Outlook

Investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein on Wednesday released a new pessimistic report on media company earnings. “The recent run-up in media stocks suggests investors are looking past the horrid near-term trends to a happier place off in the horizon,” said...

Published Wed, Apr 8 2009 8:22 AM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Digital, Advertising, CBS, Viacom, Syndication, Research, Earnings, Time Warner, News Corp., Economy, Walt Disney Co.

With ‘Harper’s Island,’ CBS Tests Web-TV Boundaries

It might not be obvious on the surface, but the new limited-run drama “Harper’s Island” has a lot in common with another CBS island-based show: “Survivor.” Like Mark Burnett’s groundbreaking reality series, “Harper’s”—an “I Know What You Did Last Summer...

Published Sun, Apr 5 2009 11:00 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Digital, CBS, Print Edition, Harper's Island, Harper's Globe

ABC in Talks to Put Programming on Hulu, Take Equity Stake

ABC is getting serious about offering its television programming on Hulu in exchange for an equity stake, reports PaidContent.org. The online news outlet said talks between Disney, which owns ABC, and Hulu, an NBC Universal-News Corp. joint venture, have...

Published Fri, Mar 27 2009 1:54 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Digital, ABC, CBS, NBC Universal, Hulu, Disney, News Corp., TV.com

‘Ross the Intern’ Moves to TheInsider.com

Ross Mathews has come onboard as a celebrity interviewer for TheInsider.com. Mr. Mathews got his break on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” where he filmed segments and did celebrity interviews for seven years as “Ross the Intern.” Mr. Mathews will host...

Published Thu, Feb 19 2009 5:37 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Digital, CBS, The Insider, Ross Mathews, Inside Dish With Ross Mathews, TheInsider.com, Ross the Intern

DTV Switch: Many Stations to Broadcast Dual Signals Through June

CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and ABC have all agreed to keep both analog and digital signals airing for their owned and operated stations through the new June 12 date set for the DTV transition. Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps...

Published Thu, Feb 5 2009 1:45 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Digital, Fox, ABC, DTV, CBS, NBC, FCC, Hearst-Argyle, Telemundo, Gannett, Michael Copps

Column: Old, New Media Linking Hands

Can programming producers survive on revenues derived from Web distribution alone? The overwhelming evidence seems to say no. Last week production shop Generate struck a multiyear television development and production deal to create scripted broadcast...

Published Sun, Feb 1 2009 10:46 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, CBS, Daisy Whitney, Daisy's Digital Diary, Print Edition, Column, Comedy Central, Generate, LonelyGirl15, Chocolate News, 60 Frames, Harper's Island, EQAL

Lining Up Funds First Pays for Producers

The slumping economy is forcing the new-media business to grow up fast. New-media producers and creators at last week’s NATPE conference in Las Vegas said they’re shedding some of the more speculative financial practices that defined the early days of...

Published Sun, Feb 1 2009 10:46 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, CBS, Print Edition, NATPE, Generate, Jordan Levin, EQAL

Video: What Does CBS Have in Mind for the Web?

Does anyone know where the broadcast networks stand when it comes to making original series for the Web? You’ll get a different story depending on whether you talk to CBS, ABC or NBC. CBS pulled the plug on original Web series “WallStrip” and “Moblogic...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2009 11:27 AM by News

Filed under: Digital, CBS, New Media Minute, Web Video, Disney, Moblogic, Wallstrip

Deal Puts CBS Content on Verizon’s FiOS, VCast

CBS and Verizon penned a long-term program carriage and retransmission-consent agreement, bringing both high-definition and standard-definition CBS content to Verizon’s on-demand FiOS TV service, the two companies announced Monday. The new agreement provides...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2009 6:00 AM by News

Filed under: Digital, CBS, HD, FiOS, Verizon, VCast

Rounding Up HD News: Comedy Central Goes HD; CBS Plans HD Inauguration Coverage

Comedy Central Goes HD Comedy Central has made the move to high definition on Cablevision, with HD coverage reaching Cox and DirecTV viewers by the end of the month, TelevisionWeek reported. The HD channel will make available the last 30 episodes of ...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2009 6:00 AM by News

Filed under: Digital, CBS, HD, FiOS, Verizon, Sony, Comedy Central, Inauguration, Nine Inch Nails

CES Marks Year of the Touch Screen

The intuitive displays and Web connectivity of the iPhone are influencing the design of television sets. Some of the biggest and flashiest TV displays at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week seemed to channel the spirit of the iPhone,...

Published Sun, Jan 11 2009 10:02 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, Showtime, CBS, Print Edition, Sony, Bravia, Yahoo, Apple, iPhone, CES, Anne Sweeney

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