Media Related News from Around the Web

• Get Ready For More Commercials On Web Videos
  Source: www.businessinsider.com   Date: 2 hours 59 minutes 17 seconds ago.
  For a new rating system Nielsen wants to implement, online viewing might be crammed just as full of commercials as the more traditional TV-watching experience More
  
• Disney Gets Upgrade From J.P. Morgan
  Source: www.foxbusiness.com   Date: 3 hours 15 minutes 1 seconds ago.
  Disney Gets Upgrade From J.P. Morgan More
  
• EC warns Lithuania over broadcast licensing
  Source: www.broadbandtvnews.com   Date: 4 hours 22 minutes 8 seconds ago.
  The European Commission has warned the Lithuanian regulator RRT that obliging terrestrial broadcasters to use specific suppliers to transmit their programmes More
  
• The Thing Prequel Has Its Stars
  Source: www.latinoreview.com   Date: 8 hours 25 minutes 8 seconds ago.
  The Thing Prequel Has Its Stars By George 'El Guapo' Roush on February 07, 2010 Look, we're getting a Thing prequel whether we want one or not, so... More
  
• Oz gov't to boost local TV programs
  Source: Variety   Date: 10 hours 17 minutes 25 seconds ago.
  As Australia rolls out new digital channels and online catch-up services, the Aussie government has made a move to preserve local content in the new media age..TV News, news from the entertainment source: Variety.Oz gov't to boost local TV programs. More
  
• 'Frontline' explores the dangers of 'Flying Cheap'
  Source: community.post-gazette.com   Date: 10 hours 35 minutes 1 seconds ago.
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette TV editor Rob Owen covers TV from a national and local perspective. If you fly with any regularity out of Pittsburgh International, odds are that you've flown on a regional carrier, the smaller planes that nowadays are more often jets but still could be a propeller-driven More
  
• VIZIO Super Bowl ad pushes internet connected HDTVs in a big way
  Source: hd.engadget.com   Date: 13 hours 1 seconds ago.
  We weren't sure exactly what Beyonce, David Goes to the Dentist and Chocolate Rain all had in common, but VIZIO squeezed them all into its More
  
• Here's That Dave, Jay, Oprah, Super Bowl Ad
  Source: www.deadline.com   Date: 14 hours 40 minutes 49 seconds ago.
  'Valentine's Day' Sort-Of-Sequel Underway http://bit. More
  
• In brief: Idea Cellular likely to sell stake in Indus Towers
  Source: www.totaltele.com   Date: 15 hours 36 minutes 1 seconds ago.
  TV channel reports 16% stake worth $600 million-$800 million. More
  
• FCP / AE Editor
  Source: www.media-match.com   Date: 02-06-2010 12:55:45 GMT
  Independent film production is looking for a Final Cut Pro editor / After Effects artist to create a 15 minute sizzle reel for an investor presentation February 25, 2010. The ... More
  
• Old, tired and all but dead: Mavs crap out against Timberwolves
  Source: www.unclebarky.com   Date: 02-06-2010 04:18:01 GMT
  Photo: Ed Bark By ED BARK Let's be blunt. The Dallas Mavericks stink. Stink on ice. Stink to the point of losing by nine points(!) on their home floor Friday night to the really crappy Minnesota Timberwolves. I'd been holding back on this, but it's clear at this point. All is lost. More
  
• South Carolina gets $5.9 million broadband stimulus grant
  Source: www.muniwireless.com   Date: 02-05-2010 23:44:12 GMT
  The NTIA has awarded $5.9 million to the South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. Its S.C. Reach for Success project proposes to More
  
• CATV to our web site
  Source: www.slingcommunity.com   Date: 02-05-2010 22:31:43 GMT
  i have a local weather station i would like to put on our web site. we habe the web server hosted in house along with the weather reciever that we put out on local channel 20. i have a Motorola dsr... More
  
• EchoStar's ViP-TV to Provide Transport of HD Video for Alaskan City's IPTV Service
  Source: www.tvover.net   Date: 06-09-2009 17:01:46 GMT
  IPTV news, business reports, forum, and Internet TV directory, by TVover.net. Core topics include IPTV software, hardware, service providers, set-top boxes, and events. More
  
• Super Bowl Sunday TV schedule
  Source: www.kpic.com   Date: 02-05-2010 21:00:44 GMT
  The when to watch what guide to Super Bowl XLIV, including information about Katie Couric's pre-gameinterview with President Barack Obama and how you can submit questions to ask the president. More
  
• Go High-Tech with the DIRECTV HD DVR
  Source: www.directstartv.com   Date: 02-05-2010 20:53:49 GMT
  In the 90s, nothing was more frustrating than when the VHS tape ran out of room while you were trying to record your favorite show. But that was the 90s the 2010s are a whole different ballgame. With the DIRECTV HD DVR, you have access to powerful technology that virtually eliminates the More
  
• Select AMC Theatres Locations to Host Two-Day "Best Picture Showcase" - See All 10 Oscar-nominated Movies
  Source: www.bigscreen.com   Date: 02-05-2010 18:33:36 GMT
  As they have in 2007, 2008, and 2009, select AMC Theatres locations across the country will be hosting a special "Best Picture Showcase," where all ten movies nominated for Best Picture will be... More
  
• Andrea Wong To Exit Lifetime
  Source: Broadcasting & Cable   Date: 02-05-2010 17:27:49 GMT
  Lifetime president Andrea Wong has finalizedan agreement to exit the company, which was merged with A&E Networks in a deal last year. More
  
• Cox Offers Customers Expanded Coverage of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games - Zibb.com
  Source: Comtex   Date: 02-05-2010 17:15:00 GMT
  Cox Communications, in agreement with NBC Universal, has announced a multiplatform content offering for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Cox will offer content from the Vancouver Games across multiple digital platforms, including high-definition networks, On DEMAND offerings and online More
  
• Best HDTV Bait: Super Bowl or Olympics?
  Source: hometheatermag.com   Date: 02-05-2010 15:06:00 GMT
  February 5, 2010 HDTV sales are typically booming at this time of year. Conventional wisdom has it that the Super Bowl is the reason. Is it really? More