DirecTV Programming Costs Rose Almost 6% in Q1
Programming costs for DirecTV, the second-largest pay TV provider in the U.S. after Comcast, increased nearly 6% in the first quarter — greater than satcaster's 5% growth in revenue in the States…
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Special F/X Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dies At 92
Special f/x legend and stop motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen died Tuesday morning in London. He was 92.
Maker Studios Puts Ex-Endemol CEO Kreiz in Charge, as Founder Steps Aside
Maker Studios, a provider of multichannel networks on YouTube, said chairman Ynon Kreiz will become executive chairman effective immediately, as co-founder and CEO Danny Zappin will step out of the…
Westdoc Opens 2013 Conference Registration
Westdoc co-founders Richard Propper and Chuck Braverman are gearing up for the conference's fourth edition at the Landmark cinemas in West Los Angeles. The West Coast docu and unscripted conference…
Disney Plans New 'Star Wars' Games Through Electronic Arts
The Force is now with Electronic Arts. The second largest videogame publisher has locked down an exclusive multi-year deal to produce "Star Wars" games for all platforms. Deal comes a month after…
YouTube to Bow Niche Pay Channels in 10 Countries
Mounting a fresh challenge to cable and satellite TV operators around the world, Google's YouTube this week will launch several dozen special-interest subscription-video channels in 10 countries…
AOL Touts 1 Mil Views for Nicole Richie's Tramp-Stamp Episode of…
AOL, trying to show that big showbiz names will equal big results, said it has served more than 1 million views of premiere episode of Internet original series Nicole Richie's "#CandidlyNicole" in…
Aereo Seeks to Preempt CBS Legal Action in Boston
Aereo filed a request in New York federal court Monday seeking a declaratory ruling that its Internet TV service is legal, citing CBS execs' tweets and statements threatening to sue the startup over…
NewFronts Recap: Stars Come Out for Internet Video
At the second running of the Digital Content NewFronts last week in New York, the online video players and TV nets hyping themselves displayed two competing approaches to onboarding content. The…
NBCU's E! Twitter Account Hacked
Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter breaking-news feed and mobile-alert system of E!, the celeb-focused cable network owned by NBCUniversal, and sent out several fake messages including one…
