Business Wire | May 15, 2008
- This summer, HGTV will premiere its first primetime program based on the phenomenally successful online feature HGTV's Rate My Space.
- In addition, Angelo will dish about the rooms posted on the "Rate My Space" Web site and offer advice the help homeowners improve their room design -- during his weekly 2-minute online videos called "Spacecasts" on HGTV.com.
- Since its launch in 2007, millions of online users have discovered that HGTV.com's "Rate My Space" Web page is a unique place to post photos of their room designs and possibly earn a coveted five-star room rating from their online peers.
Augusta Chronicle, The | May 12, 2008
- NEW YORK - Television heads into its biggest week with the hangover from a 100-day writers strike persisting.
- This week's "upfront" presentations by broadcasters outlining their fall schedules, which annually precedes a multibillion-dollar ad-buying binge, promises to be much different than before.
- "The strike had a number of impacts," said Alan Wurtzel, NBC Universal research chief, "but as with everything, it's never very clear or direct or black and white."
Yorkshire Post | May 15, 2008
- Broadcaster ITV said its turnaround plan was on track today as it looked set to outperform the UK advertising market for the first time in eight years.
- ITV also said its viewing share across its family of channels, which includes flagship ITV1, was up 1.6% at 23.4%.
- Executive chairman Michael Grade, who joined the broadcaster at the end of 2006, said: "ITV has made further progress in 2008 and the turnaround plan, outlined in September 2007, remains on track.
MARKET WIRE | May 15, 2008
- Ensequence, the interactive TV company, today announced in anticipation of the cable industry's premier convention, The Cable Show '08 being held May 18-20, the company's success to-date this year in bringing interactive TV to the mainstream.
- Key partnerships with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) and prestigious industry awards have cemented Ensequence as a key driver of interactive TV in 2008.
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will license and resell the Ensequence on-Q Create suite for Blu-ray Java (BD-J) to major studios and independent Blu-ray development partners.
Business Wire | May 15, 2008
- Livemercial, a leading provider of online direct response marketing and seminar lead generation services, has expanded into the virtual recruitment market with its acquisition of RecruiTV, Inc.
- "Livemercial revolutionized the direct response and seminar industries through the introduction of innovative video and other online technologies that generate and convert leads at a rate unmatched by others in the industry," said Johnny Mathis, Jr., CEO, Livemercial.
- By leveraging our technology platforms and expertise with RecruiTV's suite of video solutions, we will drive virtual recruiting to the next level."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | May 15, 2008
- There's a chance -- a small chance -- that when you flip on your TV next February, you won't see anything.
- That's if you get your television signals over the air and don't have either a new digital model or a converter box.
- Theoretically, the coming digital TV transition allows a clearer signal, along with the possibility of HDTV and a series of new subchannels.
Business Wire | May 15, 2008
- NCTA's The Cable Show 2008 takes place May 18 -20, 2008 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
- Listed below are profiles from Cable Show 2008 exhibitors.
- For in-depth information about The Cable Show 2008, visit http://2008.thecableshow.com/.