MediaDailyNews
Friday, June 15, 2012
  • Financial Analysts Find OTT No Threat To Broadcasters

    What's the real threat to broadcasters from over-the-top services like Aereo? Very little, according to a report from Barclays Capital. Dropping cable still means … Read the whole story

  • Original Productions Debuts Digital Shows, Taps TV Library

    Thom Beers, whose FremantleMedia-owned company has produced some blockbuster male-targeted reality shows, is going over the top with a new venture. Beers has launched … Read the whole story

  • Comcast Launches Apps Of Disney TV Shows

    Moving further into the TV authenticated world, Disney/ABC Television announced new elements of its wide-ranging programming deal with Comcast: the launch of new mobile … Read the whole story

  • Chevy Backs Sportsman 'Made In America' Series

    The Sportsman Channel has a deal with Chevrolet that includes exposure in on-air promos for programming launching later this month. The network, which targets … Read the whole story

  • WPP May Buy Press Index

    WPP is in talks to buy media-monitoring company Press Index. The estimated value of the company is more than $17 million per WPP. The … Read the whole story

  • Mag Bag: Time Inc. Sells Digital Subs For iPad

    Time Inc. has unveiled iPad subscription plans for all 20 of its consumer magazines, offering monthly and annual subscriptions through Apple's Newsstand. Digital subscriptions … Read the whole story

  • NBC Debuts New Comedies Ad-Free

    NBC will use dual stunts to give a lift to a pair of new fall comedies: premiering them following Olympic coverage without commercials. "Go … Read the whole story

  • GroupM Folds Socialmedia8 Into Mindshare, Evans Heads Social Media

    Adding firepower to its social media practice both in North America and at the global level, Mindshare has absorbed sibling shop Socialmedia8 and named … Read the whole story

  • NAD Tells Comcast To Revise Xfinity Ads

    Siding with Verizon, the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau recommended that Comcast should stop advertising Xfinity as the fastest broadband service … Read the whole story

  • Smile (And You'll Get The Credit Card Ad)

    Apparently Microsoft has tried to patent an advertising system that targets people's emotional states based on their search queries, emails, instant messages, playing of … Read the whole story