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NBC Ramps Up Digital Offerings

July 17, 2007

BEVERLY HILLS, July 17: NBC Digital Entertainment will add a host of new features to NBC.com this summer and in the fall, including streaming episodes of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and social networking tools. "We are the first network …

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Lifetime Television, RealNetworks Launch Game, Marketing Partnership

July 17, 2007

NEW YORK/SEATTLE, July 17: Lifetime Television has partnered with the digital entertainment services company RealNetworks for Lifetime Presents, an ad-supported series of downloadable casual games targeted at a female audience. Lifetime Presents will feature casual games with embedded ad content. …

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Fox International Channels Acquires Spanish-Language Ad Network

July 17, 2007

LOS ANGELES, July 17: Just weeks since acquiring the Spanish-language online ad network ClickDiario, Fox International Channels has made another move in that space, taking control of Directa Network. Directa Network is billed as the largest online advertising network specialized …

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Corus Entertainment’s Kids Networks Reveal Fall Schedules

July 17, 2007

TORONTO, July 17: Corus Entertainment has announced the highlights from the fall schedules across its trio of kids’ networks: YTV, Treehouse and Discovery Kids Canada. This fall, YTV’s Saturday morning cartoon block will feature the premiere of the new original …

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CASBAA to Host Sports Forum in China

July 17, 2007

HONG KONG, July 17: China International Television Corporation (CITVC) and the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) will host the International Sports Television Forum on August 24 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing. “The Forum has been developed …

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AtomFilms, Aardman Partner for Release of New Comedy Series

July 17, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17: Aardman Animations’ new original broadband animated series Pib and Pog has launched exclusively online at AtomFilms.com and on mobile with the AtomFilms Channel on Verizon Wireless's V CAST service. Later this month, Pib and Pog will …

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AmericanLife TV releases Clooney Darfur DVD

July 17, 2007

WASHINGTON D.C., July 17: A Journey to Darfur, the documentary chronicling George Clooney’s visit with his journalist father Nick Clooney to the Sudan border, will be released on DVD today, by AmericanLife TV Network. All proceeds from the sale of …

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Ludia Inks Deal to Launch Price is Right Video Game

July 17, 2007

MONTREAL, July 17: The popular television franchise The Price is Right will be launched as a video game across all major gaming platforms, per a multi-year, exclusive agreement signed by Ludia, publisher and developer of casual video games, and FremantleMedia. …

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Globo Telenovela Launches in the U.S. on GEN-TV

July 17, 2007

SÃO PAULO, July 17: Globo TV International’s telenovela Cabocla has launched in the U.S. on the Miami-based channel GEN-TV. The telenovela premiered yesterday night at 9 p.m. on the channel. GEN-TV is currently broadcasting two other Globo TV International productions, …

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MySpace and TOKYOPOP Premiere Four New Shows

July 17, 2007

LOS ANGELES, July 17: Four series from manga entertainment distributor TOKYOPOP launch on MySpace this week, with new episodes being added weekly for online streaming. The shows are available in a TOKYOPOP-branded section on the social networking site. "TOKYOPOP is …