Fox flexing homevid arm
Fox homevid has tapped two execs for its growing acquisitions biz. The vid arm, which has been on a buying spree over the last few years, has named homevid veteran David Bixler senior VP…
Digital
'Arrested' locked up
Marking the first time an Internet portal has joined the TV syndication biz, MSN has snapped up rerun rights to "Arrested Development" in an unusual three-outlet deal that includes G4 and HDNet.
PBS is Googling a download deal
PBS announced digital download deals with Google Video and Open Media Network on Wednesday at the TV Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena.
Deal allows downloads of U content in Blighty
Universal Pictures U.K., NBC Universal Intl. Television Distribution and British Telecommunications have pacted to offer U.K. consumers U content via download-to-own from BT's BT Vision site, which…
Yankees go interactive
Yankees fans who subscribe to DirecTV in the Greater New York area will be able to immerse themselves in the games as never before. YES will become the first regional sports net to offer…
Pair tooning up VOD
The children's movie/TV company 4Kids Entertainment has created a video-on-demand service for Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the U.S., with 21.7 million customers.
Spain's ONO in the 'House'
Spanish cable TV operator ONO is offering Fox hit "House" on video-on-demand starting today as part of a pioneering nonexclusive deal, closed in 2005 by ONO and NBC Universal Spain, for its Ojo VOD…
NTL enters free TV fray
Cable giant NTL has fired the latest shot in the battle to dominate Blighty's converged digital landscape, by offering free digital TV to any home that signs up for its phone services.
French feud over digital
The French government today will examine a bill that outlines plans to switch from analog to digital terrestrial TV by 2011. The legislation is causing a fracas between dominant analog webs TF1, M6…
'Friends' deal done
Steve Jobs has made some new "Friends." Warner Bros. Television -- which had been one of the last major TV studios to resist selling its wares on Apple's iTunes -- has made a deal with Apple to place…
