Deadline had to wait for the official Google/YouTube announcement because of the non-disclosure agreement signed by our parent company PMC. We are one of the first major channels that will be launching in late January as part of this deal. It will be called PMC Entertainment and is alone in the entertainment breaking news category. It will make use of content from Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com, TVLine.com, and Movieline.com. Here’s the news:
More great content creators coming to YouTube
Wonderful things happen when cool technology meets great entertainment. Cable television expanded our viewing possibilities from just a handful of channels to hundreds, and brought us some of the most defining media experiences of the last few decades– think MTV, ESPN and CNN. Today, the web is bringing us entertainment from an even wider range of talented producers, and many of the defining channels of the next generation are being born, and watched, on YouTube.
Today we’
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Bob Walker Upped At Weather Channel
Bob Walker has been upped to EVP and GM of networks and content at the Weather Channel Companies, where he will be responsible for all live and original programming, including on-air and digital content as well as on the TWC Radio Network. ‘
Hulu Plus Had 875K Subscribers In June
No word about Hulu’s effort to find a buyer. But CEO Jason Kilar offers a strong sales pitch for the company in a status report he posted online today. He says the company owned by Disney, News Corp and Comcast’s NBCUniversal is “on pace to approach half a billion in 2011 revenue.” With 875,000 customers in June paying $7.99 a month to watch streamed movies and TV shows on Hulu Plus, “we anticipate exceeding 1 million paying subscribers before the end of this summer” — a target the company originally expected to hit at year’s end. Kilar says that when ad sales are thrown in, “we proudly and profitably pay the content community approximately $8 per subscriber per month for the content offering you see today on Hulu Plus.” The CEO adds that it is able to “thrive on low margins and the unusually effective Hulu advertising service we’
Wrigley & GM Join Taco Bell Suspending Ads On Racy MTV 'Skins': Is Subway Next?
UPDATE, SATURDAY: Today, the Parents Television Council praised another advertiser, Wrigley, for suspending advertisements on MTV’
Oren Aviv Meets For Fox Marketing Job, After Joining Digital Artists Board
While we’ve been scattered to the winds today, reports have Oren Aviv possibly taking the co-president of marketing post at 20th Century Fox, which became vacant when Pam Levine stepped down Tuesday after 16 years at the studio. Insiders say that Aviv is by no means a sure thing. There is a “usual suspects” list of seasoned marketing execs that range from Valerie Van Gelder to Terry Press and Gerry Rich. After moving out of marketing to steer production for Disney, will Aviv be content to step back into a marketing role and share the post with Tony Sella? Aviv has kept a low profile since leaving Disney early this year, but he resurfaced earlier this fall when he joined the Board of Directors of Digital Artists. Aviv has been advising them on digital content, production, creative, branding and strategy. He was brought in by CEO William Kendall and Chief Creative Officer William Kendall.
Comcast Accused Of "Putting Up Toll Booth" And "Take It Or Leave It Demands" For Online Movie Transmission By Rivals
This could potentially complicate Comcast’s attempt to obtain FCC regulatory approval before the end of the 2010. Level 3 Communications, which delivers Netflix online movies among other products and services, issued this statement today from chief legal officer Thomas Storz:
BROOMFIELD, Colo., November 29, 2010 — “On November 19, 2010, Comcast informed Level 3 that, for the first time, it will demand a recurring fee from Level 3 to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast’
Writers Guild East Ratifies Public Broadcasting Deal
Public Television writers repped by Writers Guild of America have unanimously ratified a new four-year contract. Deal covers writers who script content for the three major producers of public TV programming, WGBH, WNET and KCET, plus smaller companies that generate content for PBS. Made-for-internet programming is covered for the first time, in this deal, which calls for 2% rate increases in the second year, and 2.75% in the third and fourth years.
AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, SAG, & MPAA Make Joint FCC Filing Opposing Reclassification Of Internet
The following is a joint filing submitted to the Federal Communications Commission today by a broad coalition of entertainment industry guilds, unions and studios, including AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, SAG and the MPAA who have combined forces to speak with one voice on the issue of Internet theft through a single filing.
The joint filing is in response to the FCC’
UPDATE: Rainbow And AT&T Ink New Deal, 'Mad Men' Season Saved On AT&T U-Verse
AT&T and Rainbow Media just announced they have reached an new carriage agreement for Rainbow’s AMC, IFC and WEtv on AT&T U-verse 16 hours after their most recent extension expired and 10 days before the fourth season premiere of Mad Men on AMC. Here is AT&T’s statement:
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Rachel Bilson @ “Waiting For Forever” Premiere
Waiting For Forever is Rachel Bilson’s 2010 project as she stars as Emma Twist. In our last Rachel Bilson post we gave you the plot of the movie… and that’s what we’re giving you again.
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress. Source
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Variety Replaces Its Online Content Editor
The trade whose content is now behind a paid wall just announced it has hired the online editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer to become editor of Variety.com and its editorial content. (Sure, because newspapers’ websites are so swell… Hilarious!) Chris Krewson begins in February, replacing Dana Harris who segues to a new position as editor of Variety’s so-called “paid information product”.
FIRST LOOK! 'Avatar' Interactive Trailer
Twentieth Century Fox is calling this is a first-of-its-kind “next generation” trailer because its a dynamic interactive experience allowing viewers to access special additional content embedded in the piece. The trailer also will keep audiences up to date on AVATAR events by providing real-time feeds of film-related conversations on Twitter, real-time updates on official video content on YouTube, and images on Flickr. Updates on ticketing information will also be provided. The trailer is a first-of-its-kind application built on Adobe® AIR® software with technology existing outside of a web browser. AVATAR opens December 18th.
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Josh Kelley at Home
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Photo by Omar Acevedo/BuzzFoto.com
Taking a momentary break from his duties as a new dad, we snapped Josh Kelley outside his home, looking content and relaxed yesterday afternoon.
Photo by Omar Acevedo/BuzzFoto.com
Robert Downey and Jude Law set for Holmes sequel?
We all know Hollywood has a fetish for sequels, but this is just getting bizarre:
A full three-months before the first film even opens, Warner Brothers are already so in love with the content, they have ordered a sequel ‘
