Google is working to combine its on-air TV ad sales business, Google TV Ads with web video from YouTube and other Web sites to allow marketers to make cross-platform ad buys from a single interface, per the WSJ. The feature, which the company hopes will attract a higher class of brand advertisers, fits into Google’s [...]
Fox is planning on launching a new Saturday late night show featuring comedian Wanda Sykes. The show is said to be more in the mold of Bill Maher’s HBO show than a typical talk show. It will air Saturdays at 11 and will be an hour long. The network is considering launching the show either [...]
Nicky Wood has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales, Russia, CEE and Sub Saharan Africa, Warner Brothers International Television Distribution. Wood will now supervise WBITD’s growing operations across Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, and will continue to oversee operations in Sub Saharan Africa. She will also be responsible for overseeing the licensing of [...]
The Black Broadcasting Network (BBN), a 24/7 ad-supported multiplatform network exclusively targeting 18-34 year-old urban African-American audiences, will add a variety of sports programming to its lineup. Black College Sports will feature various sports highlights from historic black universities and colleges nationwide along with interviews with coaches and players. Ringside Boxing will partner with BBN [...]
Actress Taraji P. Henson shares what the experience of being an Academy Award nominee has meant to her, what it’s like to work with Brad Pitt, and why she chose her mother and her grandmother to be her dates at her big Oscar ceremony. Nominated for best supporting actress for her role as Benjamin Button’s [...]
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BET returns to beautiful Riviera Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida for the network’s signature spring break music extravaganza SPRING BLING ‘09. For two days of non-stop fun, SPRING BLING fans will experience popular episodes of REVAMPED (segments showcasing the hottest dance acts across the country, accompanied by live performances); GET TO STEPPIN (fast-paced competition [...]
Vibe.com has now replaced its search results with RushmoreDrive.com instead of Google. RushmoreDrive.com is the first official search engine for the Black community.
Under the terms of the agreement, RushmoreDrive will make available their proprietary identity search platform [...]
VH1 will be bringing back its Emmy nominated documentary series “Behind the Music.” Since it’s ‘97 debut, “Behind The Music” has taken an intimate look into the personal lives of music’s greatest and most influential artists, tracing their struggles, setbacks and successes in more than 150 episodes to date. According to network focus groups, viewers [...]
Music master Brian McKnight’s upcoming weekly 1 hour television show has been added by the CW Plus. CW Plus is a collection of stations cross the country that are mainly programmed by the network, including daytime programming.
“We are delighted to welcome ‘The Brian McKnight Show’ to our lineup of CW affiliates,” Russ Myerson, [...]
Rap legend, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of the infamous hall of famers Run-DMC has been tapped to host a new reality series entitled The Kings of Rap from IME Entertainment. Currently in development, the series will spotlight a hip hop competition between young musicians who create positive, non-offensive music with the winner receiving a record deal. [...]
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