Online search leader Google Inc. is taking yet another stab at social networking, as it tries to go up against Facebook in this wildly popular and lucrative segment of the internet. This time the project is called Google+ and it aims to make online sharing more like real life. “We think people communicate in very [...]

Drumbeat would be too strong a word. But in recent months there’s been a steady patter of news indicating a fresh urgency in the world of original Web series: projects involving high-profile filmmakers, additional rounds of financing, redesigned and expanded video-sharing sites. One thing that has characterized these developments is that they haven’t involved many [...]

Despite all the hullabaloo about the ascendancy of Web video and predictions about the demise of cable, Americans still watch a lot of television. Those are the findings, at least, from the latest study by Nielsen. And even with all the various ways people can now consume video, Americans’ intake of “traditional” TV is still the [...]

Luminaries including Lady Gaga’s producer, innovator Esther Dyson and executives from Google, The Guardian and FanTrust convene at RIA Novosti 70th anniversary think tank MOSCOW, June 16, 2011 – Executives from the world’s leading media outlets in North America, Russia, Europe and Asia will gather in Moscow on June 24, 2011 for a global forum [...]

TORONTO – Canadian outfit Peace Point Entertainment Group has acquired full ownership of U.S. development and production firm DIDtv as it looks to ramp up its slate of projects for American networks. “Our expansion into the U.S. is a natural next step in Peace Point’s strategic growth as we approach our tenth anniversary,” said Les [...]