Todd Spangler

AOL is continuing its push toward "programmatic" ad-buying platforms, announcing the acquisition of Convertro, which aims to help marketers and agencies maximize spending across online and offline media channels. The...

Maker Studios , the digital media company that Disney is buying for up to $950 million, unveiled a slate of original programming and took the wraps off Maker.tv -- a...

Corbis Entertainment , the entertainment rights-licensing company owned by Bill Gates, has opened the doors on an online marketplace that at launch offers up to 600 brand-placement opportunities for marketers...

Turner Broadcasting System has taken small equity stakes in five digital media and advertising startups in its third annual Media Camp accelerator program in partnership with Warner Bros. Under the...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Tuesday filed in the U.S. for an initial public offering to raise up to $1 billion -- a figure that analysts expect will rise...

Suddenlink Communications , a cable operator with about 1.2 million TV customers across its footprint, has signed an agreement with Netflix to offer the streaming-video service through TiVo set-tops. The...

Pay-TV bills continue to climb upward -- and channel lineups have ballooned to record highs -- but U.S. cable and satellite subscribers still tune to the same relatively small number...

AOL 's Moviefone has a brand-new look and an expanded mission that now encompasses TV. The Internet media company teamed on the Moviefone relaunch with Whalerock Industries , which changed...

PBS is expanding its digital-video footprint, announcing four new series bowing on YouTube and other platforms that will join its current lineup of 30-plus original shows. Two of the new...

Maker Studios , the YouTube multichannel network being acquired by Disney, struck a deal with comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Comedy Central's " Key & Peele "...