—ESPN: The sports network is seeing a reorg: John Kosner has been promoted to EVP, digital and print media, from SVP and GM of the divisions. Marie Donoghue has been promoted to SVP, global strategy, from SVP, business affairs and business development. Meanwhile, longtime leaders John Wildhack and Norby Williamson…

The UltraViolet initiative left the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with an important new retail channel in Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), a new marketing partnership to launch an upcoming ad blitz, and some splashy new hardware announcements from big consumer electronics brands including Samsung. But is Hollywood’s new…

In its war with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Amazon’s Lovefilm has licensed U.S. TV shows from ABC (NYSE: DIS) Studios through Disney UK under the “ABC TV On-Demand” VOD brand.

Hulu Plus has “materially exceeded” expectations, passing 1.5 million paying subscribers and heading closer to the point where the premium video service plus its younger sibling in Japan will help account for half of Hulu’s revenues.

A range of on-demand viewing options—and some new platforms to watch that content on—has traditional television watching on the run, right? Well, not quite. The average number of hours Americans spend every week sitting on the couch watching terrestrial, cable and satellite television continues to rise, according to a new…

Six Hollywood studios have urged the UK’s competition watchdog to throw out its assertion their Sky Movies deals are anti-competitive. But some of them are warming to its suggestion BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) should offer rival services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) over its own set top boxes.

Yesterday’s press release from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), announcing a comprehensive new ten-year distribution agreement covering over 70 different services is a testament to the idea that improved access to programming is key to maintaining the appeal of the traditional multichannel pay-TV business model.

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Xfinity TV subscribers stymied by the lack of access to iPad app WatchESPN have relief in sight: a new multi-year, cross-platform deal between the Walt Disney Co. and the largest U.S. cable operator will open a lot of content doors, including access to current and upcoming authenticated…

China presents one of the single biggest opportunities for mobile companies looking for more growth, and it’s no surprise that companies like Apple are doubling down on their investments there. But similarly, Chinese mobile players are looking at ways of exporting their products and playing on their brands abroad, and…

FilmOn, the premium-content internet streaming site that met controversy earlier this year over lawsuits involving CBS (NYSE: CBS), CNET, and copyright, is expanding its line up, adding two new sports channels for NCAA Basketball and NCAA Football.

With the growth of over-the-top services that let users access the video they want over the internet (and often, for free), those companies offering pay-TV have to look for more bells and whistles to keep fickle consumers interested in their services. The latest offerings in this area come from France…

Is Rovio’s floatation ever going to happen? For some time now, we’ve been reading chatter about an imminent IPO. The latest date is 2013, the latest market is Hong Kong. And, this time, the company itself is making bold on-the-record plans…

When baseball great Albert Pujols signed a staggering 10-year, $254 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last week, he became over-the-top’s (OTT) new best friend. That’s right, everyone including Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Hulu, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), plus countless online-only content producers, should have…

More mobile movements from Facebook today: it has bought the check-in social media service Gowalla, according to a report in CNN.

The UK PPV movie JV owned by Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS) is on an aggressive expansion that will see it unleash up to 10 white label online movie services to compete with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Lovefilm and Blinkbox.

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video company has now added film studio Miramax to its list of content partners, joining Lionsgate and MGM in providing films for the service. But unlike the other…

Disney (NYSE: DIS) President and CEO Bob Iger has agreed to join Apple’s board of directors, filling the vacancy left by the death of co-founder Steve Jobs last month. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) also named current board member Art Levinson as non-executive chairman of the board.

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The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company is expanding its interactive division’s “parenting portfolio” with the acquisition of mom blog network Babble Media. According to the press release, obtained by AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher, five-year-old Babble brings with it 200 mom bloggers, who will be “infused” with Disney’s existing “evergreen content” from…