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"Project Runway" Model Show Spin-Off Hatches Online Contest

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 1, 2009 - 11:36am.
New York - Lifetime Digital and The Weinstein Company on Tuesday announced an online contest that will award an aspiring model a spot on the next season of "Models of the Runway," the new spin-off of "Project Runway." Hopeful models fill out an online application with photos and videos on MySpace (NYSE: NWS); users will vote online for earlier rounds, before the producers have a say in the final stage. The companies said online casting service GotCast.com will power the interactive casting feature on MySpace.

Lifetime to Stream Free Episodes of "Project Runway"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 12:06pm.
New York - Cable TV network Lifetime will for the first time offer full-length streaming episodes of its newly acquired series "Project Runway," Mediaweek reported. The show's previous network, Bravo, did not stream full episodes online. The ad-supported Lifetime episodes will also be supplemented by Runway-related comments from Twitter and Facebook, culled by an application called the Project Runway Buzz Room. The show's designers, models and previous contestants will also contribute to Buzz Room.

Lifetime Taps King.com for Branded Online Games

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 12:29pm.
New York - Lifetime Digital Media said on Tuesday that it has partnered with online games firm King.com, which will become the exclusive provider of co-branded online games on myLifetime.com. King.com currently counts 17.5 million monthly users, the majority of whom are women.

Career Moves: August 10, 2007

Authored by dmw on August 10, 2007 - 9:32am.

Lifetime Television has named Sandy Varo as Vice President, Reality Programming, it was announced today by Jessica Samet, Senior Vice President, Reality Programming, Lifetime Television, to whom Varo will report. Her appointment is effective immediately.

http://www.lifetimetv.com

tags: Career | Moves | Vivendi | Lifetime |

RealNetworks to Develop Casual Games for Mattel, Lifetime Television

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 17, 2007 - 1:28pm.

Seattle - RealNetworks announced on Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year deal with toymaker Mattel, to develop, publish and distribute PC and online game versions of its "Scrabble," "UNO" and other titles. Seattle-based RealNetworks said the first titles under the deal are set for release in mid-2008. Separately, RealNetworks said it signed a deal with Lifetime Television, to create a series of downloadable casual games targeting the female-dominated audiences of both the network and the company's RealArcade game service. The network will promote the Lifetime Presents game series on-air, while RealNetworks will run video ads for Lifetime programming within the games. The first title in the series will be "Sally's Salon," set to launch next week.

Career Moves: April 27, 2007

Authored by dmw on April 27, 2007 - 12:44pm.
Baltimore-based Millennial Media, a provider of cross-platform mobile advertising services, has named Stephen Root as its COO. Most recently, Root served as the COO of Baltimore-based Advertising.com and previously as a senior vice president at Dulles-based AOL, helping to orchestrate AOL's $435 million acquisition of Advertising.com in 2004.

http://www.millennialmedia.com/

Lifetime TV Launches Video-on-Demand Service on Comcast

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2006 - 12:34pm.
New York - Lifetime Television, a cable network joint venture between Disney and The Hearst Corporation, announced on Monday the launch of a video-on-demand service for Comcast Cable subscribers.
tags: Video | VOD | TV | Comcast | Cable | Lifetime |

Verizon FiOS TV Signs The Weather Channel, Lifetime, HSN

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2005 - 3:57am.
New York - Verizon on Thursday announced a number of new carriage agreements with content providers for its FiOS broadband digital TV service. New signings included The Weather Channel, Weatherscan, Lifetime, HSN, Jewelry Television and Ovation. Verizon's FiOS TV launched earlier this week in Keller, Texas; the company hopes to make the service available to 3 million customers by the end of the year.

TiVo Ups Price of "Lifetime" Membership to Program Guide Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 4, 2003 - 4:05am.
San Jose, Calif. -- TiVo, maker of personal video recorders that let viewers pause and record live television, has raised the cost for purchasing a "lifetime" membership to its service -- which automatically updates TV program listings -- from $249 to $299. The fee covers the "life" of the actual device, not the subscriber, and averages about four years, according to the company. The price hike is likely an effort to get consumers to opt for its more lucrative $12.95 monthly service.