Media Industry Research Group Preps First RFP; NBCU’s Wurtzel Lowers Profile
The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement , the research initiative started last month by major TV networks, agencies and advertisers,… Read more »
Earnings: BSkyB’s Multi-Platform Push To Counter Web TV Threat
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is set to continue and expand its strategy of widening content distribution onto different platforms such as games console… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Gamesload; Virgin Media; Orange Broadband
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– Gamesload: The Deutsche Telekom-owned, German-based games download service is launching in 20 more European countries, including UK, Irel… Read more »
1Cast Comes Out Of Beta; Will Be Exclusive Video Provider For Clearwire
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Kirkland, Wash.-based 1Cast, a mobile and online streaming video service, said it is coming out of beta today and that it has secured new pa… Read more »
Broadcasters Approve Final Mobile Digital TV Standard
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An organization representing a broad set of companies in the broadcast industry has approved a technical standard for transmitting video to… Read more »
Earnings: NBC Universal Profits Rise 13 Percent; Immelt Talks Possible IPO Or Partner
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Updated: As usual, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) merits only a footnote in parent General Electric’s earnings, but the media company is likely to… Read more »
TVCatchup Now Pushing Live UK TV To iPhones
It’s already proved a thorn in the side of broadcasters once; now TVCatchup is trying again. The UK startup, about which little is known, is… Read more »
NBC Universal Is Exiting NDTV Networks; Who Will Come In?
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd will buy back a minority interest in its non-news subsidiary NDTV Network Plc. from NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The compa… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: YouTube Ads; ITV.com Football; Indie Online Film; ITV Regional
– YouTube auctions: Google’s YouTube is introducing an auction-based video ad platform in the UK which encourages advertisers to bid for ke… Read more »
ET Now Hires NDTV Anchor Shaili Chopra
ET Now, the business news channel from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, has hired Shaili Chopra, markets and corporate affairs editor at NDTV 24X… Read more »
ITV Scraps SDN Sale, Will Milk It For Pensions Instead
The business that operates one of six UK digital terrestrial TV multiplexes is now little more than a pension fund for ITV.
COO John Cressw… Read more »
NBC’s Today Show Extends Women Connection With TodayMoms Community Site
NBC (NYSE: GE) is attempting to build on The Today Show’s predominantly female audience by reaching out to the younger and connected set wit… Read more »
FLO TV Goes Direct To Consumer; Service Costs $9 A Month, Device Costs $250
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Qualcomm’s FLO TV is kicking off its consumer brand today, by unveiling a new device that is only a TV and not a phone. The device and broad… Read more »
Industry Moves: Hearst Adds Four Execs To Large Board
Privately held Hearst Corp. has added four executives to its board of directors: George R. Hearst III, publisher of the Albany Times Union,… Read more »
Publicis Shifts ‘Several Million’ In Broadcast Ad Spend To Hulu
Publicis Groupe media agency MediaVest will spend “several million” dollars in advertising on Hulu, Adweek reports. Amanda Richman, MediaVes… Read more »
Interview: BBC Online Controller Anthony Rose On iPlayer Sharing
The online controller of the BBC’s Future Media & Technology department Anthony Rose rejects James Murdoch’s attack on the corporation, argu… Read more »
CBS And Sprint Release ‘Survivor’ App on Palm Pre
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An application based on the “Survivor” reality TV show has launched on the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre in time for the 20th season filmed in Samoa… Read more »
VMtv’s Living TV Launches Web TV Widget
VMtv’s celebrity and lifestyle channel Living TV is expanding its online footprint with a new ad-funded VOD portal hosting short-form clips… Read more »
CBS Hires GlobalPost To Supply International News
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) will pay international news site startup GlobalPost a monthly fee to provide it with online dispatches as a way to re-energi… Read more »
Multimedia Local News Consortia Costlier Than Funding ITV, Ofcom Warns
Substituting ITV (LSE: ITV) regional news for proposed multimedia consortia from 2012 could be twice as expensive as simply funding conventi… Read more »
Qualcomm’s FLO TV Gains Major Distribution Through In-Car Entertainment Systems
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Qualcomm’s FLO TV has revealed the details of its partnership with Audiovox, which will resell its broadcast TV services to in-car entertain… Read more »
Update: Comcast Exploring Adding TV And Voice Services Over WiMax
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Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) said it may start allowing subscribers to watch their favorite TV shows on mobile devices, but that it’s too early at… Read more »
Industry Moves: MySpace; Discovery International; CBS Studios International
– MySpace: The News Corp-owned social network is parting ways with its head of UK sales Nick Reid, who leaves at the end of October after t… Read more »
Top Three Online Challenges For C4's Next CEO
Channel 4 CEO Andy Duncan is stepping down in January, after five years in charge. It comes at a period of huge uncertainty for C4, which is… Read more »
UK Broadcasters Want Freeview HD DRM'd To Tackle PVR Piracy
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Freeview TV operators in the UK want to stop the mass, unauthorised copying of HD content by demanding that set-top box and PVR manufacture… Read more »
Major Media Companies Form Measurement Initiative; 'Not An Attempt To Replace Nielsen'
Tired of waiting for the various audience measurement firms to provide seamless, cross-platform data covering consumers’ total media usage,… Read more »
Industry Moves: FLO TV Hires Alice Kim From MTV To Head Up Strategic Initiatives
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FLO TV, which delivers video to phones via broadcast channels, said today it has appointed Alice Kim to the newly formed position of SVP of… Read more »
Freedom Communications Files For Ch. 11 With More Than $1 Billion Debt
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Updated: Freedom Communications is running a series of bold promos on its corporate front page but nothing about the publisher’s biggest ne… Read more »
Earnings: Bertelsmann Swings To Loss On Falling Magazine, Book Sales
“Strong increases” in e-book sales in the UK, Germany and the US couldn’t stop book publisher Random House’s January-to-June profits falling… Read more »
CBSSports And Sports Illustrated Strike Print, Digital Content Deal
The difficult media landscape is encouraging more content companies to start sharing content. Today’s partnership comes from CBSSports.com a… Read more »
Media Firms Ready Higher Priced, Targeted Ads For Fall TV Season
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This upfront season may have been something of dud, but media firms, from buyers like WPP’s GroupM and Publicis’ Starcom MediaVest Group, al… Read more »
Delaware Ad Firm Sues JTW, WPP Over Bing Product Placement Campaign
Denizen, a small Delaware ad firm, is suing JWT and its parent WPP over the idea to use product placement to promote Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)… Read more »
FLO TV Takes Steps To Measure Mobile TV Habits
Qualcomm’s FLO TV has upped the ante for getting viewership results for its mobile broadcast TV service for the benefit of advertisers. Rele… Read more »
CBS Kicks Off Fall Season Via Video Magazine Insert With Entertainment Weekly
After a sluggish TV Upfront season, CBS (NYSE: CBS) is hoping to generate some excitement around its fall season by promoting its shows with… Read more »
Ratings Update: ET Now Ahead Of NDTV Profit In Metros; Captures 26% Market Share
In exactly two months from launch, ET Now, the business news channel from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, has toppled NDTV Profit to become the… Read more »
CBS Interactive's Smith: Authentication's Not Around The Corner
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The concept of “TV Everywhere” won’t reach critical mass until perhaps 2014, according to some players, and even that date is uncertain, sai… Read more »
Local Online Marketer GreenLink Networks Raises $3.5 Million
GreenLink Networks, an interactive marketing firm that helps local TV stations create (and monetize) online communities, has raised over $3.… Read more »
Earnings Call: Tweeting CBS: Moonves: Improvement ‘Very Steady, Very Real’
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From my live Twitter coverage (sdkstl) of the CBS (NYSE: CBS) earnings call featuring Chairman Sumner Redstone, CEO Leslie Moonves, outgoing… Read more »
Earnings: CBS Net Income Plunges 96 Percent; Interactive Rev Down 8 Percent
CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) had a particularly painful Q2, even by the standards of other broadcasters. The company’s profits plummeted 96.2 perce… Read more »
Grade On Friends Reunited Sale: ‘It’s The Best Price We Could Get’
It’s not hard to guess what ITV (LSE: ITV) CEO Michael Grade thinks of the company’s decision in 2005 to buy Friends Reunited for £170 mill… Read more »
