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Bernstein Research wonders if the decision by Providence Equity Partners to pull its minority stake out of Hulu is a signal that the entertainment conglomerates who own most of the streaming service — and who wish to uphold TV’s multichannel model — don’t want it to … Read More »

While serving as News Corp. chairman and CEO five years ago, Peter Chernin helped secure a $100 million investment into Hulu by Providence Equity Partners. Now, Providence is walking away from Hulu with around $200 million and putting it into Chernin’s production company. Read More »

 
 

A business that pays people to expose bogus patents announced it will offer a cash reward to the person who can show that putting an adverti… Read More »

This year is only the beginning. That was the essential message Tuesday from Yahoo’s head of video and original programming, Erin McPherson,… Read More »

Mike Lang has resigned as CEO of Miramax effective immediately, according to the film company. Lang, a former News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) exec i… Read More »

While its relevance in the realm of traditional linear television is more questionable than ever, the CW’s youthful, digitally literate core… Read More »

How Hulu Is Becoming A Testbed For New TV Shows

Shows produced by Hulu will soon find their way onto traditional TV networks in the U.K. and elsewhere, thanks to a distribution deal betwee… Read More »

Say this about TV Everywhere — it’s not making the complicated world of TV video streaming any easier to figure out. On Tuesday, cable netw… Read More »

Madison Avenue’s upfront ad markets are the place where TV broadcasters and cable companies sell the bulk of their billions of dollars in co… Read More »

Videoplaza Raises $12 Million For Its Multiscreen Video Ad Platform

The rising popularity of streaming video services is causing a knock-on effect for companies serving ads around that content. And here’s ano… Read More »

Jesta Digital Finally Kills Bitbop Mobile Video Service

It looks like the death spiral that was the Bitbop mobile video service is finally no longer. PaidContent understands that the service — on… Read More »

The struggling independent film sector believes it has stumbled onto an effective release strategy, combining various forms of online and ca… Read More »

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The legislative battle over SOPA highlights the cultural rift between Hollywood and Silicon Valley but one place where the two tribes seem t… Read More »

As it seeks to launch nearly 100 new channels featuring professionally produced video, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has a key advantage over origina… Read More »

YouTube’s ambitious — and expensive — original programming push got a little more steam this week with the Monday launch of new Hollywood-… Read More »

Hulu Plus has “materially exceeded” expectations, passing 1.5 million paying subscribers and heading closer to the point where the premium v… Read More »

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) subscribers appear to be spending far more time viewing the service’s streaming content than do users of any other onli… Read More »

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