Amazon Prime Follows CBS Deal With Movies From NBCUniversal
A deal with NBCUniversal (NSDQ: CMCSA) will roughly double the number of movies available for instant streaming by *Amazon* Prime members. T… Read more »
Comcast To FCC: We’re Complying With Merger Rules-Bloomberg’s Playing Games
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Last month, Bloomberg made it known that it was quite unhappy with where Bloomberg TV was being placed in Comcast’s TV lineup. Bloomberg, wh… Read more »
SEC Eyes Groupon Accounting Metrics: Report
When Groupon filed IPO documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June, its use of certain financial accounting metrics raised… Read more »
Has Stock Market Favorite Netflix Hit A Wall Or Just Stalled?
For the last year-and-a-half, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), the streaming video phenom, has seen its stock soar as it’s gobbled up new users. The co… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-27-11
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» Aegis Group is selling its market-research unit Synovate to France’s Ipsos for £525 million ($861.2 million) in a move that wi… Read more »
NBCU Builds Private Exchange, Reducing Use Of Third Party Networks
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NBCUniversal’s year-old Universal Audience Platform is morphing from an online ad network into a private ad exchange powered by supply side… Read more »
Comcast Divides $1 Billion Media Account Between WPP And Publicis
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In a move designed to streamline and simplify its media buying processes since its merger with NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA), Comcast has spli… Read more »
Harry Potter Helps Fandango Grow Mobile Ticket Sales
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Online movie ticketer Fandango says that 20 percent of its virtual box office this summer was generated by its iPhone, iPad and Android apps… Read more »
Netflix, NBCUniversal Extend Programming Deal But No More Next-Day ‘SNL’
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Programming from NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) and some NBCUniversal cable networks will stay on Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) under the terms of a new multi-yea… Read more »
New Anti-Piracy Tactic Turns ISPs Into Copyright Cops
For over a decade the recording industry attempted to crack down on peer-to-peer file-sharing using threats and lawsuits. But digital music… Read more »
NHL Hands Extensive Ad Sales Responsibilities Over To NBCU
NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports Group has struck a wide-ranging advertising deal with the National Hockey League that gives the Comcast-owned netwo… Read more »
Mid-Year Media Stock Review: Content Trumped Tech in First Half of 2011
Turns out content was king during the first half of 2011, as CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast/NBCU (NSDQ: CMCSA), and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) posted s… Read more »
ESPN’s Live Wimbledon Promise Centers On TV; Mobile Held Hostage
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Novak Dkojovic and Petra Kvitova weren’t the only winners at Wimbledon this year. Fans who thinking watching sports live matters won big whe… Read more »
Comcast Winds Down NBCU Digital Studio; Online To Emphasize Current Shows
NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) Digital Studio, three-year-old unit charged with creating original web content, will cease operations over the n… Read more »
Univision Promotes Randy Falco To CEO
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Univision COO Randy Falco is now the Spanish-language network’s CEO, succeeding Joe Uva in the role. Uva, a veteran media buyer, stepped dow… Read more »
Disney Programming Deal With Hulu Would Transfer In Sale
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A new agreement between Disney (NYSE: DIS) and online video joint venture Hulu includes transfer rights to a new owner, paidContent has lear… Read more »
Charting Hulu Through The Years
In less than five years, online video portal Hulu has gone from corporate idea to millions of users, a paid subscription model and CEO Jason… Read more »
Is Hulu In Play Or Just Jumping Through Hoops?
Someone wants Hulu to be in play — or at least the idea of a possible sale to be very public. The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-20-11
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» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Buying DVR Software Maker SageTV (paidContent)
» Display’s New Kingpin: Facebook’s No. 1 (AdAge… Read more »
Industry Moves: Samsung; NBCU; Digitas; Ensequence; Rocket Fuel
– Samsung: Todd Pendleton is now CMO, reporting directly to Samsung Mobile President Dale Sohn. Prior to Samsung, he was with Nike for 15 y… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-16-11
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» Cross Platform Report: Americans Watching More TV, Mobile and Web Video (Nielsen)
» NBCUniversal getting into super… Read more »
Fwix Rolls Out Geo-Context Tool; ‘LatLong’ Is The New Keyword
Hyperlocal tech company Fwix has rolled out a tool for publishers to use to tie ads closer to local content. The beta test has begun with ex… Read more »
Bloomberg Complains That Comcast-NBCU Isn’t Living Up To Merger Promises
Bloomberg doesn’t feel like its financial news channel is in the right kind of “neighborhood,” according to a legal complaint filed with the… Read more »
Judge Approves $2.4 Million Quantcast Privacy Settlement
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So-called “Flash cookies” got some headlines in the online privacy world last year, after some prominent researchers noted that they were so… Read more »
NBCU Wins The Olympics Through 2020 And That’s Not Bad For Real-Time Fans
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After years of railing against NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports for its real-time failures, my first instinct when the International Olympics Commit… Read more »
Appeals Court: ‘Bundling’ Cable Service Is Not Illegal
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A lot of people don’t like “bundling”-the practice of selling consumers access to a big chunk of cable channels, rather than allowing “a la… Read more »
NBC Sports Gets Real (Time); Streams French Open Live Coast To Coast
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Two years ago I ranted here about the need for NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports to get a grip or lose its grip on Wimbledon after it time shifted st… Read more »
Comcast’s Schiller Shifts To Run Digital Ad Sales At NBCU Networks Division
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is moving its Digital Entertainment ad sales head Scott Schiller to the newly created role of EVP, digital media sales… Read more »
Bloomberg’s Tyrangiel: Website Revamp Represents Best Bid For Influence
The remaking of Bloomberg.com into a more appealing news site for a general business professional and major brand advertisers is being fully… Read more »
In Upfront Week Stunner, Ebersol Out; Lazarus New Chairman Of NBC Sports
This past Monday Dick Ebersol jovially tossed mini footballs to agency execs in the New York Hilton ballroom for the first upfront since Com… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-12-11
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» Four months after the FCC approved the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal, *Meredith* Attwell Baker, one of… Read more »
FCC Commissioner Goes Through Revolving Door, Comes Out As Comcast Lobbyist
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A couple of years from now, if *Meredith* Attwell Baker showed up as a lobbyist at Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), it probably would elicit shrugs. B… Read more »
Iger on Hulu: Haven’t Lost Interest But Won’t Let It Get In The Way
Does the deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) mean Disney (NYSE: DIS) has lost interest in owning equity in video joint venture Hulu? An emphatic… Read more »
YouTube’s Movie Rentals Will Star Releases From Sony, Warner, and Universal
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YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has signed up Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), and NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) to make some of thei… Read more »
NBC Universal Proves Its Worth In First Quarter With Comcast
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Comcast’s atypical afternoon earnings release highlighted the pluses of gaining control over NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) — and some of the… Read more »
The Royal Wedding: Big Hats, And Bigger Viewing Figures
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The numbers are coming in on just how many people tuned in to watch the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. While some are highly s… Read more »
PE Firms Buy Controlling Stake In Online Game Firm Bigpoint
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Two PE firms — Summit Partners and TA Associates — have purchased a controlling stake in online games company Bigpoint for $350 million. N… Read more »
Industry Moves: CNBC, AOL, RadiumOne Digital Sales Changes
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There are several moves in digital commercial sales positions…
– CNBC: The news channel is adding Yahoo’s advertising senior manager War… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-21-11
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» Tina Brown’s Newsweek a Hit on Newsstands (but what about those sluggish ad sales?) (Adweek)
» In Online Games, a P… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-19-11: EU 4G Spectrum; White iPhone 4; MCV; Nokia 3D
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earni… Read more »
