The Morning Lowdown 04-15-11
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» Less than three months after Comcast Corp. (NSDQ: CMCSA) took control of NBC Universal, NBCU’s new CEO, Steve Burke, is angling… Read more »
Targeted TV Provider Invidi Closes $49 Million Round With DirecTV
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TV ad targeter Invidi Technologies has closed a whopping $49 million fourth round with the addition of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) as an investor. T… Read more »
New CNBC Online Video Player Emphasizes Sharing And Searching
After years of offering impressive growth rates but little substance in terms of actual revenues, online video is actually starting to produ… Read more »
Sugar Raises $15 Million In Part For More Acquisitions
Female-focused online media company Sugar has raised $15 million in a new round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners; existing b… Read more »
Industry Moves: NBCU; StockTwits; Zynga; Initiative; Tagged
– *NBC* Universal: Valari Dobson Staab has been appointed president of NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Local Media, a move that promotes John Wallace to… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-31-11
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» How is The Daily doing so far? 500,000 downloads, (perhaps) 75,000 regular users (not all of them paying subs, however). (Mixed… Read more »
DailyCandy Expanding Beyond The E-Newsletter, Deals With The Roundup
As the ink dries on the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal, the cable operator’s women’s lifestyle subsidiary DailyCandy… Read more »
NBCU Refines Integrated Media Division With Promotions
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NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA), settling into life with Comcast, is continuing to refine the structure of its Entertainment & Digital Networks… Read more »
Report: Iger, Carey May Exit Hulu Board
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Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). COO Chase Carey may step down from the board of directors at Hulu, accor… Read more »
Weather Channel Syncs Up With iPad
The Weather Channel has joined the growing list of TV networks issuing free apps that offer content synchronized to the TV. The Peter Lik Co… Read more »
Plum TV’s Lehman Named NBCU’s President, Digital Networks
Nicholas Lehman, formerly CEO of lifestyle network Plum TV, has joined NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) as president of Digital for NBCUniversal’… Read more »
Why Netflix Won’t Do A Tiered Deal With Starz
There’s plenty of time before Starz’s controversial streaming deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) runs out, but that hasn’t stopped analysts from… Read more »
@ pC2011: Zalaznick: Don’t Blame Hulu For Lack Of Cable Programming Streams
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The lack of cable programming that’s available for online streaming on Hulu isn’t the video JV’s fault, said Lauren Zalaznick, Chairman, NBC… Read more »
iVillage Launches App Network; Adds BN.com’s Gottlieb
For over the past year, Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has been overhauling its sites and expanding its international presen… Read more »
What Netflix And Charlie Sheen Have In Common
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What makes the runaway train that is Charlie Sheen so difficult for CBS (NYSE: CBS) to manage is that he delivers too much value to simply s… Read more »
Hearst Exec Shuffle: Khemlani Succeeds Kliavkoff; Parrish Joins DailyCandy
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With George Kliavkoff now heading up Hearst bill payment management start-up Manilla, Neeraj Khemlani has been named to succeed him as EVP &… Read more »
NBCU Local Strategy: Balancing Individualism And Uniform Qualities
NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) has relaunched its 10 local TV station websites, this time with a hybrid approach that plays to the individual O… Read more »
iVillage Plans Canadian Expansion With Rogers Communications
Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has tapped cable giant Rogers Communications to launch a version of the female-focused site n… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 02.22.2011
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» Publishers should wait a good while before signing on with Apple’s subscription plan, advises John Squires, a consultant and fo… Read more »
Comcast Subscriber Losses Narrowed In Q4
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In the quarter before its merger with NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) was complete, Comcast exceeded analysts expectations and also appeared to… Read more »
Kantar Video Study Underscores Super Bowl’s Two-Point Conversion
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A study released Friday by WPP research arm Kantar Video underscores just how impactful the internet can be for Super Bowl ads. It only goes… Read more »
MSN’s Scott Moore Questions ‘Risky Bet’ AOL Made On HuffPo
AOL’s acquisition of Huffington Post makes for a “risky bet,” according to Scott Moore, partner and regional executive producer at Microsoft… Read more »
Super Bowl XLV: The Daily’s Gamble
With a value of $3 million and a reach that can’t be matched, an ad on the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl XLV is one of the biggest marketing w… Read more »
NBC Was Right To Fire ‘What’s The Internet’ Video Leaker
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NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) News is feeling a bit of blog-generated backlash this morning following its decision to terminate an unnamed employee accu… Read more »
TiVo Touts Ad Measurement With Free Web Tool
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) is so confident about its ability to measure viewing of TV commercials that it’s giving the data away–sort of. The compan… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 02-04-11
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» Jim Cramer, a co-founder of TheStreet.com (NSDQ: TSCM) and host of “Mad Money” on CNBC (NYSE: GE), has stepped down as chairman… Read more »
Hulu By The Numbers: Hulu Plus Projections & More
How is Hulu Plus doing? According to CEO Jason Kilar, the new subscription service is on track to pass one million subscribers and is set fo… Read more »
Facebook Could Turn Netflix Into $400 Stock, Says Jim Cramer
What does Facebook have to do with Netflix? (NSDQ: NFLX) Everything, according to CNBC’s Mad Money anchor Jim Cramer (see video below), who… Read more »
Piracy Nearly A Quarter Of Global Internet Traffic, Says Study
Internet piracy is as big as…everyone already probably assumed it was. But just in the case the Motion Picture Association of America hasn… Read more »
Was Jeff Zucker Really So Bad For NBC Universal?
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Today is Jeff Zucker’s last day as CEO of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), where he spent nearly a quarter of a century. Not since Gerald Levin des… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01-28-11
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» The Newspaper Guild of New York, which represents Newsweek edit staffers, has given its assent to merger between the magazine I… Read more »
Why Jason Kilar Will Leave Hulu
The portrait of Hulu that emerged from today’s Wall Street Journal is that of a hopelessly dysfunctional venture at odds with itself over it… Read more »
Reality Check: Social Media ROI Is Still MIA
One of the reasons I love my job is there is always something new going on. Given the volume of new business ideas and trends that I have to… Read more »
@ NATPE: Jeff Zucker Defends Hulu, Netflix Deals
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The Jeff Zucker Farewell Tour made another stop Monday morning in his hometown of Miami, host city to the National Association of Television… Read more »
Comcast’s Biggest Regulatory Win? What The FCC And DOJ Didn’t Do
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Sure, there are plenty of conditions attached to the regulatory approval of Comcast’s buying 51 percent of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), includi… Read more »
Updated: DOJ’s Approval Of Comcast-NBCU Contingent On Giving Up Role In Hulu
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Maybe it’s just as well that Jeff Zucker is leaving NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) when Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) takes over. Zucker and former News C… Read more »
FCC Paves The Way For Comcast-NBCU Merger This Month
As expected, the Federal Communications Commission today approved the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) 4-1,… Read more »
@ CES: Studios Host Pep Rally For UltraViolet
Hollywood held a coming-out party at CES on Thursday for its digital-content initiative, UltraViolet, complete with toasts from distribution… Read more »
Open Mobile Video Coalition Debuts Devices, Names Vendor Partners
Mobile TV may have had a big setback recently with the closure of Qualcomm’s Flo TV. But many other there still believe there is a future fo… Read more »
FCC Chairman Supports Comcast-NBCU Merger — With Strings
The Comcast-NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) merger won’t close in 2010 but the regulatory process got a boost today from FCC Chairman Julius Genach… Read more »
