Staci D. Kramer
Oct 26, 2010 11:50 PM
Deals for exclusive mobile video rights to Verizon Wireless and Bell Mobility made sense for the National Hockey League in 2007. Now they are the reason for the greatest gap in a North American digital strategy aimed at growing audience as well as dollars. The NHL hopes to bridge that…
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Staci D. Kramer
Dec 21, 2009 9:25 AM
Like other leagues, the NHL continues to see a major uptick in video use and is looking for ways to make the most of it with fans and advertisers. Once heralded as the up-and-coming video player for the National Hockey League, the NHL Network Online is being benched today in…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 27, 2008 9:57 AM
Canada-headquartered online video firm JumpTV (TSE: JTV) has received an unsolicited competing bid to buy the company from the professional troublemaker and MySpace co-founder Brad Greenspan, but the company has rejected the offer. Jump is already in the process of merging with NeuLion, a Plainview, NY-based start-up that delivers IPTV…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 9, 2008 1:22 AM
The consolidation and shakeout of the online video sector continues: Canada-headquartered ethnic and sports online video service JumpTV is merging with NeuLion, a Plainview, NY-based start-up that sells a new online to TV streaming-video technology. The 50/50 deal will include Toronto-traded JumpTV (TSE: JTV) issue about 50 million shares (worth…
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