Why The Diller-Backed Aereo Will Need Some Fancy Lawyers
Broadcasters have a history of squashing disruptive technologies in court — and the new cord-cutting service Aereo could well be their next… Read more »
The Most Important Thing About Bridesmaids’ $40 Million In VOD Revenues
Universal Pictures put a lot of palms on foreheads this week when it announced that its summer comedy hit Bridesmaids has taken in $40 milli… Read more »
Zeebox Searches For Money In TV’s Social Second Screen
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After quickly gaining a warm reception and a rapid post-launch investment from BSkyB, the social TV app startup co-founded by ex BBC iPlayer… Read more »
Virgin Media Slow To Build A Revolution On TiVo
Virgin Media thinks its new-ish TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set top box is a game changer. But, whilst the new box – with a big PVR drive, capability… Read more »
YouTube Video Extravaganza Continues With Motor Trend Channel
In Hollywood, $100 million will buy you about half of a Jerry Bruckheimer action movie. But YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is spreading that sum out t… Read more »
Windows Work? ‘Harry Potter’ DVD Sales help Drive Time Warner’s Q4 Profits
Delaying DVD and Blu-ray rental releases to outlets including Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox made the magic of Harry Potter even more poten… Read more »
Jersey Shore, Dora, iCarly To Amazon Prime Instant In Viacom Deal
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is expanding its Prime Instant Video library in a deal with Viacom (NYSE: VIA), bringing the total number of streaming v… Read more »
Virgin Media Profits As On-Demand Viewing Grows
UK pay-TV and broadband telco Virgin Media clocked its first annual profit in 2011, as its TV set top boxes continued to be an engine of vid… Read more »
Will Netflix Kill Ratings For Pay Cable?
The launch of Netflix’s first original series positions the company right where it wants to be – competing against pay cable companies lik… Read more »
BT Overhauling Vision As It Maintains Summer YouView Launch Forecast
BT (NYSE: BT) signed up 39,000 customers to its Vision hybrid Freeview/IPTV service between September and December, taking it to 679,000.
N… Read more »
Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl
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In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live… Read more »
Report: Broadcast Networks Will Get 8% Higher CPMs At Upfront This Year
The rush of content announcements from video companies in recent days, from players like YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) and Hulu, has caused a number… Read more »
Why Tech Innovation Is Taking A Breather
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OK, I’ve been talking with hundreds of geeks from around the world this year at three conferences, CES, DLD, and World Economic Forum. I’m s… 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 »
What Broadcast And Cable Executives Still Don’t Understand About YouTube
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There are many exciting things happening in the online video industry, but to my mind, none is more noteworthy than the radical transformati… Read more »
As Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals?
BSkyB’s financials are still improving, but the company is now flaunting a range of new internet upgrades to try containing subscriber growt… Read more »
Sky Will De-Couple Pay-TV Content From Satellite For IPTV Era
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is acting to head off rising City concerns about the threat from over-the-top connected TV services, by announcing it will… Read more »
NASCAR Takes Back The Wheel Of Its Digital Platforms From Turner
NASCAR is taking back the management of its online and mobile operations from broadcast partner Turner Sports following a steep slide in TV… Read more »
SnagFilms Adds $7 Million; Looks To Be Netflix Of Indie Film
Can SnagFilms become the Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) of the independent film sector?
Washington, DC-based SnagFilms, which offers access to a libr… Read more »
Farewell, Yahoo Apps, We Hardly Knew Ye: Deals, News Plus Eight Others Gone
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Looks like new CEO Scott Thompson is wasting little time starting to get Yahoo’s house in order: just a few weeks into the new CEO’s tenure,… Read more »
Sky Adding Broadcaster-Branded VOD Services From BBC And ITV
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The UK’s leading pay-TV provider BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is taking a significant step to improve its PVR box’s new IP on-demand TV service by addi… Read more »
Why CNN’s Digital Strength May Cause Problems For Fox
CNN has become a prime-time ratings afterthought in the cable news business it started three decades ago, as Fox (NSDQ: NWS) News continues… Read more »
Netflix Sees Overseas Losses Doubling To $118 Million This Quarter
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) expects overseas losses to double in just three months, as it spends more and more on vital local video content and mar… Read more »
Administrators Seeking Buyers For IP Vision
The owner of UK internet TV service FetchTV, IP Vision, has gone in to administration after encountering financial difficulties. Read more »
AT&T: The iPhone Was Good, But Not Good Enough To Hold Off A Q4 Loss
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A set of quarterly results today from AT&T (NYSE: T) that underscored some of the aftershocks the carrier is feeling in the wake of its fail… Read more »
Facebook’s Latest Scoop: Thousands Of Journalists Use Subscribe Feature
For many news sites, Facebook has become one of the biggest sources of referral traffic to its stories, and today the social network reveale… Read more »
Media Buyers: Plenty Of Ads Still Unsold For First Streamed Super Bowl
The ultimate “big game” will get its first live video presentation on personal computers, tablets and mobile phones when NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) a… Read more »
What To Expect From Netflix Today
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will report its Q4 ’11 earnings later today, but whereas I’ve taken stands in past quarters about subscriber acquisitio… Read more »
Analyst To Studios: It’s Time To Force Early VOD On Theater Chains
With both the theatrical and home video channels in revenue decline, and amid panic that digital piracy will soon crest into a tidal wave, B… Read more »
Boxee Offers New Enticement For Cord Cutters: Broadcast Channels
When people think about ditching their cable or satellite subscriptions in favor of one of the growing number of internet-connected set-top… Read more »
David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies
In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
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Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
Carriers Have Only Around 100 Million Pay-TV Users, Less Than 60% Via IPTV
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Some numbers out today that underscore the challenge telecoms operators have had in attracting customers to their pay-TV platforms, includin… Read more »
The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy
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In the summer of 2009, I found myself invited to a small party in an old bourgeois apartment with breathtaking views of the Champ-de-Mars an… Read more »
New Video, Cinedigm Form Digital Film Distribution Alliance
The struggling independent film sector believes it has stumbled onto an effective release strategy, combining various forms of online and ca… Read more »
Forget SOPA: Hollywood And Silicon Valley Make Up At Sundance
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 »
ITN Unifying Ad Sales For Multi-Platform Video Syndication
UK TV video news producer ITN is unifying its online ad sales platform as it expands into a burgeoning number of online destinations. Read more »
Cuban Teams With Seacrest, AEG To Relaunch HDNet as 'ESPN For Pop Culture'
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Struggling for leverage with cable distributors as the operator of an independent network, Mark Cuban may have found a way forward for one o… Read more »
ComScore Video Rankings: YouTube Usage Spiked 72 Percent Over 2010
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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 Lineup Gets A Boost From Two New Entertainment Channels
YouTube’s ambitious — and expensive — original programming push got a little more steam this week with the Monday launch of new Hollywood-… Read more »
