Machinima Is YouTube's Content King
If you’re not into video games, chances are you’ve never heard of Machinima. Maybe it’s time to change that: The L.A.-based content producer… Read more »
Hulu Joins Trademark Battle Against Dish's 'TV Everywhere' Claim
Hulu has joined Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Inc. and the nation’s five biggest cable service providers in a fight to stop Dish Network (NSDQ: DI… Read more »
Yahoo's Latest Brush With Big-Name Producer Talent: Ben Stiller
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) continues on its push for original video content and A-list talent, with a deal for a new comedy series with Ben Stiller’… Read more »
Nielsen: Women Are Heavier DVR Users Than Men
Sure, most of us have seen statistics showing that digital video recorders are now in more than 40 percent of American homes. But how much a… Read more »
Why Redbox Might Have To Agree To 56-Day Windows, Too
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The last year has been pretty good to Redbox. The rental kiosk chain is about to embark on a new streaming venture with Verizon, and has bee… Read more »
Netflix Stock Spirals As Company Enters Tricky Stretch
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After last fall’s shareholder revolt, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) recovered somewhat in December and January. But that momentum has slowed this mon… Read more »
The Plan By Yahoo, Hulu, Other Big Video Firms To Grab Upfront TV Ad Money
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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 »
Say Goodbye To Blockbuster Stores
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The Blockbuster brand emerged from the ashes of bankruptcy to have an impact on the bottom line of its new owner, Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH).… 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 »
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 »
By The Numbers: NBC’s Super Bowl Streams
It’s not the record average of 111 million viewers who watched the game on television, but NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) says it notched a digital miles… 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 »
A New ‘Stream Team’? Verizon And Redbox Take On Netflix
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Offering perhaps the most defined threat to streaming movie leader Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) so far, Verizon and Redbox parent company Cointstar… Read more »
New Tech Partner Promises To Cut Netflix Streaming Bandwidth In Half
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is hoping a new tech partner will help make its streaming more efficient to satisfy new bandwidth caps from internet se… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?
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This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them l… 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 »
Can Facebook Revive Taylor Lautner Dud 'Abduction'?
The Taylor Lautner action thriller Abduction was something of a bust at the box office in September, grossing just $28.1 million at the U.S.… 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 »
Hulu Plus Claims More Than 1.5 Million Subs; Commits $500 Million To Content In 2012
Hulu Plus has “materially exceeded” expectations, passing 1.5 million paying subscribers and heading closer to the point where the premium v… Read more »
After Starting Streaming Race, Starz Now Lags Behind HBO And Showtime
The evolution of premium cable TV beyond the living room took another step this week, with Showtime introducing a streaming app to rival HBO… Read more »
Comcast Starts Live In-Home Streaming; Requires New 'AnyPlay' Device
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Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) has started in-home streaming but it’s not quite live video Valhalla. Streaming access to the Xfinity TV linear lineup… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Inks Multiscreen Deal With MobiTV
MobiTV, one of the more established mobile TV companies in the market today with deals in place with several major U.S. mobile operators, to… Read more »
BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox
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News Corp-controlled pay-TV firm BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is buying itself a foothold in the looming social TV field by acquiring 10 percent of the… Read more »
Updated: Exclusive: AP Branches Out, Adds Pulse To Its Digital Mix
Over the years, the Associated Press has made a profile for itself by syndicating its news across thousands of newspapers both in the U.S. a… Read more »
Sky Sports News Relaunches iPad App, With Fee For Non-Pay TV Subs
When the News Corporation-controlled UK satellite broadcaster Sky launched a free iPad app for its Sky Sports News channel in September 2010… Read more »
Disney-Comcast Strike Broad Cross-Platform Content Deal
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Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Xfinity TV subscribers stymied by the lack of access to iPad app WatchESPN have relief in sight: a new multi-year, cro… Read more »
Unruly Raises $25 Million For Social Video Advertising
Already in our headlines today for a hiccup over its Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Chrome campaign, Unruly Media, which makes video campaigns designed… Read more »
Linear TV Consumption Is Growing, But Is Ad Spend?
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When you consider the internet, on-demand services, games consoles, mobiles, apps and [fill in your personal favorite here], we have more wa… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes
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This is the third in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
