Can Sony Cut It As A Tablet Brand With Its Two New Android Devices?
Consumer electronics giant Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally, formally confirmed what people have long been expecting the company to do for month… Read more »
YouTube On The Verge Of A Big Movie Upgrade?
There’s nothing new about streaming movies on YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). I have numerous legit choices right now. Nothing new either about YouTub… Read more »
Corrected: AOL Moviefone’s iPad App Designed To Change Perception Of Site
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has been looking for new ways to change the perception of its Moviefone site from a ticket ordering service to something of… Read more »
Video Delivery Firm Envivio Files To Raise Up To $69 Million In IPO
The latest company to try to go public: Envivio, which said in a filing with the SEC this morning that it hopes to raise as much as $69 mill… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-18-11
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» VH1 Cultivates Its Female Side (WSJ)
» ‘Robot Journalist’ Out-Writes Human Sports Reporter (NPR)
» Is S… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-18-11: Adobe; Square; Amazon Tablet; iPhone 5
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) opens its Flash kimono; Square gets a leg up from Apple; (NSDQ: AAPL) some… Read more »
The Future of Distribution: Thoughts From a Platform Agnostic
The Future of Film Blog, launched as part of the Tribeca (Online) Film Festival, features filmmakers and other experts in the film industry… Read more »
mSpot Tries Out One Way To Pick Up More Mobile Video Users: Cheaper Prices
The premium mobile video market is still relatively nascent and open to new entrants compared to its PC sibling, where companies like Hulu,… Read more »
The Misadventures Of PlayBook: Questioning Reviews Jump The Launch Gun
RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has been previewing and talking up its new PlayBook tablet for months already, with demonstrations shepherded by the likes… 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 »
How Netflix Is Hurting Youtube
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Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of HDNet, offers running commentary on Blog Maverick and allows us to publish it her… Read more »
Cisco Kills The Flip Cam, Restructures Consumer Business
Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) is closing down its Flip Cam business and is pulling back on certain areas on its consumer business. Instead, CEO and Cha… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-12-11: HTC Sensation; iPhone 5; ZTE/Ericsson
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: HTC launches the HTC Sensation handset; more rumors on the iPhone 5; and ZTE takes a le… Read more »
KIT Digital Shopping Spree Continues, Buys ioko365 For $91.4 Million
Online video services provider KIT Digital is paying $91.4 million for 100 percent of the stock in cloud-based content manager ioko365. This… Read more »
Comcast’s Xfinity System Adds Management Tools From thePlatform, Microsoft
Comcast-owned white label video service thePlatform has struck a deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) that will add PlayReady and its Internet I… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-07-11
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» Cost of NYT paywall estimated at $25 million (paidContent)
» Facebook About To Launch Its Groupon Clone? (Business… Read more »
YouTube Will Reportedly Spend $100 Million On Original Programming Push
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Some new details on what Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has in store content-wise for YouTube: The WSJ reports that the video site will spend $100 mill… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-06-11
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» Satellite television company Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) Corp won an auction for video rental chain Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) Inc o… Read more »
Netflix Gets Exclusive Streaming Rights For ‘Mad Men’ Reruns
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Although negotiations between cable network AMC and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner have resulted in the show’s next season not returning unt… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-04-11
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» When SB Nation head Jim Bankoff was at AOL (NYSE: AOL) in 2005, he helped manage the acquisition of Endgaget — now he’s brough… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-01-11
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» At Publicis, a big bet on digital seems to be paying off. (NYT)
» Twentieth Century Fox and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) st… Read more »
MLBAM Offers Free Mobile Video Trial Tied To Volvo Sponsorship
Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s At Bat App has got some new updates today that will also include a free trial to access its streaming… Read more »
Video Ad Net TidalTV Raises $30 Million For Global Plans
Along with analytics providers, online video remains one of the hot places for VC firms to place their bets. That trend has already sent mil… Read more »
Roku Boxes To Hit Best Buy Shelves
After selling its streaming media players primarily online for the last three years, Roku will now start selling its set-top boxes in Best… Read more »
Online Video Ad Marketplace Adap.tv Raises $20 Million
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Adap.tv has raised $20 million in a round of funding, as money Read more »
Mobile News Startup Newsy Adds $1.5 Million
Newsy, a mobile news video site, has added $1.5 million in its latest round of funding. The Columbia, Missouri-based startup’s anchors narra… Read more »
Lionsgate Considers More Series For ‘Streaming First’ Releases
As the idea of straight-to-streaming video has become a fairly common idea among Hollywood studios — at least as an “experiment” — Lionsga… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-28-11
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» The metered pay model kicks off in the U.S. today and the plan’s most dangerous foe: Perception (paidContent)
» … Read more »
Out Now On Facebook: Five More Warner Bros. Films
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Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) will let Facebook users stream five more of its titles, in a move that reinforces the view that the social network… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-25-11
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» Condé Nast has brought back consultancy McKinsey & Co. Though this time it’s not to lay off waves of staffers, but to assess g… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-23-11
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» AOL (NYSE: AOL) Folds 30 Brands, Including Politics Daily (Mixed Media)
» The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger could h… Read more »
Indie Film Distributor Screen Media Starts Streaming Ad-Supported Releases
Theatrical film distributor of Screen Media Ventures is getting into the streaming video business with Popcornflix.com, betting on the idea… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-18-11
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» The NYT paywall arrives
» The Newsonomics of The New York Times’ pay fence
» Selling Video Scoops Onlin… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-17-11
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» Viral Videos Catch On That Only Hint at a Sponsor’s Purpose
» Tablets For All! (And Especially Apple)
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KIT Digital Buys Polymedia For $34.4 Million
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KIT Digital’s long (and expensive) shopping spree continues: The online video services provider is paying $34.4 million to purchase Polymedi… Read more »
MLB Brings Live Baseball Streaming To Facebook
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Another week, another media company experimenting with putting up high-profile video content on Facebook. Major League Baseball is letting f… Read more »
DoubleBounce Aims To Take TV Producers Online
There’s plenty of digital platforms seeking content for connected devices and there’s plenty of viable content ideas from TV production comp… Read more »
YouTube U: Colleges Partner With YouTube To Teach Video Skills
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has struck partnerships with two universities to help hone the craft of budding videographers looking to make a career… Read more »
Why Selling Film Downloads Is So Difficult
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Though the whole notion of ownership is called into question by the nature of streaming video, consumers would do more buying than renting o… Read more »
Comments, Video, Push Slate Ad Revs Up 33 Percent In ’10
The Slate Group, The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Co.’s online-only unit house Slate.com, The Root.com, and ForeignPolicy.com, says that comb… Read more »
