AT&T’s Mountain Men Aim For Viral Marketing Glory
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AT&T (NYSE: T) is looking for consumer love this Valentine’s Day by introducing some funny new pitchmen who promise to deliver the same kind… 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 »
Mobile Apps To Watch: It Comes Down To 10 Categories, Gaming Not Included
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The other week, Gartner projected that mobile apps would generate revenues of $15.9 billion in 2012; now they’ve drilled down into that numb… 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 »
Facebook Video Count Has Been Plummeting For Five Months
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Facebook is practically synonymous with explosive growth–with one notable exception. An examination of comScore’s U.S. online-video ranking… Read more »
Orange Bets Big On Video, Buys 49Pct Of ‘French YouTube’ Dailymotion
Orange, the French telecoms operator, has entered into exclusive negotiations to take a 49 percent stake in the online video company Dailymo… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01-21-11
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» With even digital music sales flagging these days, it’s hardly surprising that Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), one of the four… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01-20-11
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» Although European streaming music service Spotify is still not ready to enter the U.S. market — it continues to make its state… Read more »
Video Is 40% Of All Mobile Traffic, But Most Of Us Don’t Watch It
Mobile data traffic is on the rise, and — with sites like YouTube increasing their mobile traffic three-fold in the last year — the popula… Read more »
SnagFilms Raises $10 Million From Comcast, NEA; Will Expand Beyond Docs
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SnagFilms, founded in 2008 by Ted Leonsis, has raised its first major outside capital: a $10 million round led by New Enterprise Associates… Read more »
Can Jack Bauer Rescue Hulu? Or How About Barbie?
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As the protagonist of the Fox hit series 24, Kiefer Sutherland mastered the delicate art of escaping difficult situations. But what Jack Bau… Read more »
Google, Weinstein Co. Strike Film Deal
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Given the pressure Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is under to land premium content deals for YouTube, you would think they would shout from the rooftop… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01.13.11
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» The day after laying off 47 percent of his staff, MySpace CEO Mike Jones told the rest the social net-turned-social-entertainme… Read more »
Macquarie: Larger Homepage Ads Gained Momentum In Q4
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If it felt like there were a lot more of those large, homepage takeover display ads in the latter half of Q4, that’s because major sites lik… Read more »
What Chatroulette And Sarah Palin Have In Common
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The seemingly never-ending death spiral of the phenomenon known as Chatroulette took yet another sad 360 with the unveiling via Twitter of… Read more »
JWT’s 100 Things To Watch In 2011
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We’ve already published our bets for 2011. Ann Mack, Global Director of Trendspotting for J Walter Thomson (JWT), includes plenty about medi… Read more »
Google Poaches Paramount Executive For Content Role
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has turned to Hollywood to fill out its content team, hiring Malik Ducard, who is currently senior vice president of dig… Read more »
Telefonica, Orange, Verizon Hope To Win The Next Round In Mobile Content
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The smartphone revolution, as led by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), has given us a whole new way to consume mobile content, in the form of apps. The pr… Read more »
Report: Google’s YouTube Eyes Acquisition Of Next New Networks
Google-owned YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is in talks to buy original online content studio Next New Networks, The New York Times reported Wednesday… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.15.10
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» Hearst and Hachette execs are set to meet in the next few weeks to finalize deal talks. But before that happens, it’s losing so… Read more »
Newspaper Publishers Back Viacom On Copyright Takedown Notices
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A friend-of-the-court brief filed in favor of Viacom show one thing clearly-that the U.S. publishing industry really doesn’t like the idea t… Read more »
Kevin Yen, Director Of Partnerships At YouTube, Leaves Google
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) veteran Kevin Yen is leaving the company, he announced via e-mail Friday. He worked at Google for over seven years, mos… Read more »
Viacom’s Unusual Legal Tack Against YouTube–And Why It Just Might Work
There’s a curious thing about Viacom’s recently appealed copyright case against YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). Viacom’s evidence and allegations focu… Read more »
YouTube, Feeling Good About Content ID, Drops 15-Minute Limit On Uploads
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) announced today that it’s getting rid of a 15-minute limit on the duration of videos uploaded by users. Ditching the li… Read more »
Mobile Video On The Rise, But Still Only A Fraction Of All Usage
Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has called it a day with its Flo TV mobile TV venture, gaining only 1 million sign-ups – but not necessarily permanent… Read more »
Viacom Appeal: YouTube Should Be The Copyright Cops, Not Us
A fundamental question around content in the Web 2.0 world is: Who should be in charge of policing online copyright? So far, two federal jud… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.03.10
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» So this is what prompted Google’s anti-piracy announcement: Viacom (NYSE: VIA) is ready to file its long-awaited appeal in its… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.02.10
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» Hulu has its eyes on international expansion — particularly Japan — and is willing to take on more investors to get there. [W… Read more »
Can YouTube Yield Another Star In Ryan Higa?
That Ryan Higa has drawn over 3.6 million views to his latest YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) creation isn’t surprising; his videos routinely amass cab… Read more »
Viacom Confirms Blocking Access To Full Episodes On Google TV
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Add Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and Viacom’s other networks to the growing list of those slamming barriers up for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) T… Read more »
Homepage Ads: Bigger Might Actually Be Better; MSN Lags Portal Rivals
For the past few months, AOL (NYSE: AOL), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) have turned to huge takeover ads as a way to attract p… Read more »
Myhrvold-Connected Firm Sues YouTube, Facebook And LinkedIn Over Patents
An obscure Virginia company, Pragmatus AV, has sued YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Photobucket.com, claiming the companies infringe three o… Read more »
After The Warnings, Ministry Of Sound Tries Monetising Its Video
After this month having to abort sending warnings to 25,000 BT (NYSE: BT) broadband customers it suspected of illegally downloading its musi… Read more »
Our Digital Entertainment Digest 11.10.10
Here’s our take on some of the latest news at the intersection of technology and entertainment:
» YouTube Topics: YouTube is about to… Read more »
Our Digital Entertainment Digest 11.09.10
Here’s our take on some of the latest news at the intersection of technology and entertainment:
» OK Go: Brace yourself, YouTube. On… Read more »
Chinese Video Site Tudou Files To Raise Up To $120 Million In U.S. IPO
Tudou, the heavily-backed Chinese video site, has filed to raise up to $120 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq stock market, according to an SE… Read more »
Oprah Meets Her Kryptonite: Cisco’s Umi
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Oprah Winfrey is the Midas of marketing, her endorsements the key to everything from countless books making the bestseller list to electing… Read more »
The ‘Dancing Baby’ Lawsuit Will Shape Future of Fair Use
When a Universal Music Group employee sent a routine notice to a San Francisco Bay Area mother back in 2007 ordering her to take down a grai… Read more »
YouTube’s Hurley To Step Down As CEO
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley is stepping down from his position, he revealed during an event in Dublin this evening, according to a TechCrunch re… Read more »
How Google TV Could Hand Netflix The Entire Streaming Universe
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I personally can’t think of anything stupider for the big broadcast networks to do than give their shows to Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for free. Wh… Read more »
