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In the land of mega-meals and mega-churches, it’s only natural that we’d have a mega-media hookup like the one announced today between Comcast and NBC. But a deal this big will naturally bring along with it some regulatory scrutiny. Read More »

As part of its development of the National Broadband Plan, the FCC has started poking around TV broadcasters to find out how much spectrum they are using, and if any of it can be freed up for other commercial purposes. Read More »

While the Googlebot’s YouTube is a web video behemoth, Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook nation have become an online video sleeping giant, and it may have just woken up. Facebook jumped to No. 3 behind established video powerhouses YouTube and Hulu in terms of total… Read More »

When Verizon announced today that it will open its TV “Widget Bazaar” to third-party developers, Shaygan Kheradpir, Verizon’s chief information officer said, “Developers should start thinking now about applications that are appropriate for the ‘big screen,’ not the pocket-sized screens they’ve been writing for… Read More »

Googlers probably can’t wait for this week to end. After a rash of problems with search, GMail and Blogger — now YouTube has gone on the fritz (Update: YouTube search is back up and working). What’s got to smart even worse is that the… Read More »

There was a tectonic shift in the digital media landscape yesterday with Disney’s announcement that it would become part owner of Hulu and provide the content portal with full-length episodes of hit shows like “Lost” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” As with any deal of this… Read More »

Comcast is ramping up activity on its Fancast premium content portal. The cableco has been a busy beaver lately, going back to the networks and studios to get online rights to content so you can watch as much “Rescue Me” as you like…provided you can authenticate… Read More »

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Hulu Turns 1, Now What?

Hulu celebrates the one-year anniversary of its public launch today, and it’s getting social by adding Facebook and MySpace functionality. Many skeptics (*cough* Om *cough*) originally dismissed the joint venture between FOX and NBC as something that couldn’t work, but over the last year Hulu’s premium… Read More »

Why Does Everyone Heart Boxee?

The buzz has been building for Boxee lately. Mainstream news outlets like The New York Times, BusinessWeek and NPR are getting hip to the little open-source media center that could quite possibly change the way you experience TV. I first met Boxee CEO and co-founder Avner… Read More »

Study: Online Vid Viewers Engaged in Election

Next week at this time we’ll have a new President-elect. And though the outcome might get mired in a legal morass, one clear winner from the year-and-a-half campaign has been online video. Now, a new study from Compete and Cisco sheds a little more light… Read More »

Laid Off? Get a NewTeeVee Live Discount

It’s a pickle. You just got laid off and now more than ever you need to get a new gig. The best place to meet prospective employers and network is in person at an industry conference (get them drunk!). But now there’s no company paying your… Read More »

In Defense of Cable

While you might think it’s time to cut the cable cord, there are some things you should consider before telling Comcast where it can shove its overpriced coaxial cable. Whether it’s time to dump cable depends on how much TV you watch, how important picture quality… Read More »

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