Bill Clinton Met with Kim Jong-Il Over Current TV Journalists; former president spoke with North Korean leader today about the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee. (CNN) RCN Partners with TiVo; the cable operator will make TiVo its primary DVR platform in 2010, will integrate […] Read more »
Online video will enable broadcast networks to develop a second revenue stream like their cable brethren enjoy, David Poltrack, chief research officer at CBS Corp. and president of CBS VISION, said yesterday at the Television Critics Association press tour. Specifically, Poltrack was referring to authentication plans […] Read more »
eMarketer projects the number of online video viewers in the U.S. will grow 31 percent in the next five years, hitting 188 million in 2013, up from 144 million in 2009. In addition, online video viewers will make up 85 percent of U.S. Internet users by […] Read more »
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Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board; move comes as the two companies increasingly compete head-to-head in multiple sectors. (GigaOM) Report: Netflix Coming to iPhone/Touch and the Wii? Multichannel’s unnamed industry source says you’ll be able to watch on additional devices (though probably only over WiFi). (Multichannel […] Read more »
Netflix and Disney announced today that the online movie rental company will make earlier seasons of hit shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy available via its “Watch Instantly” streaming service. Under the agreement, Netflix will stream the first five seasons of Lost (the […] Read more »
The first video ever shown on MTV was for the The Buggles’ song Video Killed the Radio Star. Given how successful amateur videos have been lately at boosting record sales, an appropriate song for the modern age might be Viral Videos Killed the Music Video Star. […] Read more »
We’re trying a little something different here, so bear with us. A lot of stuff happened this week, and rather than putting it all in a blog post, Liz and I decided to sit down for a video chat to wrap up the biggest stories. It’s […] Read more »
Iger Talks Authentication; during Disney earnings call CEO expressed concern over TV Everywhere ideas that deliver content at no extra cost to subscribers. (paidContent) RealDVD Lawsuit Drags Down Real Earnings; company spent $4.3 million on litigation in the second quarter defending the controversial DVD ripping software; […] Read more »
Behold, the power of our colleague Michael Wolf to sway communications giants! Well, that might be overstating it, but earlier this week, Michael wrote a piece about how lame Verizon’s FiOS Twitter app for the TV was (it was just a public stream of tweets about […] Read more »
Sony’s Q2 Sales and Operating Revenue Down 19.2%; sales of Bravia LCD TVs dropped 27 percent; company blamed poor quarter on bad global economy and appreciation of the yen. (The Wrap) JK Wedding Video Boosts Chris Brown Record Sales; direct link to buy his song “Forever” […] Read more »
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If this was a US Weekly article, the headline would read “Stars! They’re just like us! They make web shows!” Speaking at a conference yesterday, Greg Johnson, SVP, ECD and head of digital at William Morris Endeavor, told the crowd to expect more celeb-studded content coming […] Read more »
Extreme Reach Raises More Than $3M; company allows advertising across TV, mobile and broadband using one platform. (paidContent) Xbox Getting Twitter and Facebook Before X-mas; social apps will be added separately rather than as part of a broader update. (Eurogamer) Chuck Adds Web Video to Prop […] Read more »
Vudu said this morning that its content would soon be available — sans set-top box — directly on select models of LG televisions. At the same time, Vudu unveiled its second-generation service platform for net-connected televisions, which means more deals such as the one with LG […] Read more »
Updated with clarification from VoloMedia: VoloMedia announced today that it has been awarded what it called the “patent for podcasting.” According to the press announcement, patent number 7,568,213, titled “Method for Providing Episodic Media,” covers: “…the fundamental mechanisms of podcasting, including providing consumer subscription to a […] Read more »
For something that is supposed to be two tons of fun, Comic-Con appears to have been a source of crushing self doubt for Anthony E. Zuiker. Sure, he created the CSI franchise, but he’s branching out on his own with Level 26, his new “digi-novel” that […] Read more »
Alcatel-Lucent Acquires Velocix; terms of the deal not disclosed, according to Dan Rayburn, the company was acquired for its technology and not its revenue. (The Business of Online Video) Viacom Q2 Profit Drops 32 percent; ad revenue still down for cable nets (though it picked up […] Read more »
blip.tv held a press conference this morning to unveil a slick creator dashboard and a host of new content partners that span old and newteevee including YouTube, Roku, WNBC and Verizon FiOS. The new blip dashboard offers a raft of features including single upload to multiple […] Read more »
At Comic-Con (or as I like to call it, “the most wonderful time of the year”) over the weekend I got the chance to meet up with One eskimO, a band from England that will soon be releasing a visual album through Warner Premiere. The Adventures […] Read more »
(Updated to include the previously overlooked “The Ensemble”) Netflix posted an announcement yesterday that it has closed its Netflix Prize recommendation improvement contest. Though no official winner has been announced, the two leading teams, The Ensemble and BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos (Team Pragmatic Theory and Team Bellkor […] Read more »
Broadcast Networks Cutting the Price of Ads; advertisers able to negotiate cheaper rates for the upcoming TV season, bummer news for networks who are already feeling an economic pinch. (The Wall Street Journal) Kia Motors Gets Lost for New Web Series; Mysteries of the Universe: The […] Read more »
Barry Diller’s IAC pulled from both old and newteevee over the weekend to prepare for a couple of multi-media video initiatives the company will be launching. On Friday it was announced that CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen was graduating to become the CEO of Notional, a […] Read more »
Wireless chipmaker Quantenna announced today that it has added to its Series C round with new investor Swisscom, a Swiss telecom provider. The amount wasn’t officially disclosed, but it appears to be roughly $2 million, given that today’s press announcement says the company has raised $44 […] Read more »
Bruce Springsteen once lamented that there were “57 channels and nothin’ on.” Wonder what the Boss will say when there are 57,000 channels on. What will you say as you try to navigate your way around a near infinite number of video options? Hopefully you’ll be […] Read more »
Marvel Entertainment debuted the first episode of Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. at Comic-Con today. This marks a new milestone for the comic book company, which has created the series as a motion comic from the get-go, rather than re-purposing an older printed work. Marvel is also […] Read more »
Netflix reported its second-quarter earnings today, and during its conference call, CEO Reed Hastings beat the same drum he did during this year’s first-quarter call: kiosks and streams. Netflix continued on its anti-recession roll in the latest 3-month period, beating analysts’ average profit expectations. By the […] Read more »
The survey is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! We’ve been at this NewTeeVee coverage game for almost two and a half years. That’s forever in web time, and the online video world is certainly much different today than what it was way back then. […] Read more »
Disney CEO Bob Iger told a tech conference crowd yesterday that his company is interested in putting up more content online, but it won’t be free, and it might require a subscription. From MediaWeek: “The notion of going online at some point as a subscribe-to, robust […] Read more »
Israeli how-to video site startup 5min said today that it’s raised $7.5 million in a Series B round led by Globespan Capital Partners, with previous investor Spark Capital kicking in as well. Including the $5 million first round and angel funding, this latest round brings the […] Read more »
Freedom of choice is great… until there are too many choices. And the Internet-connected televisions headed to market will soon open up millions of TV-watching options. Right now, most folks use the standard TV grid to scroll through channels and programming. But the move from linear ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Outside of my dad, I don’t have a lot of “heroes,” though physicist Richard Feynman comes pretty close. I’m not smart enough to fully grasp everything he did or taught, but I appreciate how the guy never stopped being curious or adventurous and was could master […] Read more »
Redbox Signs Sony to $460 Million Distribution Agreement; five-year deal has the studio providing DVDs to the kiosk rental company, the first such studio deal for Redbox. (Video Business) Soapbox R.I.P.; Microsoft decides to just kill off its UGC video site. (paidContent) Facebook Served 1B Video […] Read more »
The future of video could be right in your hands. Literally. Mobile video is on the grow with no signs of slowing down. As Om points out over at GigaOM, there could be more than 250 million wireless broadband subscribers by the end of 2009. And […] Read more »
Apple, during its quarterly earnings call yesterday, didn’t bring up its stepchild set-top box, the Apple TV. For those who follow the video industry, this is more of a predictable disappointment than a shocker. But as the video world evolves all around it, Apple appears to […] Read more »
Univision Wins Case Against Televisa; court ruling prohibits Televisa from webcasting shows that have already been licensed to Univision. (paidContent) The American Film Institute Launches Video Portal; site includes material collected over the last 42 years by the AFI. (ZatzNotFunny!) Anthony E. Zuiker on His New […] Read more »
New stats from Nielsen show that the average U.S. home has more TVs in it than people. According to the research firm, in 2009 the average U.S. household had just 2.5 people but had 2.86 televisions. This represents a 43 percent increase since 1990, when the […] Read more »
Blu-ray may be a bit of a bummer, but in its first year, the Sony PlayStation Network has delivered more than 500 million pieces of digital content to PlayStation 3 and PSP devices, reports Variety. This figure covers purchases and rentals of movies, TV shows and […] Read more »
Don’t want to wade through the sweltering heat and hipster music snobs in person at the Pitchfork Music Festival going on right now in Chicago’s Union Park? Then catch the whole show courtesy of the magic of live streaming video! Rock out without any shame or […] Read more »
DISH to Pay $5.9M to 46 States; satellite co. dinged with the fee after bad sales practices and numerous consumer complaints. (Consumerist) NBC Universal had a Bummer of a Second Quarter; revenue was down 8 percent, and profit down 41 percent. (MediaMemo) Beam Aboard (in an […] Read more »
Content owners are looking beyond straight-up advertisements and product placements. One opportunity lies in the ability to immediately sell products seen in video content. To that end, startup Clikthrough has just raised $1 million for its interactive clickable video efforts. Clikthrough is an interactive video platform […] Read more »
If this was the sequel to the North Carolina sewer creature we chatted about recently, it would probably be called Slimey II: Deadly Northern Exposure. This summer’s monster jam moved northward to Alaska where a 15 mile-long band of black biological goo has been spotted creeping […] Read more »
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