Finding what you want to watch on TV is going to be a big problem in the coming years as more video choices crowd into your living room. As a result, recommendations will play an increasingly important role in our video discovery. To that end, NDS, […] Read more »
Cookie Jar Entertainment Launching Hulu for Kids Site; Jaroo.com will kick off with 50 TV series digitize a library of 6,000 episodes. (The Hollywood Reporter) Blinkx Issues Shares Worth $8.1 Million; company turns to stock market after losses associated with infrastructure deployment grew. (paidContent) Break Partners […] Read more »
Redbox is testing different, higher price points for DVD rentals in some markets, reports Video Business. The company has been a disruptor in the home video market with its low-cost, $1-a-night movie rentals. That price is so low that Redbox is embroiled in multiple legal battles […] Read more »
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Jordan Hoffner will leave his position as head of content partnerships at YouTube to join Ben Silverman’s new content endeavor at IAC. The announcement was made yesterday at YouTube, and paidContent was the first to report it. Coming from NBC, Hoffner was an injection of big […] Read more »
Best Buy announced today that it will be licensing Sonic Solutions’ CinemaNow platform to power an over-the-top video delivery service for the electronics retailer. This agreement expands on the partnership the two companies entered into earlier this summer. The multi-year deal will have Best Buy getting […] Read more »
We may be veering off too far into sports territory here, but the World Series is a video event, so we’ll go ahead and post the news that not only are the New York Yankees up 3 – 1 over Philly, A-Rod and Co. are also […] Read more »
Comcast/NBCU Announcement This Week? Two sides have reportedly reached a tentative deal wherein the cable company would own 51 percent of NBC Universal. (The New York Times) uTorrent 2.0 to Be a Network Friendly BitTorrent Protocol; will eliminate the need for ISPs to throttle BitTorrent traffic […] Read more »
That beautiful 1080p picture you’re enjoying? Well, you may as well just chuck it in the garbage, because Ultra High Definition is coming. Research firm In-Stat put out a report today saying that while it will take some time before the UHD market hits a critical […] Read more »
Redbox, the DVD rental kiosk company, today announced that it has signed two new, separate two-year distribution agreements with Summit Entertainment and NCircle Entertainment. The deals will bring hits like Twilight and New Moon from Summit as well as children’s entertainment from NCircle such as Sid […] Read more »
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Mark Cuban has a nice read over at Blog Maverick that combines a bunch of different ideas we talk about a lot here at NewTeeVee: live entertainment, social TV and participatory media. It’s well worth checking out if you’re interested in any of those topics. The […] Read more »
Motorola Looks to Unify 3-D TV Experience; company talks up set-top boxes that could convert 3-D TV video into any 3-D format. (Multichannel News) CE Manufacturer Earnings; Sony got roughed up with a net loss of 26.3 billion yen ($289 million) as opposed to a 20.8 […] Read more »
Flip video cameras are known for being stupidly simple, but the product’s migration to the big screen looks to be a pretty complicated affair, if what Dave Zatz is reporting is true. Flipping through FCC product announcements, Zatz found a “FlipShare TV” product manual. From the […] Read more »
Apple released a software update for its Apple TV set-top box today offering a redesigned interface and support for iTunes LP and iTunes Extras on big screen TVs. From the press release: The redesigned main menu on Apple TV gives you instant access to your favorite […] Read more »
Comcast Working on IPTV and Video Convergence Project; “Excalibur” will reportedly be a “services overlay” that puts IP services into a common provision and management system. (Cable Digital News) Taboola Partners with Brightcove; Taboola to provide video recommendation and ad engine to Brightcove clients. (release) SeaChange […] Read more »
The transition to a new world of online television authentication a la TV Everywhere may not be all that bumpy — from a consumer readiness standpoint anyway. A new study from Interpret Research shows that 89 percent of “online television streamers” (they don’t specify what that […] Read more »
Netflix’s streaming service is reportedly coming to Nintendo’s Wii game console “very soon,” if Streaming Media‘s anonymous sources are to be believed. Evidently, the service was originally planned to be out on the Wii before the end of this year, but may be held for the […] Read more »
After slogging through two iPhone-less years, my contract with Verizon is up and finally — FINALLY! — I can catch up with the Techno Joneses and get the Jesus Phone. But with Verizon and Motorola launching their Droid line of phones today, suddenly, I’m not sure […] Read more »
Juniper Makes Strategic Investment in Ankeena; company also gives Ankeena access to its JUNOS Software and development platform to help MSOs, telcos and ISPs manage new media infrastructure. (emailed release) Eye-Fi Shares Videos Directly to Facebook; wireless memory card for digital cameras can now wirelessly upload […] Read more »
What a difference a year makes. Around this time in 2008, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar was the belle of the online video ball, and had audiences rapt as he talked about his obsession with providing a good consumer experience. Flash-forward to this week’s CTAM cable conference, […] Read more »
We’re excited to announce that Redbox senior vice president, marketing and customer experience Gary Cohen will be speaking at our fast-approaching NewTeeVee Live Conference on Nov. 12 in San Francisco. The DVD-dispensing kiosk company has been a video entertainment disruptor with its aggressively priced $1-a-night movie […] Read more »
EchoStar: Sling Brings TV Everywhere; new ad campaign from the satellite company aimed at cable MSOs claims simplicity for distributing content. (Multichannel News) CIMM Lauches Web Site; the Nielsen rival debuts cimm-us.org and prepping to release RFPs this week. (Broadcasting & Cable) Microsoft Drops Family Guy […] Read more »
UPDATED: Salvatore Cuffaro, an former Italian politician who was found to have ties with the Mafia in Italy, is taking legal action against 4,609 YouTube commenters. This story comes via Techdirt and Boing Boing, and there are some issues with translation, but here are what seem […] Read more »
Though the world got an unauthorized sneak peek at it last week via Engadget, Roku officially unveiled its new HD-XR player today, along with a new entry-level set-top box at a lower cost. The new Roku HD-XR adds 80211.n wireless support (the regular HD Roku supports […] Read more »
Because the Gleeks have basically taken over Twitter with their musical Tweets, crushing the competition on the Most Twittered TV Shows list, the good folks at Trendrr decided mix things up this week. With Glee‘s dominance out of the picture the remaining graph looks more interesting. […] Read more »
ZillionTV Adds Lionsgate Content Partnernership; startup OTT video service to get shows like Mad Men and Weeds, as well as movies like Rambo. (emailed release) Watercooler Gets $5.5 Million; Series B led by Betfair to fund further development of fantasy and social games on Facebook and […] Read more »
Streaming video and audio from the likes of YouTube and Hulu now account for roughly 27 percent of global Internet traffic, according to a new study from network management company Sandvine (hat tip to Multichannel News), which surveyed the top 20 ISPs worldwide. This stat is […] Read more »
If I was Nikki Finke, I would have proclaimed “TOLDJA!” in that headline. Because I did read Netflix’s earnings call tea leaves correctly and guessed that the movie rental’s streaming service would come to another game console. Netflix and Sony just announced that Netflix’s TV and […] Read more »
Netflix announced its 2009 third quarter results today, and gave a whopper of an earnings call with our first official stats on how many people are streaming Netflix, thoughts on the company’s kiosk and cable competition, a mystery new CE partner, and its first international moves. […] Read more »
You may have heard this, but Windows 7 is launching today. Check our mothership, GigaOM, for more comprehensive coverage on what Microsoft’s new OS means, but there is some news for NewTeeVee-ers out there. Windows Media Center in Windows 7 now includes Internet TV, and will […] Read more »
Disney Creating New Content Licensing Technology; Keychest redefines ownership as access rights, not owning a physical object. (The Wall Street Journal) Susan Boyle’s CD Biggest Pre-Order in Amazon’s History; the viral video sensation‘s I Dreamed a Dream goes on sale Nov. 23. (The Wall Street Journal) […] Read more »
French online video sharing site has Dailymotion officially announced that it raised a $25 million round led by the French Sovereign Fund (FSI), along with original investors Advent Venture Partners, AGF Private Equity, Atlas Venture and Partech International. Two weeks ago we reported that the site […] Read more »
MySpace launched a new music video portal today, aggregating licensed content from both big and independent record labels. CEO Owen Van Natta announced the news at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this afternoon. Music videos make up a huge chunk of YouTube’s playcount, and […] Read more »
We are excited to announce that the National Football League will be at our upcoming NewTeeVee Live conference on November 12. Laura Goldberg, general manager for NFL.com, will talk about fantasy football. Yes, fantasy football. As we’ve written recently, fantasy football isn’t just for fun — […] Read more »
HealthGuru Raises $3.2 Million; health site and provider of online health videos get Series C led by Castile Ventures. (emailed release) Mio.TV Files for Bankruptcy; online destination for Latinos to watch TV and interact ran out of cash. (Multichannel News) Best Buy Adds Netflix to Insignia; […] Read more »
Canesta, which makes 3-D image sensors, announced today that it has received $16 million in new funding from returning investors Carlyle Growth Partners, Hotung Venture Group, and Venrock as well as two new strategic investors – Quanta Computer Inc. and SMSC. This brings the total amount […] Read more »
Over-the-top video delivery startup ZillionTV has made Jack Lawrence its new CEO, replacing Mitch Berman, who will become executive chairman. The company emailed the following statement to us this afternoon: “As of this week, Jack Lawrence is CEO of ZillionTV committed to day-to-day operations and fundraising […] Read more »
Of course. Of course! A month after I bought an iMac, Apple goes and refreshes the line. Normally we wouldn’t cover a product line update like this, but as our sister publication, TheAppleBlog, points out, the new, bigger, LED-lit iMacs will undoubtedly be a must-have for […] Read more »
Fox Creates Fox Digital Studios; rebranded Fox Atomic unit will create new and derivative content for digital platforms (it already has an original online development studio called 15 Gigs). (release) Home Entertainment Spending Down 3.2 Percent in Q3; consumer spending on DVD, Blu-ray, digital distribution and […] Read more »
Glee is becoming the 800 lb. singing gorilla of Twittered television. The high school musical show reached a peak of more than 53,000 Tweets last week, blowing past its prior showing of roughly 40,000. And once again, Glee left the competition in the dust. Heroes had […] Read more »
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