A new online dating service called Gelato is based on the notion that your life stream could be the way to find love online. Rather than relying on static (and often woefully outdated) profiles that people post, Gelato taps into your Facebook, Twitter, Hulu or Netflix […] Read more »
FOX Files Brief to Dismiss Redbox’s Suit; the two entities are in an ongoing tussle over $1 per night movie rentals and timely access to DVDs; the studio calls Redbox’s claims “fatally flawed.” (AllThingsD) For some background on this story, see our previous coverage. Analyst: NBComcast […] Read more »
If you couldn’t or didn’t get tickets to the big ole Austin City Limits festival happening this weekend — don’t be too glum. Word from the GigaOM remote office in Austin is that it’s going to rain (big, Texas-style thunderstorms!). With that kind of forecast, you […] Read more »
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The world awaits an outcome on the will-they-or-won’t-they nuptials that is cable giant Comcast and network/studio NBC Universal (negotiations will probably take a long time since Comcast presumably told GE to wait at their offices between the hours of noon and 5:00 p.m.), here are some […] Read more »
The flurry over a potential Comcast takeover of GE’s NBC Universal is picking up steam with more details. No official announcement has been made, but here’s what’s being reported so far: From CNBC, which was the first to unearth the most recent details: General Electricand Comcast […] Read more »
Video Companies Raise $180.9 Million in Q3; Roku, Ustream, boxee among those who received influx of cash. (VideoNuze) And kicking off the next quarter is Delivery Agent, which announced today that it has raised $25 million to expand its click-to-buy applications for video. (paidContent) YouTube Makes […] Read more »
The blog-o-sphere got all Twitter-pated last night over possibility of Comcast buying outright or a stake in NBC Universal. Initial descriptions of the imminence of the deal have since been downgraded to Comcast “kicking the tires” of NBC. Comcast has an interest in getting deeper into […] Read more »
If you play fantasy football — what the heck are you doing reading this? You should be checking your stats right now. If you don’t play fantasy football, you probably didn’t fully get that last sentence. All kidding aside, fantasy football is huge, and those sitting […] Read more »
Following CNN’s debut of an iPhone app that lets users record video of breaking news events and submit them to the 24-hour news channel, fizwoz now wants to help you get some money for your work. Launching today, fizwoz is an online marketplace for UGC photos […] Read more »
It might be too much to say that it’s raining money in online videoland today, but it’s at least a drizzle. White label video provider VMIX gave us a heads up that it has secured $2 million in a Series B-1 round. Including this latest haul, […] Read more »
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3D TV Not All its Cracked Up to 3Be? Even with a new TV you’ll still need to wear the glasses, and the content becomes unwatchable for those not wearing glasses. (TV by the Numbers) Fox Interactive Now Called News Corp. Digital Media; new name comes […] Read more »
Over the top and on demand are increasingly how people want to consume — and pay for — their video, if new numbers from The Diffusion Group hold true. The research firm estimates that by 2014 revenue from in North America from on-demand video delivered via […] Read more »
Fall Season Start Not That Great; despite the rosy stories about strong debuts, NBC, ABC and the CW’s ratings are down. (TV by the Numbers) Get Some Sony Movies on the Go; new feature on select Blu-ray discs will allow users to transfer movies from PS3 […] Read more »
When I first heard of the concept of a 24-hour TV news station, I scoffed. “Who would want to watch that?” Of course, I was going into the fourth grade and at summer camp, so my lack of foresight can probably be forgiven. Something I definitely […] Read more »
Don’t stop believin’ in FOX’s musical comedy Glee. For the second week in a row the show is racking up impressive social buzz on Twitter, according to the latest stats from Trendrr. Glee rocked the week with a high of 71,555 tweets on Thursday. The ratings-challenged […] Read more »
Playboy Getting into TV Everywhere; adult network in talks with operators about wrapping an online option into the pay channel’s subscription. (Multichannel News) Shenanigans with Video Ad Delivery; some video ad networks being deceptive about the number of impressions they deliver by counting auto-playing ads that […] Read more »
One of the more memorable Monty Python bits is the “Bring out your dead!” segment from The Holy Grail. The poor subject of the joke pleading “I’m not dead yet!” is a fitting metaphor for the network TV world, which breathed a collective sigh of relief […] Read more »
Nerdgod Joss Whedon proved last year with the still-talked-about Dr. Horrible, that he knows how to tell a story for the web. Sadly for Whedonauts looking for more Jossy web goodies, there will be no Dollhouse content to sate your appetite until Neil Patrick Harris dons […] Read more »
All eyes are on AT&T today, as the company has started rolling out multimedia messaging service (MMS) for the iPhone. Stacey at GigaOM pondered this morning whether AT&T’s network will be able to handle the crush of iPhoners sending videos and pictures to one another, and […] Read more »
Leaked CBS Email Calls Out Hulu’s “Reckless Streams”; executive memo ponders how hard it would be to prove ratings declines are a result of Hulu. (TechCrunch) A Primer on Safe Harbors; with recent court cases like Universal v. Veoh in the news, here’s a refresher on […] Read more »
Cablevision yesterday launched MSG Varsity, a new channel and companion web site devoted to local high school sports. Putting its own authentication spin on the launch, in order to access the MSG site, users must be a Cablevision broadband subscriber (hat tip to paidContent). Pali analyst […] Read more »
14 Million Videos Uploaded to Facebook Each Month; up 40 percent from 10 million in July. (Inside Facebook) Microsoft and Intel Partner for Mobile Silverlight; Atom-based devices running Windows 7 or Moblin will support the video technology, and Silverlight will be part of Intel’s Atom Developer […] Read more »
MLB.com’s mobile strategy is adding to — not cannibalizing — the league’s traditional web business, according to President and CEO Bob Bowman. Speaking at the Apps for Brands conference in New York yesterday, Bowman shared some stats about MLB’s At Bat app and announced a new […] Read more »
The most aptly named live-streaming company in the business, Livestream, is taking the wraps off its new Livepack — an all-in-one, backpack-sized device that enables live, mobile, HD-quality broadcasts. The ruggedized device requires no laptop and comes with a touchscreen and six integrated 3G/EVDO modems from […] Read more »
Dr. Horrible 2 and Joss Whedon Digital Studio on the Way? Sequel to the smash web series will likely happen, according to creator Whedon, who is looking for $5 million investment for a new digital studio that would create for web series per year. (Tubefilter) Google […] Read more »
With Internet-connected TVs hitting the market this fall, look for television to get its app store moment. Widget makers will flood your TV with nifty tools that allow you to do all sorts of things with the click of a remote. Rallycast is among the first […] Read more »
Arris announced today that it will acquire the assets of Digeo, Inc. for roughly $20 million in cash. Kirkland, Wash.-based Digeo, which was founded by Paul Allen in 1999, was originally set up to deliver stock and sports information through set-top boxes. In 2002, the company […] Read more »
CBS Launching Katie Couric Web Show; weekly “online conversations” with the CBS news anchor to feature big names and run for 20-30 minutes each. (Media Decoder) Report: MySpace Plans to Launch New Vid Service; with some help from Hulu, the site will supposedly offer more feature […] Read more »
With the economy in the dumps, it makes sense that live online video learning site eduFire would go after those looking to refine or learn new business skills. The company announced today that it is launching a new Business Channel to provide courses for the wannabe […] Read more »
With the new fall TV season here, we thought we’d check back in with the folks at Trendrr to see which broadcast and cable shows people are Twittering about. The first thing we noticed is that there is a lot more general Twitter activity around TV […] Read more »
Vuclip announced today that it has raised a $6 million Series B round of funding led by Jafco Ventures, with existing investor New Enterprise Associates returning. This brings the total amount the company has raised to a little more than $14 million. Liz did an excellent […] Read more »
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski delivered a speech this morning about the importance of net neutrality and an open internet. Stacey over at GigaOM has a great recap of the news, and you can read the full text of the speech here. As we are about to […] Read more »
VidiMAX Gets $4.5 Million; Troika Dialog takes a majority stake in the on-demand online movie service. (Quintura Blog) ActiveVideo Networks Partners with Videon Central; AVN’s software to be embedded in Videon’s middleware stack found in CE devices, will allow delivery of up-to-date video apps to connected […] Read more »
Well, this one slipped past our radar last week (we were busy re-programming our TiVos for the fall TV season), but Hulu made good on its promise from earlier this year to get more into the social viewing game. The premium content site released its Hulu: […] Read more »
The Emmys are tonight, and sadly, for NewTeeVee-ers, the only place to watch the show live is on oldteevee channel CBS at 8 p.m.. However, those looking for an outlet for snarky comments on fashion choices, bad jokes and speeches, fear not, the web has got […] Read more »
Interactive TV services company Ensequence announced today that it has secured $20 million in new funding, led by Clay Mathile, CEO of CYMI Technologies and former CEO and owner of the Iams Company. Ensquence also announced today that Peter Low will become the company’s new CEO, […] Read more »
Verizon Added 300,000 New New FiOS TV Subs in Q2; telco now has 2.5 million subscribers to its TV service. (GigaOM) No wonder the company’s CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, said at an investor conference yesterday that “Video is going to be the core product in the fixed-line […] Read more »
There’s been chatter about Hulu launching a subscription service lately, and now Dan Rayburn reports that Hulu is already beta testing such a paid service internally. Rayburn, whose sources confirm that Hulu-gans are indeed working on this initiative, doesn’t believe the subscription service will come to […] Read more »
CBS Sports announced today that all of the SEC football games the network broadcasts will also be streamed live for free on CBSSports.com. CBS’ coverage of the SEC starts this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET with Tennessee vs. top-ranked Florida. CBSSports will live stream 15 SEC […] Read more »
Worldwide IPTV and cable video equipment revenues jumped during the second quarter of this year, hitting $1.2 billion, up 15 percent from the first quarter, according to new data from Infonetics. Additionally, the research firm predicts more M&A activity in the operator space because of relaxed […] Read more »
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