Traditional TV Use Flat In Q1 — And It'll Stay That Way, One Analyst Says
No disruption to see here folks, move along. A ratings analysis by Turner Networks and a report from Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wi… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix's Latest Original Programming Bet: Horror Series 'Hemlock Grove'
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is eager to steer its core business away from mere movie rentals to an operation that resembles, to some degree, premiu… Read more at paidContent »
Back To The Future: YouTube Launches Live Comedy Talk Show
With the comedy genre heating up in the online video world, My Damn Channel is turning to an age-old television format: the live daily comed… Read more at paidContent »
Yahoo Video Chief: How To Get $3 Billion Closer To $50 Billion
This year is only the beginning. That was the essential message Tuesday from Yahoo’s head of video and original programming, Erin McPherson,… Read more at paidContent »
The Good And Bad News From The Latest Pay TV Subscriber Figures
The good news for the traditional subscription TV industry: subscriber counts across the cable/satellite/telco television services industry… Read more at paidContent »
Nielsen, GroupM To Develop New Ratings Tool
As more people watch TV content on something other than TV, ad firms and their clients are eager for a tool that lets them analyze the succe… Read more at paidContent »
Fandango To Become Online Ticket Seller For Yahoo Movies
Fandango will be an online and mobile movie-ticket seller for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Movies, according to a new partnership between the two comp… Read more at paidContent »
YouTube Isn't Just Short-Attention-Span Theater Anymore
YouTube’s initial $100 million investment into original premium content channels has been amply played up as a bold, risky venture into the… Read more at paidContent »
TV Everywhere Has Come To Xbox Live, But Who Will Let You See It?
With HBO’s new video teaser for the April 1 launch of its HBO Go service on Xbox Live, the big question is: Which of the top cable, satellit… Read more at paidContent »
Under Deal, New Bollywood Films Will Go Global Via Subscription VOD
For Hollywood studios, the international market is a potential goldmine. In 2010, for example, the U.S. movie industry made 67 percent of it… Read more at paidContent »
Almost All Pay-TV Subscribers Now Have Access To HBO Go
HBO’s luck may have run out Wednesday on its big Dustin Hoffman-led horse-racing drama, but it remains full speed ahead for the pay cable ne… Read more at paidContent »
What The CW's About-Face On Streaming Says About Piracy, Authentication
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While its relevance in the realm of traditional linear television is more questionable than ever, the CW’s youthful, digitally literate core… Read more at paidContent »
UltraViolet Studios: HBO Blackout Will Lift In Time For Wal-Mart Launch
Don’t worry, we’ll work this out in time for the big dance. That is the essential message from top home entertainment officials who are stil… Read more at paidContent »
Analysts: Netflix Has Fully Recovered From Its Qwikster Debacle
In 2010, people couldn’t say enough good things about Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) — it was the darling of the digital entertainment world. Then la… Read more at paidContent »
Wal-Mart Will Start Selling Cloud Storage At 3,500 Stores Next Month
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We told you it was coming — and it did. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has formally announced its support for Hollywood’s struggling UltraViolet movi… Read more at paidContent »
Cratering Search & Display Sectors Drove U.S. Ad Market Into Decline in Q4
Driven down by big fourth-quarter declines in digital advertising, the total U.S. ad market grew only 0.8 percent for all of 2011, a report… Read more at paidContent »
Yahoo Signs Series Develpment Deal With Michael Eisner's Vuguru
Continuing its aggressive expansion into video content as it restructures its operations, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has signed a development deal w… Read more at paidContent »
World's Richest Man Launches Online Video Network … With Larry King!
Backed by the resources of the world’s wealthiest individual, Carlos Slim Helu, and guided by former News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) digital journali… Read more at paidContent »
Rentrak Edges Further Onto Nielsen's TV Turf
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After enjoying a ratings monopoly during television’s first six decades, Nielsen increasingly finds itself challenged by upstart competitors… Read more at paidContent »
Why Aren't More People Cutting The Cord? Regional Sports Networks
This week, Major League Soccer introduced updated apps that let fans stream 230 live pro soccer games next season on iOS and Android mobile… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix's Next Original Show Reportedly Locked In Hollywood Budget Battle
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to compete with premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime in the… Read more at paidContent »
Epix, ABC Family Launch on iOS; So What About Their Hulu, Netflix Deals?
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Say this about TV Everywhere — it’s not making the complicated world of TV video streaming any easier to figure out. On Tuesday, cable netw… Read more at paidContent »
Can Wal-Mart Save UltraViolet?
Hollywood’s Ultraviolet cloud initiative has registered only 1 million users to date and has been dogged by complaints that its technology i… Read more at paidContent »
Chinese VOD Rush Continues – Lionsgate Signs Latest Deal
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) became the latest Hollywood studio to make an online movie distribution deal in China, announcing Monday that it has r… Read more at paidContent »
The Missed Opportunity In Cable VOD
U.S. consumers are increasing the amount of time they spend on internet video-on-demand services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), and cable compan… Read more at paidContent »
Hulu Joins Trademark Battle Against Dish's 'TV Everywhere' Claim
Hulu has joined Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Inc. and the nation’s five biggest cable service providers in a fight to stop Dish Network (NSDQ: DI… Read more at paidContent »
Can't Say We Saw It Coming: Redbox Re-Ups Universal Deal With 28-Day Window
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Yesterday, we suggested that video-rental chain Redbox might have to cave on its demand for 28-day release window with Universal, and wind u… Read more at paidContent »
Yahoo's Latest Brush With Big-Name Producer Talent: Ben Stiller
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) continues on its push for original video content and A-list talent, with a deal for a new comedy series with Ben Stiller’… Read more at paidContent »
How Andrew Breitbart Changed Digital Media
Much of the talk about Andrew Breitbart today, in the wake of his death, has focused on his politics, which people either tend to love or ha… Read more at paidContent »
Nielsen: Women Are Heavier DVR Users Than Men
Sure, most of us have seen statistics showing that digital video recorders are now in more than 40 percent of American homes. But how much a… Read more at paidContent »
Why Redbox Might Have To Agree To 56-Day Windows, Too
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The last year has been pretty good to Redbox. The rental kiosk chain is about to embark on a new streaming venture with Verizon, and has bee… Read more at paidContent »
Cord Cutting Can Wait: Subscription TV Added 343,000 Subs in Q4
Correction: A previous version of this story reported an increase of 343 million subs. We apologize for the error.
With the rise of Netflix… Read more at paidContent »
Reed Hastings: Netflix Will One Day Be Part Of Your Cable Bundle
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is usually cast as a cable competitor, but CEO Reed Hastings said he thinks cable will eventually become an on-demand i… Read more at paidContent »
Cloud Concerns? Fox And Warner Bros Will Offer New Content-Storage Service
Perhaps impatient with the progress of UltraViolet, Hollywood’s ambitious cloud-based movie-storage plan, two movie studios are launching th… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Stock Spirals As Company Enters Tricky Stretch
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After last fall’s shareholder revolt, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) recovered somewhat in December and January. But that momentum has slowed this mon… Read more at paidContent »
UltraViolet Claims More Than 1 Million Users, Says Retail Deal Is Imminent
Hollywood is betting that its cloud initiative UltraViolet will become the new way the people buy movies for the next decade. But so far the… Read more at paidContent »
The Plan By Yahoo, Hulu, Other Big Video Firms To Grab Upfront TV Ad Money
Madison Avenue’s upfront ad markets are the place where TV broadcasters and cable companies sell the bulk of their billions of dollars in co… Read more at paidContent »
Say Goodbye To Blockbuster Stores
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The Blockbuster brand emerged from the ashes of bankruptcy to have an impact on the bottom line of its new owner, Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH).… Read more at paidContent »
Why Canoe Abandoned Ship With Interactive TV Ads
An ambitious effort by the cable industry to create unified standards for targeted and interactive television advertising has failed, the vi… Read more at paidContent »
Report: Facebook, Google Overtake Yahoo In Display Ad Market Share
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Yahoo’s once dominant position with display advertising is now officially over. Research firm eMarketer released figures Wednesday showing t… Read more at paidContent »
