More Tools for Online Video Ads, as Get Interactive, Adjustables show ways to put messages next to or inside online video offerings. (Media Post) Qwest Bringing Video to Portland, part of slow-paced Northwest region rollout from telco. (The Oregonian) Cable Ads Get ‘Digital Overlay,’ in new… Read More »
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If our pounds-sterling-to-dollars math is right, it looks like video search engine startup Blinkx raised nearly $50 million Tuesday in its unique “public offering,” a complex stock arrangement with parent company Autonomy that Liz detailed previously here. At a price of 45 pence per share… Read More »
After spending hard time covering last year’s net neutrality battles, it’s easy to get used to hearing telephone companies saying up is really down, and black is really white. That’s why we’re not going to even nibble at the pitch Qwest’s PR representatives sent our way… Read More »
Content-delivery network provider Limelight Networks seeks to raise as much as $198 million in its previously announced IPO, pricing its shares between $12 and $14 according to reports of new filings made Monday. Limelight, which competes with the bigger Akamai in the burgeoning… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: Escaped Gorilla tops YouTube Charts, as star of recent most-watched online videos on YouTube. (NY Times) Tremor, Eyespot in Partner Deal, to combine video ads with Eyespot video-mashup capability. (Media Post) VCast Adds New… Read More »
OK, with the Warriors out of the playoffs… and the whales apparently headed back to sea, what better way to spend some time Sunday night than watching whales who got lost and spent some time in Sacramento? Of course if you live coastside seeing whales… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video:
IPTV Will Take Center Stage at NXTComm, according to equipment providers who are planning big exhibits at June Chicago event. (Telephony)
BitTorrent ‘Pirate’ Loses Appeal, Chinese court says he must finish out sentence. (
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Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: AT&T, EchoStar Partnership in Question, but satellite firm extends deal with CenturyTel. (Rocky Mountain News) Canadian Telecoms Turn to IPTV, riding broadband surge. (Mediacaster Magazine) VideoEgg Names Adam Klein President, lures former EMI and… Read More »
From the wondering-out-loud dept. comes this question: Is peer-to-peer (P2P) technology on the verge of radically changing the content-delivery marketplace? And if so, what does that mean for both content producers and content delivery networks — more opportunity, or threatened business models, or both all around? While… Read More »
In a story coming from a sit-down interview with the Associated Press, YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen take a shot at the Department of Defense for its decision to ban YouTube viewing from computers using the military’s network: “They said it might be… Read More »
(This post is by Fouad ElNaggar) Paul Kapustka recently wrote a post on how changing media consumption in the sports world could herald the end of SportsCenter. In a world where on-demand highlights are just a click away, I can understand his skepticism regarding the future… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: Video Gets Search Spotlight from Google, with video results part of new first-page ‘universal search’ effort. (Variety) UK Morning Show Picks Roo for Online Support, video portal will feature news, fashion, showbiz and health… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: Disney to Offer VOD Travel Channels, may let you book a trip from your cable remote. (AP) Comcast to Drop Microsoft TV Guide, instead will offer Motorola-based system to Washington State customers. (Light… Read More »
Online video infrastructure player Gotuit is now in the professional video-mixing business, debuting its newest technology offering Tuesday as the support behind a mix-my-videos site from R&B/hip-hop artist Akon. Called VideoMixer, Gotuit’s software gives content publishers a different choice when it comes to developing sharing sites… Read More »
OK, creative types, time to crank up the volume and craft an HTML bumper sticker like the old skateboarding ones, saying this time: Online video is NOT a crime. Of course, you’d never know that by reading the headlines, where online video is under attack from… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: ‘Hometown Baghdad’ Is Online Hit, but not in Iraq where Internet speeds are slow. (LA Times) Vyyo’s Loss Gets Bigger, even as company says sales picking up for the cable-overlay product. (Light Reading) Where… Read More »
Given the fact that online video is already a big business, it’s not a surprise to see the Wall Street Journal covering the topic thoroughly, like it did in two separate stories today. What is unusual is that the Journal’s online-video efforts — a news analysis… Read More »
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