Nielsen Partnering With Charter Communications for Data; marks the first time the ratings company will collect information from set-top boxes. (The Wall Street Journal) Pando Raising Funding; P2P startup has taken $8.1 million of $20.9 million round. (VentureBeat) Stage 6 Shuttered Because of CopyrightDivX CFO says … Read More »
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What would the internet be without passionate arguments? The latest tempest in our corner of the online universe was kicked off by Jason Calcanis, who published a blog entry titled “How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips).” A bunch of these … Read More »
The TV networks look like they’re altering the Postal Service’s motto to “neither writer’s strike nor recession nor diminishing audiences will keep us from making money at this year’s upfronts.” According to The Wall Street Journal, networks, and even ad buyers are anticipating a … Read More »
Disney-ABC Television Group has officially taken the wraps off Stage 9 Digital Media, its short-form programing production company, with the premiere of Squeegees, a new broadband comedy series from online sketch comedy group Handsome Donkey. Stage 9 has a production slate of more … Read More »
You can never have the perfect bag for your mobile gear and the search for one is eternal. Reader John Spinks sent us information about the bag he is using to carry his Samsung Q1 and it’s worth sharing since the bag looks absolutely perfect for … Read More »
Hey New York NewTeeVee Readers! Don’t forget there’s a meetup in your fair city tonight for like-minded, fun-lovin’ people just like you. Here are the details: NEWTEEVEE’S NEW YORK MEETUP When? Thursday, February 21 Where? Burp Castle, 41 East 7th St. (Jackson says this is a good spot.) Time? After … Read More »
I was just relearning how to work with Google AdWords and noticed that its tutorials include quiz questions. Why? Because you may want to test your knowledge along the way and eventually become a Google Advertising Professional. To do so, you need to pass an … Read More »
Earlier this today I stumbled upon this video from Samsung demonstrating how web content can be married to the television signals being broadcast live via their set-top box. They call it See-N-Search. The set-top box also has the ability to pull multimedia content, aka videos … Read More »
Revver is looking to sell itself for between $300,000 and $500,000, plus the assumption of some $1 million in debt, CNET reported today, citing unnamed sources. CNET also repeats Contentinople’s report that LiveUniverse was looking to buy the company, saying that the deal fell … Read More »
We could already be suffering a recession in the U.S., and the tech industry is not immune, as potential Yahoo! layoffs show. What should you be doing now to protect yourself? Keep building that online persona. Share who you are and what you’re about … Read More »
Funny or Die to Add Eat or Die to its Stable; new site featuring famous chefs will join Shred or Die and MyBlueCollar. (AllThingsD) Revision3 Diggs Up New Video Show; The Digg Reel to showcase highly-dugg user-submitted videos. (DiggReel) (Disclosure: Revision3 produces “The GigaOM Show”) Truveo … Read More »
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