There’s a very good chance that most people in America will soon have just one choice for truly high-speed Internet access suitable for watching video — their local cable monopoly. With cable’s DOCSIS 3.0 as an intermediate step, we’re reaching the era of true convergence. Read More »
We’re starting a new feature for NewTeeVee today, where every week we ask a noted figure from the online video world five questions about the industry and their work in it. First up is Ben Relles, founder and creative director of NextNewNetworks’ Barely Political. According to … Read More »
Good news for online Australian sci-fi fans: The upcoming fifth season of British Doctor Who, which will premiere Sunday, April 18 on ABC1, will actually make its first Down Under appearance two days earlier on iView, the Australian Broadcasting Company’s iPlayer equivalent. The one-day head … Read More »
The Tribeca Film Fest, the festival co-founded by Robert De Niro, is going virtual, according to a post on its blog, offering film fans around the country a chance to engage online with the films and filmmakers being feted. Beginning April 23, those who purchase … Read More »
Ah, the Sci-Fi Channel original movie. Even the channel’s recent name change to SyFy can’t keep Saturday nights from being must-see TV for B-movie fans who like their snakes mega-sized and their spiders on ice. A pretty wide range of actors have done their … Read More »
And the Oscar for the industry’s best drama goes to… ABC. The Disney-owned broadcaster reached a tentative agreement with Cablevision minutes into the telecast of the Academy Awards, according to a New York Times report. ABC and Cablevision had been … Read More »
Are you just chomping at the bit for everyone’s favorite college basketball tourney to kick off? Well, you got a week or two to wait yet, buddy. In the meantime, though, Hulu is running its own bracket — one where you get to … Read More »
It’s a quiet afternoon when my phone rings with an unknown number. I don’t get a lot of phone calls from unknown numbers, especially from people who have been the focus of both the New York Times and fierce reblogging sites, so it’s … Read More »
Apple Wants to Store Your Video in the Cloud; the company’s representatives have spoken with some of the major film studios about enabling iTunes users to store their content on the company’s servers. (CNET) Three TiVo Premiere Mysteries; a few images in the company’s … Read More »
Another day, another broadcaster headed for a showdown with the local cable company over retransmission fees. This time it’s Disney’s WABC-7 in New York, which is threatening to yank its signal from Cablevision’s pay-TV service. Like many battles that have come before it, … Read More »
Behind a tall, white gate on a quiet Beverly Hills cul-de-sac, a private mansion is about to become anything but. Starting tomorrow, when the live-streaming of 19 Entertainment’s If I Can Dream begins on Hulu, 56 cameras will be broadcasting the adventures of five … Read More »
With the 2010 Winter Olympics winding down in Vancouver this weekend, broadcasters and online video platforms alike are getting ready for a tally of their Olympic audience. Special attention is going to be reserved for NBC, who decided for the first time to restrict … Read More »
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In a decision that might surprise some viewers who have become frustrated by NBC Universal’s handling of online video content, it streamed the entirety of the quarterfinal Men’s Hockey matchup between the USA and Switzerland live at 3:00 pm EST, the same time … Read More »
The latest battle in the war between movie studios trying to recapture the glory days of the home entertainment market and exhibitors trying to hold onto their theatrical business has, a bit surprisingly, revolved around Johnny Depp in a funny hat. In the words … Read More »
Cablevision has announced what it’s calling a “first of its kind” service to enable its digital cable customers to connect their PCs to their TVs. The PC to TV Media Relay service will begin a technical trial in June 2010, and will allow users … Read More »
If ESPN were in charge of of broadcasting the Olympics to a domestic audience, what would it look like? paidContent did an interview with ESPN executive vice president of content John Skipper and executive editor John Walsh about the challenges of covering the … Read More »
For any creator out there, the following question must be a scary one: What do you do when you no longer work for the company that owns the rights to the show you created? For Woody Tondorf, it’s been a way of life since December … Read More »
UPDATE 5:30 PM PST: Due to technical issues, tonight’s screening was postponed to next Monday at 7 PM EST/4 PM PST. The screening will stream on MTV.com. You know what the new MTV generation just loves? The disco nightclub scene. I know! … Read More »
CBS: We’ll Cut iTunes Prices for Some Shows; CEO Les Moonves says the broadcaster will mark down the price on some of its shows from $1.99 to 99 cents. (MediaMemo) Moonves also boasted about the importance of retransmission fees and growth at the company’s cable channels. … Read More »
The Bannen Way, produced and distributed by the digital arm of Sony Entertainment, has already proven itself as a bit of a lightning rod for controversy. And when Crackle told us that the crime noir web series had racked up 8.4 million … Read More »
Yesterday HBO took the wraps off its new online video portal, HBO Go, which was designed to offer its subscribers access to additional online video content on demand. The site, which is part of parent company Time Warner’s broader TV Everywhere strategy, … Read More »
Cable programmer HBO has launched its own TV Everywhere portal, enabling paying subscribers to its cable channels to watch on-demand movies and TV episodes online. The HBO Go service, which was first introduced nearly a year ago as a complement to … Read More »
While the actual experience of using NBCOlympics.com may not be ideal, that hasn’t stopped the network’s online coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics from doing just fine stats-wise. According to a release from NBC Universal, 13.6 million unique visitors so far have … Read More »
Redbox has agreed to a new 28-day DVD window with Warner Bros., which would halt new release titles from appearing in its kiosks for four weeks after they go on sale at retail outlets. The agreement also ends a six-month legal battle with … Read More »
NBC Is Losing Money on the Olympics Because It Paid Too Much for Them; GE predicts NBCU will generate $250 million less in advertising revenue than it cost to license and produce the games. (TV by the Numbers) Hollywood Rushes Out 3-D Movies In Wake … Read More »
A year and a half ago, I found myself on vacation during the middle of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. And since I was on vacation, I wasn’t content to sit by the TV and watch hours of prime time coverage to … Read More »
Viacom Beats Q4 Estimates; CEO Philippe Dauman, coming off a 4 percent decline in domestic advertising sales in the fourth quarter, said he expects the ad climate to improve in the first quarter. (Multichannel News) Adobe’s Flash 10.1 Coming to Smart Phones; the latest version of … Read More »
In July of 2007, while working for online video news site The Daily Reel, I interviewed director Shane Felux at the San Diego Comic-Con about Trenches, an exciting-sounding web series he’d just finished shooting for the ABC-owned Stage 9 Media. Trenches was an ambitious … Read More »
Last week, I watched the season premiere of Lost on Hulu, because I was in Portland, OR and thus far away from my DVR. The only reason I mention the fact that I was in Portland was because if I’d been watching at … Read More »
iPad Puts Focus on Apple’s Flash Feud; Apple and Adobe, which used to be cozy partners, have become increasingly estranged since the computer maker unveiled its iPad tablet late last month. (Wall Street Journal) Electus Hires Starcom Entertainment Vet Caraccioli-Davis; entertainment marketing specialist Laura Caraccioli-Davis is … Read More »
It’s not TV — it’s YouTube. HBO has released the full pilot for its new half-hour series How to Make It In America, set to premiere this Sunday, on a number of digital platforms for free, including YouTube and iTunes, through Feb. 20. … Read More »
Online Video Views Are Not “Lost” on ABC.com; over 580,000 episode starts were reported for last Tuesday’s season premiere. (WebProNews) CBS Sports Coverage of Super Bowl XLIV Scores Highest Rating in 23 Years; ratings for this year’s game were up 10 percent over 2009. … Read More »
Advertisers are becoming increasingly “disenchanted” with TV ads, according to a recent survey of 104 U.S. advertisers. The survey, performed by Forrester along with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), found 62 percent of advertisers believe that TV advertising is less effective than it … Read More »
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s online video effort, the iPlayer, keeps setting viewership records with the youngest generation contributing to the UK dominating online video viewership in Europe. You can access it via Boxee, on the Apple TV, Wii, PlayStation, Internet-connected televisions, and even … Read More »
Disney: “No Decisions Have Been Made” on Hulu Premium; Disney EVP Kevin Mayer says “no decisions have been made” about what kind of pay models and services Hulu is going to use, or when those will roll out. (MediaMemo) KickApps Lands NBC for Social Video Sites; … Read More »
Movies, Cable Drive News Corp.’s Strong Fiscal Q2; operating income at its Filmed Entertainment division nearly tripled to $324 million, fueled by strong sales of DVDs, while cable network operating income rose 35 percent, to $604 million. (Multichannel News) Meanwhile, News Corp COO Chase Carey … Read More »
Reality TV has gotten a lot of mileage out of helping aspiring young people achieve their greatest dreams of becoming a fashion model, a pop singer, a chef and a…video game tester? Sony is making its first big move towards challenging Microsoft/Xbox Live in the … Read More »
Tonight comes the premiere of Lost‘s final season on ABC, and while the mysteries of the island have remained pretty well-concealed, the actual episode hasn’t been as lucky. Last week, the first five minutes of the episode leaked online, and yesterday (thanks to an … Read More »
NBC Preps First All-HD Winter Olympics; the 2008 Vancouver Winter Olympics will mark the first time a Winter Games is produced entirely in HD, with 835 hours of high-def content set for NBC Universal’s broadcast and cable channels. (Multichannel News) YouTube’s Final Take From Movie Rentals: … Read More »
Robin Sloan, former media strategist at Al Gore’s struggling TV network Current, is starting to work for Twitter this week, according to a report from Venturebeat. Sloan is joining the micro-blogging service to handle partnerships with media organizations ranging from citizen journalism … Read More »
From the moment Apple announced its new iPad mobile device, people have been wondering when (and if) Hulu is going to make a specialized application for this new device. But Hulu has so far tended towards public generalities and general inaction when it … Read More »
When Netflix first announced that it would delay rentals of Warner Bros. new release titles by four weeks to help the studio increase DVD sales, we argued that the subscription rental firm was making the deal to focus more on the long tail. But … Read More »
NBCU Projects 200 Million Will Watch Winter Olympics TV Coverage; NBC Universal’s president of research, Alan Wurtzel, suggests that 200 million viewers will watch at least some portion of the Winter Games. (Multichannel News) To measure the total audience across TV, online and mobile devices, … Read More »
Sky Putting 3-D Before VOD; despite a promise to add a true pull-VOD service to its TV options in 2010, Sky gave no progress update for the service, but said it would start launch Europe’s first 3-D channel this spring. (paidContent:UK) Ooyala Launches Localized Japanese Platform; … Read More »
BSkyB Wins £200 Million HP Liability Case; the UK High Court has ruled in favor of Sky against EDS, which is now part of Hewlett-Packard, and is liable for at least £200 million ($323 million). (paidContent) Justin.tv Makes It Easier to Start Streaming; the live video … Read More »
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