Shhh! Don’t tell Liz, but a good chunk of my morning has been spent watching the U.S. Open online. The good news is that it’s actually quite cool. The interface is easy to use and gives you the ability to preview (with li’l video thumbnails!) … Read More »
Networks & Studios
NBC Universal Goes to the Gas Pump; signs deal with Gas Station TV to put its local and national programming on TV screens at up to 1,000 gas stations. (Multichannel News) Court Tosses Cable Subscriber Cap; Comcast and its ilk now have the green light to … Read More »
Spider-Man, Spider-Man, now does whatever Disney says he can. Disney announced today that it is acquiring superhero factory Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock. The move gives the mouse house ownership of more than 5,000 Marvel characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man and … Read More »
FOX will be adding a social media spin to repeats of Glee and Fringe, integrating Twitter alongside the shows. These so-called tweet-peats will feature Twitter messages from show cast members and from viewers watching at home.
During the episodes, audiences can follow the tweets from
Twitvid.io Gets Money, Changes Name to Vidly; video add-on for Twitter avoids competitor confusion with the name change and gets a $500,000 angel round. (TechCrunch) A&E Television to Buy Lifetime; financial terms not disclosed, Lifetime will be a subsidiary of A&E and branding will remain separate. … Read More »
“For a long time, people have been moving away from TV — we’re trying to reaggregate that audience,” said NBC.com general manager Steve Andrade. He was speaking on a panel Wednesday in North Hollywood as a nominee for the interactive media Emmy awards. NBC dominated the … Read More »
No one escapes TV Everywhere! It’s an unstoppable force that, like Star Trek‘s The Borg, is assimilating every corner of the cable, satellite and telco world. Verizon and Time Warner Cable are the latest to jump onboard the authentication bandwagon and announced their plans today. Verizon … Read More »
DivX announced today that for the first time in the U.S., major Hollywood movies will be available for download in the DivX format. Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Paramount have all signed on to have both catalog and new release titles sold through through … Read More »
Redbox has found itself at the center of a Hollywood war over the price of movie rentals, and up until now, sides have lined up either with the kiosk rental company (Sony, Lionsgate) or against it (Universal, Warner Bros., Fox). Paramount has chosen a third option … Read More »
The tennis flavor of the U.S. Open kicks off on Monday, Aug. 31, but if you can’t make it to New York or are stuck at work, just turn on your PC. The U.S. Open announced yesterday that USOpen.org will be live streaming more than … Read More »
One sure sign that the summer is coming to a close? People are gearing up for football. And while the NFL may be behind some of its sports league brethren in terms of online video, you will be able to watch all 17 Sunday Night … Read More »
RealNetworks Launches new player; enables sharing and portability of downloaded web videos. (we’d written about the beta — Real says it’s been used to download more than 22 million videos in the last two months). (RealNetworks blog) 360,000 Streams for Mexico vs. U.S. World Cup … Read More »
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