Obsessed was a movie starring Beyonce that opened last month just before the big summer blockbuster season. The TV trailer for Obsessed caught my eye not because it looked like a good movie, but rather because of its layout. The picture was letterboxed, but instead of … Read More »
Networks & Studios
Major League Baseball Nabs Geo-location Patent; system will tell if MLB.TV users are in areas where games need to be blacked out. (Silicon Alley Insider) Felicia Day on Questions You Should Ask Before Starting a Web Series; new media mogul suggests figuring out how your project … Read More »
Separate articles from both Wired.com and the LA Times over the past two days examine the current state of Hulu and wonder if the popular site will be a victim of its own success. It’s a question we first asked back in March, … Read More »
Kyte Streamed 50 Million Videos in April; of the 215,000 user accounts, just 1,000 account for 90 percent of the mobile videos streamed on the service; also, company launching iPhone apps for MTV, NBA and Spin Magazine. (TechCrunch) Versus Pits Fans Against Each Other in Fanarchy; … Read More »
Nerds across the galaxy strapped on their pointy ears and beamed into theaters to catch the big budget reboot of Star Trek this weekend. Science fiction fans may be punching bags for Klingon jokes, but they are also early adopters and provide fertile ground for new … Read More »
Disney President and CEO Bob Iger addressed the context surrounding his company’s recent deal to take an equity stake in, and provide programming for, Hulu on his company’s quarterly earnings call yesterday. As for the earnings themselves, net income was down 46 percent, due in … Read More »
NBC.com Partners with Kiptronic for Mobile Ads; agreement will let NBC.com dynamically serve ads on its mobile platform. (emailed release) YuMe Launches New Video Ad Unit; the InSynch Video Takeover allows an in-stream video ad and an in-page banner ad to be synchronized so messages can move … Read More »
New MTV Show Will Split Ad Revenue with Twitter and Facebook; What You’re Watching with Alexa Chung will be a joint venture between the three, incorporating social media aspects — while paying for them. (paidContent) Jesse Alexander’s Day One Gets Picked Up; NBC to run this … Read More »
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is premiering this weekend, and Hollywood insiders are even more infatuated with ticket sales than usual. The movie is expected to make anywhere from $75 million to $100 million, with early reports putting last night’s midnight earnings at $4.4 million, a number … Read More »
Man Delivers Baby with Help from YouTube; after watching some instructional videos he was able to handle the birthing while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. (BBC) Ask a Ninja Gets an iPhone Game; game is from Axo Studios and 10 percent of the proceeds will … Read More »
As we reported earlier today, Disney has signed on to become part owner of Hulu. Posts immediately went up around the blog-o-sphere wondering what it all means. Sure it means something (check out Liz’s list of winners and losers in this deal), but it … Read More »
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