Fox Interactive Media Shutters Flektor; online video editing and slideshow company closed down along with SpringWidgets. (paidContent) Opponents Pipe Up About Possible DTV Delay; FCC Chair Kevin Martin urges the incoming Obama administration to not push back the transition because it would create more confusion (DSL […] Read more »
After a dip in October, the number of overall unique online video viewers rose again in November, according to Nielsen’s VideoCensus. The number of unique viewers during the month grew to 124 million from 120 million in October, putting November back on par with September. The […] Read more »
This has been the year TV networks finally embraced the web. As 2008 wraps up, nearly every broadcaster posts its shows online within half a day of first airing them on TV. And the audience for such programming is growing, especially among desirable younger demographics. Twelve […] Read more »
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This has been the year TV networks finally embraced the web. As 2008 wraps up, nearly every broadcaster posts its shows online within half a day of first airing them on TV. And the audience for such programming is growing, especially among desirable younger demographics. Twelve […] Read more »
Nielsen released September viewers stats for web sites of the four major broadcast networks last week, revealing that the number of unique viewers went up across the board. But, in an odd turn of statistics, only Fox, which had the fewest unique visitors, was able to […] Read more »
Capturing yourself doing a sport is a great way to improve your game (unless you’re me, in which case there isn’t a flash card big enough to catch all the mistakes). This idea is the basis of My Tour Swing, which lets users upload video of […] Read more »
Apple have announced today that they are now selling TV shows in high definition from all four major broadcasters, ABC, FOX, CBS and NBC Universal. FOX were the fourth and final large network to offer HD support today. Some of the HD shows available include “Grey’s […] Read more »
YouTube sensation “Fred” (a.k.a. Lucas Cruikshank) is movin’ on up when it comes to web sponsorships. The high-pitched hyper-active character has a deal with 20th Century Fox and Walden Media to promote their upcoming film City of Ember, The Wall Street Journal reports. Financial terms of […] Read more »
Big names in media, technology and retailing are banding together to form a Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) that promises to make content easy to download and play on any device. Warner Bros., Fox Entertainment, NBC, Comcast, Microsoft, and Best Buy are just some of the […] Read more »
The company finds that mobile users watch live events presented on mobile platforms ten times more often than well-produced recaps. Read more »
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It pays to have big media backers. Case in point: Hulu, which will not only be offering season premieres of hit TV shows from FOX and NBC, but will be debuting a number of shows online before they appear on television. Over the next seven weeks […] Read more »
Sibling TV networks FX and FOX are both expanding their online video streaming options, but playing with the notion of windowed content in very different ways. Starting in September, FX will start streaming full episodes of its entertainment programming like Sons of Anarchy and It’s Always […] Read more »
We thank the online video gods for Hulu, if for no other reason than the ability to write a Nielsen web video measurement post without the headline “YouTube Still #1.” Sure, YouTube is still in first place in terms of video plays, with more than 5 […] Read more »
The simplicity of the idea behind network digital video recorders is what makes them so powerful. Unlike buying a TiVo or some dedicated device (including poorly designed set-top boxes), network DVRs allow you to save your favorite television shows online and play them back whenever your […] Read more »
Well, this wasn’t totally unexpected. RedLasso, the service that let bloggers create custom video clips of local and national TV and radio programming was sued by NBC Universal, Fox News Network and Fox Television Stations Inc. for copyright violations on Wednesday, according to The Wall Street […] Read more »
While more people visited ABC.com during the 2007-2008 television season, they spent more time on CBS.com, according to new numbers from Hitwise. ABC eked out a narrow victory, capturing 27.14 percent of U.S. visits compared to NBC’s 27.01 percent in a custom category defined by Hitwise. […] Read more »
Perhaps still smarting from their precious Firefly being killed off so soon, Joss Whedon fans are already mobilizing to save his next show, Dollhouse… before the first episode airs. The Underwire blog writes that rabid Whedonistas are activating, forming DollhouseForums.com (which sounds like it’s for an […] Read more »
Fox has announced that its upcoming shows Dollhouse and Fringe will air with reduced commercial breaks. Each break will be shorter and feature fewer advertisers, bringing the total amount of national commercial time for each program to just five minutes. But while Fox is calling the […] Read more »
Media Execs Expect Big Revenue Growth for Short-Form Video; 38 percent of respondents to Accenture’s latest media survey say short videos will generate biggest growth. (release) Quincy Smith on YouTube Users; during a keynote, CBS Interactive president notes that clips often do better when posted by […] Read more »
Hulu, the network-approved and operated online video service, was conceived as a “YouTube killer” — a way for big media to go to the Internet on their own terms. But now things have come full circle. Hulu, the launch of which prompted its parent NBC to […] Read more »
The world’s top social network has finally bought its ticket for the third-party developer party. In a switch from its early days as a Fox subsidiary, MySpace has fallen in line with its competitors — it plans to ask programmers to its San Francisco development office […] Read more »
Apple’s pending foray into movie rentals is a way to boost video offerings on its iTunes store. Forget Apple TV, this is a strategic move to keep the very profitable iPhone and iPod Touch devices in high demand. Read more »
Here we have two different video contests: One is looking for 30-second videos where you simply make a joke about current events, the other, for 5-minute “films” about characters struggling with issues outside of their maturity level. Lowbrow and highbrow. And as the Writers Guild of […] Read more »
[Staci D Kramer] If you want to show you mean action, spending $580 million can get the message across. But News Corp. could have spent a l… Read more »
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