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UPDATED Well that was fast. If you’ve tried using the Kylo web video browser, which was just launched this morning, you might have noticed something funny while trying to connect to videos from Hulu — that is, that they’re unavailable. Users can connect to the Hulu […] Read more »

The Numbers Behind the World’s Fastest-growing Web Site: YouTube’s Finances Revealed; Viacom releases YouTube’s finances from before the Google acquisition. (MediaMemo) Hulu’s Ad Sales Team Is Undercutting Its Parent Companies; Hulu’s sales team is “actively subverting” the ad sales of its parent companies, which are also […] Read more »

Last week DynDNS released its beta support for Wide Area Bonjour and DNS Service Discovery. This means that if you own your own domain name, and you have a Custom DNS service with DynDNS, you can configure your Apple AirPort device (AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express and […] Read more »

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Watching the iPad’s first television spot on the Oscars Sunday night, I got giddy all over again in anticipation of getting my hands on this hot new product. Though it’s still a few weeks away, I’m even more excited for the applications that will be coming […] Read more »

comScore released its Video Metrix numbers for January today, showing a decline across the board for all the major video sites. U.S. viewers watched 32.4 billion videos in January, compared to 33.2 billion views in December. The number of unique viewers also declined from 177.9 million […] Read more »

CBS Finds Personalized Online Video Ad Insertions Nets 95% Completion Rates; network says personalized ads fare up to 15 percent better that regular mid-roll ads. (Beet.tv) Hulu to Offer NFL Content; partnership with NFL gives Hulu viewers access to award winning shows containing historical game footage. […] Read more »

Viacom’s decision to pull The Daily Show off Hulu was on everyone’s mind at InteractiveTV Today’s TV of Tomorrow Show that began today in San Francisco. Mark Garner, A&E Television’s senior VP of distribution, marketing and business development, expressed sympathy for the move, saying that it […] Read more »

Coming next week, Daily Show fans won’t be able to watch Jon Stewart’s show on Hulu anymore, according to a report from the New York Times Media Decoder blog. Comedy Central parent Viacom apparently wasn’t happy with the revenue Hulu was able to bring in for […] Read more »

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Another day, another big investment in online video in China. The recipient this time is Qiyi, an online video venture from Chinese search giant Baidu; it’s raised $50 million from Hulu backer Providence Equity Partners. The news of Baidu’s interest in launching an online video site […] 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 »

When I first heard about Intel’s Wireless Display technology after this year’s CES, I was intrigued. This technology, which is built into your laptop, lets you view the contents of your computer on your HDTV. All that’s required is a small adapter, the Netgear Push2TV, that […] Read more »

Veoh is shutting down and about to file for bankruptcy, despite raising ample funding and having solid search and recommendation technology. The site had also procured a decent audience, with more unique users than Hulu up until about a year ago, when Hulu launched an ad […] Read more »

YouTube and Hulu are frequently touted as the top destinations for viewing online video — but while those sites frequently top the lists for number of videos viewed online, it turns out that consumers spend more time watching videos elsewhere, according to comScore’s 2009 U.S. Digital […] Read more »

People that watch online video — and there are more and more of them every month — didn’t let the holidays get in the way of their viewing over the course of December. According to recent research from comScore, US online video viewing continued to reach […] Read more »

When you consider that much of the TV audience spends the other 364 days of the year trying to minimize its exposure to advertising on TV, the hoopla over Super Bowl commercials is a bit strange. However, this year there’s the promise of summer movie previews, […] Read more »

Publicis Groupe’s VivaKi unit announced today that Hulu’s Ad Selector was tops among video ad units tested as part of its “Pool” research project, suggesting that Hulu might be revolutionizing the video ad market by allowing its users to select the ad they want to see.  What […] Read more »

Hulu roughly a year ago found itself caught between its corporate parents and Boxee, an upstart software company that made it easier for its viewers to watch full-length videos on their TVs. But now it’s in the middle of a fight over whether NBC’s merger with […] 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 said […] 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 advance screening […] Read more »

Hulu, with the Super Bowl less than a week away, is gearing up for the big game by adding a ton of on-demand content from the NFL Network, with videos of past championship matchups and highlights from all 32 NFL teams. Users can now review past […] Read more »

When will Hulu launch an iPad version of the service. Or for that matter an iPhone app or one for Android? Is there a mobile strategy for Hulu?CEO Jason Kilar shared his views on the mobile web with me at the DLD Conference in Munich. Read more »

Watching Conan O’Brien’s final Tonight Show last Friday got me thinking about the ritual of ending one’s day with late-night television, a way many of us no longer consume media thanks to digital options — especially those in the 18-34 demographic, the most eroded of late-night’s […] 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 comes to developing […] Read more »

In a regulatory filing sent to the FCC today, Comcast (c CMCSA) and NBC said they don’t see online video distributors as a competitive threat, discounting the possibility of a an online video distributor emerging and competing with Comcast’s cable operations, as well as any consumer […] Read more »

It’s time, I think, to get rid of my cable TV service. It’s over-priced and under-used in my house. These days, I can find most of the shows I like on Hulu or iTunes, anyway. Most, but not all. And there are times when I want […] Read more »

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Dream of making it big, but miss your chance to audition for American Idol this year? 19 Entertainment’s first high-profile foray into web production, If I Can Dream, is using MySpace to solicit video auditions for aspiring musicians, actors and models interested in joining the show. […] Read more »

It’s been more than a year since I looked at ZeeVee’s Internet video manager application, and a lot has changed since then. The app formerly known as ZViewer is now called Zinc, and though it’s still in beta, it’s significantly more polished than it was last […] Read more »

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While the market for user-generated content in China is still rapidly growing, with major investments being made in video sharing sites like Youku, the country could also get a major premium video aggregator soon. As first reported by Reuters and confirmed by paidContent, Chinese search giant […] Read more »

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