Hulu’s unique visitors dropped to 4.8 million in November from 5.3 million in October, according to numbers released today by comScore. It’s important to note, however, that these are comScore Media Metrix numbers, not comScore Video Metrix numbers. The distinction is important as there is a […] Read more »
Sony Slices 8,000 Jobs; cuts are 4 percent of global workforce, the electronics division will be hardest hit. (VentureBeat) iStreamPlanet and Move Networks Partner Up; live-streamed event production company to offer adaptive streaming as the two enter a mutual reseller agreement. (release) NBC’s Zucker on Digital […] Read more »
Updated 12:05 p.m. PT: The YouTube version is now back up, though embedding has been disabled. We’ve replaced the YouTube embed with the official NBC upload. Updated 10:15 a.m. PT: The video is no longer available on the Lonely Island YouTube account. It had accumulated 917,153 […] Read more »
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Today, boxee is releasing their latest alpha build for the flexible media player. The big news for this release is the tantalizing Netflix support and new custom interfaces for various channels like Hulu, CNN, Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube. There are a few new content sources as […] Read more »
Social network MySpace added videos to its mobile site today. However the service won’t work on iPhones and does not include Hulu content. Read more »
Blockbuster Partners with Microsoft; two companies plan to use the “Live Mesh” software platform to distribute movies to mobile devices. (Dallas Morning News) 5min Launches Syndication Network; VideoSeed will match relevant how-to videos to keywords used on partner sites. (TechCrunch) AMPTP Says It’s Making WGA New […] Read more »
Sling Launches Video Portal; hardware maker’s Sling.com features content from Warner Bros., Sony, MGM, CBS and more. (See our previous coverage.) Hulu Users Prefer Front-Loading Ads; 88 percent choose to watch a two-minute ad prior to the program in exchange for no ads during the content. […] Read more »
Magnify.net Raises $750K; Innovation Ventures led this Series A1 round for the video publishing company. (Silicon Alley Insider) AT&T’s Viral Series Not So Viral; Lost in America stars iJustine, but is not attracting lots of eyeballs. (Advertising Age) Open-Source Movie Lets Fans in on the Action; […] 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 »
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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Updated: Call it a coincidence, but over the past few days I have spent a lot of time with folks who used to work for Amazon but are now out doing new things. It all started with Jason Kilar, the CEO of Hulu, who was a […] Read more »
“We don’t look at Hulu as a replacement for TV. We look at it as a replacement for reruns.” — Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corp, Oct. 16 “It’s not an end game. It’s a middle game, maybe. It makes NBC and FOX think […] Read more »
According to comScore, Hulu went from 2.85 million unique visitors in September to 5.34 million uniques in October, for an 87 percent increase. NBC Universal jumped from 16 million uniques in September to almost 24.8 million uniques in October, for a 33 percent bump. Read more »
A Screen Digest analyst predicts that upstart Hulu will generate as much revenue in the U.S. as Hulu. The cool and collected Hulu keeps looking like a winner. Read more »
Jason Kilar, the CEO of Hulu — everyone’s favorite way to watch studio shows online — discusses the three forces that are driving Hulu: the big wave of the online video trend, obsession (give ‘em what they want and be neurotic) and the positive results of […] Read more »
The show that’s bringing you backstage access to the future of Internet video is finally here! Yes, the second year of our own NewTeeVee Live event kicks off this morning, and we’re about to hear from web video gurus like Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, Netflix CEO […] Read more »
Social network MySpace launched its new Primetime application today, which lets users watch full-length content from their user homepages and profile pages. To use the new Primetime feature, users must first download the free app, but once it’s running they will have access to premium content […] Read more »
MGM will begin posting TV episodes and full-length movies to YouTube on Monday, the studio told the New York Times. However, the content will be very limited. The initial offering will include the old-school version of American Gladiators, action movies like Bulletproof Monk and The Magnificent […] Read more »
George Kliavkoff is done bringing digital gospel to old media. Now he wants to “start, run or invest” in an online business, he said in an internal email announcing he will leave his post as NBC Universal’s chief digital officer at the end of the year. […] Read more »
Forget filters, DRM and locked-down set-top boxes. The makers of the open-source media center Boxee have a novel approach aimed at getting people to watch TV from legitimate sources. The idea behind it is not to punish pirates, but to instead use them as taste makers […] Read more »
1. DNA tests. 2. Electric cars 3. An unmanned moonship. 5. The world’s biggest particle accelerator. What are we missing here? No. 4 — Hulu.com. That’s right, easy access to TV on the web is changing the world, according to Time, which just released its list […] Read more »
Hulu is doing a big PR push today around the birthday of its beta, with profiles in the New York Times and USA Today. The company shared some nice stats, like its impressive Nielsen numbers (our story) and its viewers’ receptiveness to ads. For instance, a […] Read more »
Hulu in Talks with Kangaroo; the NBC/Fox JV could partner with the UK’s version of Hulu rather than going it alone, to sidestep regulatory complications there. (C21 Media (sub. required)) SpongeFish Shuts Down; how-to site closes; had raised $2 million in March. (VentureBeat) Bud Bundy to […] Read more »
Just checked Hulu, and the 30 Rock season premiere is there, a week early as promised. I’ve only watched the first couple of minutes but they involve a Sex in the City parody, a Liz Lemon-Jack Donaghy near-hug, and a Will Arnett-Jack Donaghy near-kiss. So get […] Read more »
Hulu generated more than 142 million streams in September, as the premium content site continues its steady climb up the Nielsen VideoCensus rankings of the top brands on the web. Read more »
With Apple’s iTunes now offering HD programming from all four major broadcast networks, Netflix streaming shows from CBS, and Hulu letting you cherry-pick the best skits from “Saturday Night Live,” you might think it’s time to cut the cable cord. But there are some things you […] Read more »
7 p.m. PST: Hulu is completely down, and has been for more than 20 minutes. There’s no error message or nothing. Downforeveryoneorjustme.com doesn’t think the site exists. We emailed the company spokespeople for contact and their emails bounced. Update from Hulu in the comments: Temporary site […] Read more »
The latest alpha release of boxee, released today, has added support for streaming shows from Hulu and CBS. In fact, I’m watching the season opener of Heroes on my Apple TV right now. Very cool stuff. If you haven’t seen it yet, boxee installs on your […] Read more »
Boxee users can now watch and share content from Hulu and CBS.com, the company announced today. Read more »
Startup Watercooler, which makes fan community applications for social networks, is now an official partner of ABC and Hulu. To score ABC content is somewhat of a coup; Watercooler joins Veoh and AOL* as the only sites with official deals with ABC, as far as we […] Read more »
Brightcove Launches New Version of Its Video Platform; Brightcove 3 features new workflow, player framework, media APIs and delivery functionality. (Brightcove) Worldwide Biggies Shorts Going to Spike TV; comedic web series MoCap, LLC will get six episodes on the cable network starting in January. New Content […] Read more »
DISH to Fork Over $104 Million to TiVo; with the Supreme Court not hearing its case, the satellite service announced that it will pay up over the patent dispute. (Ars Technica) SNL Skit Yanked Over Legal Concerns; economic bailout sketch pulled because two people depicted in […] Read more »
Add Hulu to the list of places live-streaming John McCain and Barack Obama duking it out in their remaining presidential debates. The site will stream NBC’s coverage of Tuesday’s debate from Belmont University in Nashville Tenn. starting at 9 p.m. EST. This is also the first […] Read more »
A dramatic Reuters report about a supposed flaw in Flash video delivery that allows users to download Amazon movies and TV shows for free is being refuted by Adobe. The software maker appears to be blaming the problem on Amazon for neglecting to properly use its […] Read more »
Popular video aggregator Hulu, which says it now has roughly 900 titles from more than 100 providers, has added genre-based channel browsing to its list of features, as well show recommendations, discussion forums and actor-based search. The site debuted 17 new genre-based channels, among them action, […] Read more »
Hulu Cares Deeply about Every Pixel; some good notes on the OMMA conference today with sessions such as a keynote by Hulu’s Jason Kilar. (paidContent, Online Video Watch — check back on those sites for more posts throughout the day) 10% of Bandwidth on Corporate Networks […] Read more »
Visitors to the Internet Movie Database can now watch full-length movies and TV shows for free. Amazon announced yesterday that its subsidiary offers up 6,000 films and TV episodes including current popular shows like House and Battlestar Galactica, classics like Charlie’s Angels and Star Trek, feature […] Read more »
Sure, most of us can get pretty fired up over the thought of a monthly 250 GB bandwidth cap, but what about the companies that provide online video services? After all, as Om pointed out, the cap isn’t about excessive bandwidth usage as much as it […] Read more »
Exclusive: In what is likely to be a major shift in the company’s strategy, peer-to-peer startup Joost is going to stop making its desktop client. The decision to suspend the client is likely to be announced soon, I am told. The company is going to a […] Read more »
Written by Liane Cassavoy. Amazon’s Video on Demand is the latest service that will attempt to make you turn off your TV and turn on your PC when you want to be entertained. But Amazon is jumping into an increasingly crowded market, so how does its […] Read more »
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