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So it appears that Primetime Emmy voters are not cord-cutters — of the six shows nominated for Best Drama this morning, only two streamed online last year. The awards appear focused on the mainstream this year, but there are some bright spots in today’s nominations. Read more »

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The season finale of Lost yesterday was seen by 13.5 million viewers in the U.S., plus millions more around the globe through an unprecedented simulcast aimed at preventing P2P piracy. Pundits may think that’s weak, since earlier episodes of had up to 20 million people viewers, […] Read more »

Online Video Views Are Not “Lost” on ABC.com; over 580,000 episode starts were reported for last Tuesday’s season premiere. (WebProNews) CBS Sports Coverage of Super Bowl XLIV Scores Highest Rating in 23 Years; ratings for this year’s game were up 10 percent over 2009. (TVByTheNumbers) NBCU’s […] Read more »

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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 »

Netflix and Disney announced today that the online movie rental company will make earlier seasons of hit shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy available via its “Watch Instantly” streaming service. Under the agreement, Netflix will stream the first five seasons of Lost (the […] Read more »

Broadcast Networks Cutting the Price of Ads; advertisers able to negotiate cheaper rates for the upcoming TV season, bummer news for networks who are already feeling an economic pinch. (The Wall Street Journal) Kia Motors Gets Lost for New Web Series; Mysteries of the Universe: The […] Read more »

As you head out the door, you have your tickets, you set the alarm. What did you forget? Unless you’re boarding Oceanic Flight 815, you probably have little to really worry about, but there are a few things that will ease your anxiety and ensure that […] Read more »

As Lost nears its end in 2010, many of its mysteries have yet to be solved, like the strange numbers that seem to haunt Hurley and the rest of the castaways. But if you played 2006′s The Lost Experience, one of the show’s related alternate reality […] Read more »

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Quantenna Raises $14 Million; company provides chips for wireless HD transmission, Quantenna has raised more than $42 million to date. (VentureBeat) Elsewhere in the wireless HD world, Amimon rolled out its second-gen chips today. Lost‘s Big DVR Audience Poses Advertiser Problem; one-third of the show’s viewers […] Read more »

Rickrolling Nets “Never Gonna Give You Up” Co-Writer £11; despite being viewed 154 million times, Pete Waterman says he received the paltry sum from YouTube. He’s now started a campaign for fairer deals for songwriters whose work shows up on the video-sharing site. (Telegraph) Lost Generated […] Read more »

Nielsen’s rankings of online streaming of network shows in February had ABC.com on top, with Lost taking first place at 2.5 million uniques and 48 million total streams. That’s up from 1.4 million viewers in December, when Lost also won when it wasn’t even airing fresh […] Read more »

Boxee is telling their Mac users to get LOST — that is, they are telling them that they can watch the hit show on their Mac. Boxee is releasing a new update for their Mac version today that allows users to stream content from ABC. The […] Read more »

If you’ve been wondering, “Where has Liz G. been goofing off, and why is she neglecting this site?” — I haven’t been playing hooky, I promise! I spent most of the day yesterday at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood, judging the […] Read more »

Buried in yesterday’s Primetime Emmy nominations was the growing acknowledgment by oldteevee that maybe, just maybe, this TV-on-the-Internet thing’s here to stay. Using the categorization “Special Class Program” (which lumps online video in with live opera broadcasts and awards shows), the shorts lucky enough to be […] Read more »

Dear Comcast, Thank you for spoiling last night’s season finale of Lost. Because of the key queuing issue with your set top boxes, two separate plot points from the show were ruined. It’s the same problem we’ve written about before, and it’s getting worse. I pushed […] Read more »

I was getting my weekly dose of TED Talks when I saw J.J. Abrams as a speaker. If you haven’t ever heard of TED Talks, Abrams’ is a great one to start with. His antics are hilarious and it results in a strong presence on-stage. In […] Read more »