Report: YouTube in Talks to Get Sony Movies; details are slim, but deal would make sense as YouTube tries to position itself as a premium content destination. (CNET) Motorola MOVR Makes Your DVR Content Mobile; device connects to your set-top box and makes your recorded content […] Read more »
Hulu to Live-stream Obama Press Conference; site will be carrying the coverage provided by FOX at 8 p.m. EST. (emailed release) (embed is below, will be active at the time of conference). MLB and NHL Partner for Combo Subscription Package; two leagues teaming up for special […] Read more »
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but even I know that this year’s World Series is so far pretty epic in terms of its dullness. So I thought it’d be worth a look back at contests from years past. And maybe it’s a Field of Dreams/8 […] 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 »
Are you ready for some (online) football?! A web video party? Then head on over to NBCSports.com to check out the NFL’s first live-streaming game of the season, as the defending Super Bowl champs, the New York Giants, take on the Washington Redskins. The game begins […] Read more »
Homer Simpson once remarked that watching baseball without beer was really boring. That’s probably because he wasn’t watching the games online (d’oh!). We’ve written before about the success that Major League Baseball has had this year with its web video program, but BusinessWeek pulls the curtain […] Read more »
ESPN signed a deal with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to live-stream games as well as put content from America’s past time across a wide range of digital outlets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but ESPN will get to simulcast Sunday, Monday and Wednesday […] Read more »
Today’s launch of the 3G iPhone has some welcome changes to the phone itself, but also highlighted the details behind the iPhone development platform. It’s nice to know that when the iPhone comes out on July 11 a horde of programmers have been working around the […] Read more »
Major League Baseball Drafts Yahoo; Yahoo to take over video ad sales for MLB.TV and make the service available on Yahoo Sports. (release) Vignette Acquires Vidavee; content management company acquires web video services company for $6.6 million. (release) FCC Chair Still Pushing for À La Carte […] Read more »