If you look at the NBA Finals viewership by comparing TV and digital, the temptation might be a shrug. But in the context of a live event airing during prime time, it’s not shabby — and it shows why ESPN is looking to video and mobile for growth. Read more at paidContent »
Golf fans beware: The U.S. Open are going down in San Francisco this week, and at least part of the competition will happen while most of us are at the office. But no worries: The prestigious tournament will be live streamed online and on mobile devices. Read more »
U.S. Open Final Viewed by 14.6 Million; rain-delayed match up 118 percent over last year’s rain-delayed match. (TV by the Numbers) Bewkes Chastises Reluctant TV Everywhere Programmers; with Disney withholding its participation in the authentication trials over money, Time Warner’s CEO and Chairman scoffed, saying that […] Read more »
Widely held wisdom in world of live sports webcasts is that weekdays rock. That’s when folks are desk-bound, and need to tune in online to get their sporting fix. So we weren’t altogether disappointed to learn that a rain delay pushed the men’s U.S. Open tennis […] Read more »
Verivue Raises $20 Million; IP video distribution company adds third round led by Sigma Partners, which follows a $40 million round the company disclosed just in March. (peHUB, via a regulatory filing) Telcos Taking Share from Cable Cos; AT&T and Verizon grew to 4.4 percent share […] Read more »
Time Warner Cable Hires Former Joost CTO; Jason Gaedtke will most likely help the cabler with its TV Everywhere plans; TWC had reportedly been in talks to buy Joost, but that didn’t happen. (Light Reading) Some Preliminary U.S. Open Stats; during the first two days of […] Read more »
Shhh! Don’t tell Liz, but a good chunk of my morning has been spent watching the U.S. Open online. The good news is that it’s actually quite cool. The interface is easy to use and gives you the ability to preview (with li’l video thumbnails!) and […] Read more »
The tennis flavor of the U.S. Open kicks off on Monday, Aug. 31, but if you can’t make it to New York or are stuck at work, just turn on your PC. The U.S. Open announced yesterday that USOpen.org will be live streaming more than 150 […] Read more »
Well, it isn’t a nail-biting conclusion driving an extra day of play in this year’s U.S. Open — it’s mother nature, as rain plagued the golf tournament this weekend. But it’s on these unexpected extra days of play that online video gets to shine. Last year’s […] Read more »