Comments on: Networks (Finally) Love the Web http://gigaom.com/video/networks-finally-love-the-web/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NewTeeVee » User-Generated Video Growth Flattening http://gigaom.com/video/networks-finally-love-the-web/#comment-442694 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:30:38 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/networks-finally-love-the-web/#comment-442694 […] At the same time, online video revenue is expected to grow to $900 million by 2010 from $200 million in 2006. User-generated video, mostly supported by advertising, is expected to account for just 15 percent of this revenue. That’s a pretty conservative estimate, but it makes sense given the increasing availability of professional content online. […]

]]> By: NewTeeVee » CBS to Pal With YouTube, Slingbox http://gigaom.com/video/networks-finally-love-the-web/#comment-442693 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:04:33 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/networks-finally-love-the-web/#comment-442693 […] CBS tipped its hat that CES would be all about the Internet with its dubious research report from last week; it may not announce anything new, since it already has a deal showing clips on YouTube and has played virtually in Second Life. Too bad there’s no Webcast! Topic: Online Video, Networks Tags: CBS, YouTube, Slingbox, Second Life, Jennifer Beals, CSI […]

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/video/networks-finally-love-the-web/#comment-442692 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:47:57 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/networks-finally-love-the-web/#comment-442692 Re: “The More Connected the Public Becomes, the More Television They Watch.”

CBS has a business model to protect – the study was most likely intended to rebut the ad agencies’ studies, which have found (not surprisingly) that many consumers are spending more time online than in front of their televisions. CBS probably hopes to improve its bargaining position vs the ad agencies and to keep more advertising spend with TV.

It’s just another front in the PR wars, and nobody (w/ the possible exception of the White House) turns PR into “news” faster than the advertising and entertainment industries. :-)

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