C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web; C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet, including 23 years and more than 160,000 hours of TV footage. (NY Times) Crackle Sees Video Streams Rise; according to Nielsen Online, Crackle’s audience averages between … Read More »
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If at first you don’t succeed…try again by buying back the remnants of your failed company. That seems to be the motto for Drew Massey, who created ManiaTV and, according to The New York Times, is trying to resurrect the recently defunct new media studio. Massey, … Read More »
Online network and VOD content provider Ripe Digital Entertainment is reportedly closing down and trying to sell its assets. Deadline Hollywood Daily broke the story, which paidContent subsequently confirmed with its sources. Founded in 2004, Ripe Digital was focused on creating entertainment for … Read More »
New media studio 60Frames has suspended operations because of a lack of funding. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story, and we have confirmed. Launched in July of 2007, 60Frames was incubated by Hollywood talent agency UTA and web ad firm Spot Runner (which is … Read More »
ManiaTV closed operations today, NewTeeVee has confirmed. The final shutdown was expected, as ManiaTV had publicly rushed to find a buyer in recent weeks. The urgency came due to an investor pulling out, according to our sources. At least 15 employees were laid … Read More »
It didn’t take long after the credit crunch last fall for waves of layoffs to hit online video startups. But surely all those tweaks and cuts didn’t successfully revive every single company’s fate. And now, we’re seeing the ensuing wave of startups putting themselves up … Read More »
New media studio ManiaTV has laid off 15 of its 33 employees as the company preps itself for a sale, reports TheDeal.com. As we wrote last Thursday, ManiaTV had given itself two weeks to find a buyer in order to continue its current … Read More »
Online video network ManiaTV has put itself up for sale, and needs to find a buyer within the next two weeks to continue its current operations, as was first reported by Daisy Whitney at TVWeek on Wednesday. The Los Angeles-based company retained investment bank … Read More »
Universal Music Making “Tens of Millions” from YouTube; between YouTube and other streaming sites, company has gone from making nothing on music videos to nearly $100 million today. (CNET) YouTube Responsible for 25 Percent of All Google Searches in the U.S.; if it was on its … Read More »
ManiaTV this week laid off 20 employees, taking its head count to roughly 50 from some 70, and said it will reduce the number of shows in its line-up of original programming. Read More »
This post was originally written for GigaOM‘s syndicated column relationship with BusinessWeek. It’s relevant to NewTeeVee so we’re publishing it here as well. The sharp growth in online video viewing, increasing availability of TV online, and proliferation of high-quality, web-originated content has made … Read More »
Google to Take TV Ad Auction Public; service lets anyone bid to buy a spot on one of 94 networks and have it delivered to Dish satellite customers. (Multichannel News) ManiaTV and Partners with Guerilla Hollywood; Guerilla execs to take directorial control of some of ManiaTV’s … Read More »
