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Networks & Their Fear & Loathing of Hulu

By Om Malik Nov. 16, 2009, 12:00am PT 5 Comments

Hulu, the online video joint venture of NBC, Fox and Disney that’s funded by Providence Equity Partners, seems to be having familial issues. No, it’s not YouTube or TV Everywhere giving the second-most popular online video service in the U.S. headaches. Instead, internal bickering is… Read More »

Premiere Week Positive for Networks, But Don’t Call It a Comeback

By Chris Albrecht Sep. 28, 2009, 7:55am PT 4 Comments

One of the more memorable Monty Python bits is the “Bring out your dead!” segment from The Holy Grail. The poor subject of the joke pleading “I’m not dead yet!” is a fitting metaphor for the network TV world, which breathed a collective sigh of relief… Read More »

When It Comes to TV Content, Is YouTube Screwed?

By Chris Albrecht Jun. 29, 2009, 3:49pm PT 9 Comments

Over the past year, YouTube has made a concerted effort to embrace premium content like TV shows to attract ad revenue. But according to a new report from Screen Digest analyst Arash Amel, the video-sharing giant faces an uphill battle as the Hollywood networks and… Read More »

StatShot: Super-Sized Tweets

By Chris Albrecht Feb. 4, 2009, 12:30am PT 2 Comments

We’ve got a ton of TV-related Twitter action this week, and surprise, surprise, Trendrr says the Super Bowl (or “superbowl” for the character-limit conscious) reigned supreme, with everyone tweeting about the exciting game. Unfortunately, all those bummed Arizona fans threw off Trendrr’s charts a… Read More »

Fox Wrings More Time Out of Fewer Viewers

By Chris Albrecht Nov. 10, 2008, 2:57pm PT 5 Comments

Nielsen released September viewers stats for web sites of the four major broadcast networks last week, revealing that the number of unique viewers went up across the board. But, in an odd turn of statistics, only Fox, which had the fewest unique visitors, was able to… Read More »