Frontier Communications is trying to find new ways to provide value to subscribers and is rolling out one of the most comprehensive video portals online. With TumTiki, Frontier is bringing together more than 700,000 video assets from a combination of traditional broadcast TV and online sources.…
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TV Everywhere is coming to Google TV
Turner is going to launch dedicated apps for Google TV that offer access to full episodes of TNT and TBS shows, as long as viewers authenticate themselves as pay TV subscribers. The apps were briefly on the Android market last week, but have since been removed.…
Read More@ pcAds: What ‘TV Everywhere’ Means For Advertisers
Sell the content, not the platform -- that's one of the lessons of "TV everywhere." Matt Seiler, CEO of Mediabrands, and David Levy, preside……
Read MoreHollywood overlooks the web, except when it can be put on TV
While this year's Emmy nominees once again neglected to recognize any web originals, that hasn't stopped Hollywood from enlisting Internet-originating content for adaptation. But is Rhett and Link hopping to IFC and Lisa Kudrow moving Web Therapy to Showtime good or bad for web series?…
Read MoreConan O’Brien still rules the Internet
Conan O'Brien may not have the best ratings on late night television, but his followers are tweeting and updating their Facebook statuses more than the audience of any other late night talker. Team CoCo even has four times as much online engagement as Jay Leno.…
Read MoreShows You Can Watch for Free With Google TV
Google TV devices are blocked by ABC, CBS and NBC, making it impossible to watch the latest CSI or Grey's Anatomy episodes online. However, basic cable doesn't seem to care about conflicts like these. Most shows popular on cable networks are available to Google TV owners.…
Read MoreConan O’Brien Starts Answering Questions on YouTube
It turns out that while Conan O'Brien isn't pwning the Internet the way Old Spice did this summer, he's definitely serious about answering the questions of Facebook commenters. Beginning last week, the former Tonight Show host and soon-to-be TBS late night lynchpin began answering questions.…
Read MoreConan O’Brien Uses YouTube to Announce New Show’s Name
Been wondering what permutation of his name and "late night show" Conan O'Brien would use for the name of his upcoming TBS series? Apparently, a bunch of people have, and in his first official video for Team Coco on YouTube, O'Brien reveals the new show's name.…
Read MoreYouTube Refocuses on Premium, and Once Again Misses the Point
YouTube’s director of content partnerships, Jordan Hoffner, has been hard at work signing on premium content providers like CBS, HBO, Showtime, C-SPAN…
Read MoreTBS’ Walk-On Ads Annoy
Thank you, Jason Kottke! The blogger has captured an insidious new ploy being used by TBS to promote one of its shows:…
Read MoreTime Warner Begins Death by 1,000 Cuts
The giant Time Warner implosion starts now with the move to split off its growing cable division and use the capital to…
Read MoreTBS Streams Seinfeld, Yada, Yada, Yada
Break out your puffy shirts, TBS has started streaming full episodes of Seinfeld, giving the network a new place to sell ads…
Read MoreTBS leads the Broadband Sports TV Derby
A deal with NASCAR to operate its official web site, a deal with the NBA to oversee the league’s broadband properties, relaunched…
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