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Broadband Content Bits: Microsoft; Oprah-XM; Complex Media; Few Get Their TV Online: Poll - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 12 May 2008 09:04 PM PST

-- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launches video on Messenger Users will now be able to watch video clips with their network of friends while chatting via Windows Live Messenger, reports Reuters.…

NBCU Set To Release Health-Related Online Video Net - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 12 May 2008 09:22 AM PST

As expected, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has finally made its foray into online wellness with the release of its Digital Health Network, which is mainly focused on the distribution of…

ESPN Acquires Cable And ‘Expansive’ Digital Rights For Tennis’ US Open - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 12 May 2008 08:09 AM PST

The US Open moves to ESPN (NYSE: DIS) in 2009, giving the Disney sports unit bragging rights for the tennis Grand Slam: US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.…

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Online Video Solutions Provider Veodia Raises $8.3 Million First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 11 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Online video broadcasting service Veodia has raised a $8.3 million first round designed to support the company’s marketing and technology. Investors included Clearstone Venture Partners, the D. E. Shaw group,…

Broadband Content Bits: SNL Political; Entertainment Rights; MTVN;; CSG-National Lampoon - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sun 11 May 2008 05:41 PM PST

-- NBCU launches Saturday Night Live politics minisite: SNL still doesn’t have a real contender for Obama impressions but it does have ”SNL Politics”, newly launched with all the usual…

Microsoft Tries For Residual Buzz With Online Video Contest - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 09:21 AM PST

With Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) getting its most positive presentation from the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ads starring comedian John Hodgman as the hapless “PC,” the company is going the user-gen route…

Another One Bites The Dust: Turner Folds Comedy Site SuperDeluxe Into AdultSwim.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 12:39 PM PST

Yet another comedy site fails to deliver its overpromise ... paidContent has learned that Turner told staff today it is folding SuperDeluxe.com into AdultSwim.com, and laying off much of…

Online & TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Gets $51M Round From Daily Mail,Televisa, Others; More M&A Coming - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…

Verisign’s Sale Of Kontiki: $1 Million Plus Stake In New Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 May 2008 05:19 PM PST

So however Verisign wants to spin it, it really really wanted to get rid of the Kontiki CDN part of its business. So much so that it sold it off…

IAB Completes Industry Guidelines For Video Ads - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 04:05 PM PST

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has completed its first update of broadband ad rules in three years. . The trade group’s Digital Video Ad Format Guidelines And Best Practices (PDF) offers…

Online-Video-To-TV Provider ZeeVee Closes Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 09:49 AM PST

Online video viewing source ZeeVee has completed an undisclosed, second round funding, giving the Littleton, Mass.-based company a total of “double-digit millions” to date, VentureWire reports (subscription only). Participants in…

HD Video Startup Vusion Gets Funding From BlueRun; Launches - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 08:01 AM PST

Vusion, a San Jose, CA-based online video tech startup, has received an undisclosed amount of first round funding from BlueRun Ventures and some additional unnamed investors. The company provides HD-quality…

Verisign Sells CDN Service Kontiki To MK Capital - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 02 May 2008 10:39 PM PST

As has been expected for a while, Verisign has sold off its content delivery service Kontiki to MK Capital, a VC firm which invested in the P2P company prior to…

ABC.com Testing Multiple Commercials For Online TV Episodes - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 02 May 2008 04:43 AM PST

Disney-ABC Television Group plans to test viewer reaction to the presence of multiple commercials within long-form online videos on its ABC.com streaming media player, THR reports. It’s fairly standard for…

The Box is the Box: Ambitious TV Startup Sezmi Slated To Launch - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:00 PM PST

If you are a regular and longtime reader, you would know I have written about the folly of startups trying to develop delivery boxes for TV, which sit on top…

@ EconSM: Traditional Media Companies Fight The ‘Lumbering Giant’ Tag - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old…

Broadband Content Bits: Nat Geo; Comcast, Verizon; MySpace-Entertainment Studios; MSN-Mediaset - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 29 Apr 2008 11:03 AM PST

-- National Geographic Channel to unveil redesigned site: National Geographic Channel will officially launch its revamped web site today, featuring over 800 hours of video, 2,000 photos from its shows…

Warner Bros. TV Unveils Online Programming Slate; WB Gets Second Chance As Female-targeted Video Net - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 11:00 AM PST

Although details slipped out about its broadband plans a few weeks ago, Warner Bros. TV Group is now prepared to say it’s resurrecting its WB Network TV brand as an…

PR Shop Edelman Forms Online Content Creation Unit - 5 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Apr 2008 08:04 AM PST

It’s become fairly typical for major ad agencies to get into content creation under the premise of producing branded entertainment on behalf of clients. But it is unusual for a…

Warner Bros. TV Teams With Essence Magazine On New Site, Broadband-to-TV Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 21 Apr 2008 11:00 AM PST

Warner Bros. TV Group is partnering with its Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) sibling Essence magazine on a series of online and broadcast moves, starting with a revamped, video-heavy website for…

Digital Studio Filmaka Leaves Beta And Awards User-Gens With Movie, TV Deals - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 21 Apr 2008 09:00 AM PST

After about a year and a half in beta, digital entertainment studio Filmaka finally leaves beta Monday. The studio, headed by Sandy Grushow, former chairman of Fox Television Entertainment Group,…

FCC Hearing on Broadband Practices: Free, Regulation, and the Bible - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 07:47 PM PST

FCC’s much anticipated hearing on broadband access and management practices happened today, and a range of voices were heard at the hearing. At stake, according to the speakers: copyrights, Internet…

NBCU Reopens Digital Studio With Branded Content In Mind; OMG Digital Named Strategic Partner - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 17 Apr 2008 11:18 AM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has reformed its Digital Studio, which was shifted from the corporate side to the network side last year. The unit, which is charged with producing and…

Fodder: YouTube Doles Out $1 Million In Ad Rev Share; CPMs Nowhere In Range - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 16 Apr 2008 08:25 PM PST

The “gotcha mongers” are having a field day with this: a little over four months after opening up its ad revenue sharing “partner program,” YouTube says that it has paid…

Video Ad Customizer Visible World Raises $25 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Apr 2008 10:03 AM PST

Ad targeting solutions provider Visible World has raised a large $25 million hird round , according to Mediapost. Adams Street Partners and AllianceBernstein led the round with their first investments…