BlackArrow, a San Mateo start-up producing online DVR-proof ads, has raised $14.75 million from Mayfield, Polaris Venture Partners and Intel Capital, according to VentureBeat. The company says its ad insert…

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Catching up with sports video news ... The NBA was an anchor tenant in the Google Video Marketplace, even participating in the CES circus.  Three weeks later, the league quickly…

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As Rafat reported Friday, Comcast is working on a combo user-gen video site and VOD service with the unlikely name of Ziddio.com. The news leaked when a vendor announcement was…

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This is kinda weird, but only because the details are a bit sketchy: Comcast is about to launch a user-generated video site and TV VOD channel Ziddio...users who upload videos…

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Disney is in talks to sell its stake in the E! cable TV network to Comcast for $1.2 billion and it is close to signing multi-billion dollar deals to provide…

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Comcast and Tivo aren’t saying much about their partnership that was signed in 2005, and is seen as hugely important to Tivo, according to News.com. The service is expected to…

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Comcast’s new multiplatform network, Fearnet, will launch on Halloween next Tuesday, backed by a library of 200 horror films from studios such as Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM...the channel…

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Comcast reported a better-than-expected third quarter thanks in part to the growth in popularity of its digital services. Net income was $1.2 billion, or 58 cents, compared with $222 million,…

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ViTrue, an Atlanta-based startup which provides technology to enable user-generated advertising campaigns, has received funding from Comcast Interactive Capital and Turner Broadcasting....the funding amount was not disclosed but was in…

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So says Gizmodo, citing sources. Cable giant Comcast, which has been working furiously on its online strategy (senior hiring, acquisitions and current spate of job openings. as part of it), …

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Cable’s free ride may be ending soon—and the executives know it. The Journal reports that pay-TV companies are starting to get serious about the Internet TV challenge. In particular Comcast…

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Comcast COO Stephen Burke spoke today at the Communacopia XV conference, and mentioned about its online plans, being implemented through its 100-employee strong online division. It plans to take its…

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About 10 months after launching its primetime shows on VOD service from Comcast, CBS has dropped the 99 cent per episode fee, reports AdAge. It is now offering eight free,…

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Cox Communications has signed up with TiVo to use its DVR software in the cable operator’s own set-top boxes. The deal, which starts in the first half of 2007, allows…

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A controversial, speculative report from the cable industry research arm CableLabs suggests that the $60 billion upgrade that started a decade go may not be enough to keep up with…

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AdAge has a good overview story, though it is more speculative than it needed to be (similar to a WSJ story in June): it says that Comcast has Yahoo-size ambitions…

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It’s all over but the shouting for fifth-largest cable operator Adelphia Communications. Time Warner and Comcast have completed the acquisition of “virtually all” of bankrupt Adelphia’s assets, marking the end…

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Revver, one of the video sharing sites which adds ads with the clips uploaded and shares revenues with the creators, has expanded its second round from an earlier $8.7 million…

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Comcast (CMCSA) was all smiles Thursday as the company turned in eye-catching results for 2Q06—driven, in part, by a stronger-than-expected showing from Comcast Digital Voice. Net income rose 7 percent…

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TheKnot announced its Q2 earnings today (detailed earnings report here), and in the earnings call, while explaining its big secondary offering raise, disclosed that Comcast is divesting its stake in…

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First, anyone who thinks the Tour de France is worth watching only when Lance Armstrong is breaking records (or could fail) is missing a heck of a good show. Ditto…

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Somehow, I have a hard time believing the broad sweep that this story portrays, but at least becomes plausible in light of Comcast’s acquisition of thePlatform. The story says Comcast…

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Exclusive: Comcast Interactive, the internet arm of cable giant Comcast, has bought out Seattle-based digital media services provider thePlatform, paidContent.org has learned from sources. ThePlatform CEO Ian Blaine confirmed the…

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This was mentioned by Comcast president Steve Burke earlier this week at the D Conference, and has officially launched in New England area: The new PowerBoost service doubles download speeds…

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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts didn’t show up for his keynote interview, but Steve Burke, president of COO, did. Some notes from his interview: Internet is not built for unicasting. But…

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