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Broadband Content Bits: Entertainment Rights; MTVN; SNL Poltiical; 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…

KIT Digital Raises Another $15 Million: Says It’s The Last One - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 May 2008 10:10 AM PST

Internet video company KIT Digital (fka Roo Group) has raised another $15 million from accredited institutional investors, including, but not limited to major shareholder KIT Capital—which controls the company. The…

Blinkx Rises And Falls On Mystical Google-News Corp Acquisition Chatter - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 06:41 AM PST

Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…

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@ MTV Upfront: Jon Stewart On The Big Ad Show: ‘I Thought We Don’t Do These Anymore’ - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 01:06 PM PST

MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is bringing out as many diverse stars as possible for what is nevertheless considered a more scaled down upfront presentation this year. Justin Timberlake, Samuel…

Earnings: Cablevision Widens Net Loss In Q1, Though Revenues Rise 10 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 05:24 AM PST

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) was already having a big news week with its proposed $496 million purchase of the Sundance Channel and its $650 million bid challenging News Corp (NYSE: NWS).…

NBC Pulls The Curtain Up On Virtual Women’s Network; Plans Hyper-local Content Center In NYC - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 May 2008 11:33 AM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has finally launched Women@NBCU, its long-anticipated virtual female-targeted content and ad network. Also as expected (by us, at least), Lauren Zalaznick has been promoted to president,…

Cablevision’s Rainbow To Buy Sundance Channel For $496 Million Cash And Stock Transfer - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 06:30 AM PST

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is trying really hard to spend more than $1 billion on acquisitions—we’ve been reporting on the $600-plus million bid for Newsday and now the company’s Rainbow Media…

Earnings: DirecTV Q1 Revs Up 17 Percent; Net Income Up 10 Percent; Strong Gains In Latin America - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 04:00 AM PST

A solid quarter from DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), which reported a 17 percent rise in revenue to $4.6 billion from $3.9 billion. Net income was up just over 10 percent to…

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…

WB Considers MomLogic.com Syndicated Talk Show Spin-Off - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 08:22 AM PST

TV offspring for MomLogic.com: THR says WB’s Telepictures Prods. is considering a daytime talk show based on its still new MomLogic.com, possibly as early as 2009. This fits in with…

Zune Still Exists; Adds TV Shows From Viacom, NBCU - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 09:45 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), serious about this thing called digital media, has added TV shows to its Zune marketplace. It will offer about 800 TV shows, each for $1.99, for download…

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…

Cablevision Bids $650 Million For Newsday; Murdoch Won’t Match: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 04 May 2008 12:57 PM PST

Offering to outspend Rupert Murdoch and Mort Zuckerman by $70 million to acquire Newsday from Tribune Co., Cablevision Systems Corp (NYSE: CVC). has formally bid $650 million, according to the…

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…

Earnings: Hearst-Argyle Q1 Digital Revenues Rise 22 Percent As Total Revs Drop 2.6 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 May 2008 05:15 AM PST

TV station owner Hearst-Argyle (NYSE: HTV) saw revenues decline 2.6 percent in Q1 to $165.1 million as the softening economy held back spending from automakers, the broadcaster’s largest ad category.…

Day And Date Movies Starting on iTunes; Warner Bros’ Will Do It For VOD and Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:40 PM PST

It was only a matter of, well, days, before day-and-date would arrive for the VOD and online release of movies, and it has: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is expected to announce…

AT&T’s MediaFlo Mobile TV Service To Launch Next Week; Pricing Will Make It DOA - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:34 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) Wireless will finally launch its much delayed mobile TV broadcasting service next week, and it has made all the necessary moves to make sure it never really…

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…

@ EconSM: MTVN’s Social Media Challenge: Growing Digital Revenues - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 10:26 AM PST

Alluding to Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) decision to pass on buying MySpace, Staci D. Kramer, co-editor/EVP for paidContent parent ContentNext Media, asked a panel of MTV Network executives about missed opportunities…

CBS, NBCU To Submit Bids For Weather Channel By Mid-May - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:23 AM PST

As expected, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). are going to submit their bids to acquire cable network Weather Channel and its Weather.com site by mid-May, Reuters…

@ EconSM: Social Video Explosion: We Don’t Need Hits; Longform Can Work - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:54 AM PST

Panel moderator Robert Scoble opened by asking our guests for an overview of the emerging social video space. Loic Le Meur, CEO of webcam video commenting startup Seesmic, said “about…

TVGuide.com’s Strange Ways: To Be Retained By Macrovision? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 11:54 PM PST

So Macrovision’s (NSDQ: MVSN) buyout of Gemstar-TVGuide will go up for approval before shareholders tomorrow. As we reported before, the deal is expected to go through, as some of the…

Blockbuster In Talks To Take stake in New Premium CableCo; Wants Digital Rights: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 10:28 PM PST

So Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is desperate for a deal, any deal, any which way: after its strange proposal to buy CircuitCity (which will have a tough time going through) comes…