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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…

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…

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…

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@ 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…

Studio JV: Former Showtime Exec Could Head Planned Premium Pay Service For Viacom-MGM-Lionsgate - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:02 PM PST

This is beginning to sound like a plot for a premium channel series about rivalry in the entertainment biz ... Showtime vet Mark Greenberg could wind up running the studio…

BBC Brings iPlayer To Wii; ISP Grumbles As Traffic Grows To 17.2 Million Streams, Downloads In March - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Apr 2008 05:33 AM PST

The BBC is launching a version of its iPlayer TV catch-up for Nintendo’s Wii console, the broadcaster announced with the game maker at MipTV. The service will be offered as…

Babelgum’s First Studio Investment - ‘Six-Figure’ Sum For Oil Doc - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Apr 2008 01:46 AM PST

So this is how Babelgum will burn through the considerable cash multimillionaire backer Silvio Scaglia has put in to the company? Last month, the Dublin/Nice/London/Milan-based P2P video platform prompted head-scratching…

Our London Event: Exploding Video: Measuring & Monetising: Watch The Full Video Now - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Apr 2008 10:59 AM PST

A couple of weeks ago, our London breakfast summit Exploding Video: Measuring & Monetising TV In The Multiplatform Marketplace, sponsored by Teletrax, brought 70 online video and broadcast execs out…

Blinkx Launches Yet Another Online TV Service - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Apr 2008 03:23 AM PST

After Joost, Babelgum, iPlayer, Livestation, Vuze et al comes yet another online TV platform. Web video search index Blinkx is branching farther out into distribution by launching its own version…

DirecTV Testing VOD Capability Via DVR Storage - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 12 Mar 2008 09:12 PM PST

DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) hopes a mix of DVRs and broadband will solve its problems serving video on demand, taking a competitive edge away from cable, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T…

Babelgum Becoming Film ‘Studio’ In Latest Strategy Shift - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Mar 2008 05:57 AM PST

It seems Babelgum is enjoying the search for quality content so much, it’s becoming a content company. The heavily-financed P2P platform is creating a 10 million euro ($15.38 million) fund…

Video Products Tour Provider SellPoint Raises $7 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 25 Feb 2008 01:41 PM PST

SellPoint, an on-demand video product tours provider based Pleasanton, CA, secured $7 million in funding from Granite Ventures and previous investor Menlo Ventures. SellPoint’s Active Product Tours offer sales and…

Nielsen Debuts VOD Service With Comcast; Picks TWC’s Haymes To Head Online Copyright Monitor - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Jan 2008 09:44 AM PST

With TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and others turning their attention to real-time on-demand audience measurement, The Nielsen Company has been trying to counter the challenge with some VOD…

Ad Industry Roundup: Writers’ Strike; Job Ads; DVR Impact; Google - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 11 Jan 2008 02:26 PM PST

-- Internet Not Benefiting From Writers’ Strike: There’s been a lot of talk of content and ad spending shifting to the internet due to the nine-week-old writers’ strike, especially since…

Citi Media: Tom Rogers, CEO, TiVo: Curing TV Business Model’s Crisis - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 09 Jan 2008 12:06 PM PST

A Simpson’s episode about the famous cartoon family using TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) to skip commercials - with Homer declaring, “I spit on your corpse, ad-supported television” - served as an…

Comcast Preps Four-Minute HD Movie Download Service For ‘08 Release - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jan 2008 09:03 AM PST

Just when Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) Blu-ray may have thought the Hi-Def video war was over, the format is likely to face a much tougher challenge from Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) Wideband…

Universal Offers HD Movie For Download On Vudu At The Same Time As DVD - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 10 Dec 2007 09:26 PM PST

Universal Pictures is testing the sale of downloadable HD versions of a movie the same day the DVD is released—digital movies to TV service Vudu will offer a HD version…

Babelgum Suffers Second Senior Exit; CTO Leaves Over ‘Vision And Style’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 07 Dec 2007 11:31 AM PST

Well-financed European P2P TV platform Babelgum is seeking a new CTO after the departure of its second senior member in two months. We have confirmed with Babelgum in Milan that…

Interview: Tom Rogers, CEO, TiVo: DVR As Retriever, Not Just Receiver - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 04 Dec 2007 09:19 AM PST

TiVo’s (NSDQ: TIVO) has had an eventful seven days: signing NBCU and its TV properties as its first major network ad/data partner; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruling on…

First Look: NBC Direct Beta: Not Quite Ready For Primetime - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 11 Nov 2007 09:55 PM PST

NBC Direct, the first ad-supported, download service for prime-time TV, launched in beta over the weekend. So what can you expect from the latest NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) video experiment?…

Broadband Content Bits: FoxTV/Roo; iTunes/CW; CBS; Gemstar-TV Guide; Atlas Media - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 11 Oct 2007 11:52 AM PST

Roo Teams With Fox TV, Agence France-Presse and Chat the Planet: The online video aggregator ROO Group (OTCBB: RGRP) has signed a list of new content partnerships with Fox Television…

@ Mipcom: LonelyGirl15 Considers TV, Premium Subs And International Expansion - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 10 Oct 2007 11:33 AM PST

Interactive drama production studio LG15 is considering emulating the success of LonelyGirl15 and UK spin-off KateModern by taking such formats on to TV and other media around the world. “Our…

@ Mipcom: Interview: Mike Volpi, CEO, Joost: No Set-top, Mobile Plans; Exclusivity Overrated - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 10 Oct 2007 07:43 AM PST

From our sister site paidContent:UK, coverage of Joost at Mipcom including word that the well-funded startup is planning live broadcasting tests in 1Q08 and an in-depth interview with CEO Mike…

Video Content Protection Firm Verimatrix Raises $5 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 04 Oct 2007 04:33 AM PST

San Diego-based Verimatrix, which does watermarking and DRM for digital video, has raised a $5 million third round from existing investors, including Mission Ventures. The company has now raised over…

Zucker Carries On NBCU Anti-Piracy Tradition, Then Talks Deals On CNBC - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 03 Oct 2007 08:18 PM PST

A busy Wednesday for NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker—a speech in Washington to carry on predecessor Bob Wright’s battle against piracy; and an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box to chat about…