Turner Broadcasting Systems's TNT Network will launch its first broadband channel, DramaVision, next Tuesday. The network plans to offer a host of programs on the channel, including the...

Viacom is in the online video news a lot this week. First, was the groundbreaking news of their partnering with Google to distribute television content to web sites along with an advertising revenue...

View image REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE WANTED THEIR MTV? Now, it seems, they want their Google. MTV included. Twenty-five years ago, [MTV] was the drawing card. Everyone wanted it. ... Content-starved teens...

Movie studios are masters of "release windows" which means that they try to milk the most money from their movies in one venue before allowing it to move on to the next. For example, a...

When Viacom and CBS split into two separate media entities, the convention wisdom was that Viacom would be the "growth" vehicle. But since then, the stock has continued to drift lower, CBS...

AOL is in the news a lot this week. But perhaps missed is that AOL announced that it plans to introduce an ambitious new video portal that aspires to become the leading web destination for online...

When it comes to watching video on the Web, some companies charge consumers for access. Others offer it free. Then there is ESPN who has decided to charge Internet service providers for the right to...

Tricia Despres writes that dinner in front of the TV isn't just for the home anymore. A study by the National Restaurant Association says that many eateries plan to add tableside TV and Internet...

Online Content Aggregators like AOL, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Apple, and others are in the early experimentation stages of rolling out video services. Yet, "they will have some dramatic...

Online video Web sites are popping up everywhere. So why not add one more to the mix? Arik Czerniak, CEO of Metacafe .com, says the site is the "Prada of online video," because you'll...

Earlier today I passed along a blog entry about Microsoft's Muse product called "What does George Jetson think of Microsoft?" So it is only fair to present a contrary opinion from the...

Alereon CEO Eric Broockman discusses rumors and reality surrounding Microsoft's Zune, as well as the roles UWB may play in future digital-audio players. "For a moment though, let's...

CNN is following the trend of asking for user-generated video. But in CNN's case they want only newsworthy clips. This idea is being branded as CNN Exchange. Video content uploaded onto the...