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by martino on November 22, 2006
The show 'Arrested Development' was a hit among its small fan base. However, it failed to get the numbers Fox wanted. Now, MSN Video will stream all 53 episodes of 'Arrested...
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by martino on November 22, 2006
does Jack Bauer do stand up? Joel Surnow, co-creator of "24," is going to take a whack at conservative comedy for Fox News Channel. He is creating a pilot that will air in prime time in...
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by martino on November 21, 2006
A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who does not have sufficient capital to form a corporation. OK, maybe my subtitle is too extreme. But marvel that highly vaunted triple play sold to us...
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Comcast has wanted prime-time television programs for more than two years for its video-on-demand service. It even tried once to acquire Disney in 2004, in large part, to gain access to its content....
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by martino on November 21, 2006
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by martino on November 20, 2006
Online audio and video search engine Podzinger commissioned a study about online video. Amongst its conclusions: - Consumers are willing to tolerate 10- to 15-second video ads as part of viewing...
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by martino on November 20, 2006
The Revolution May Be Briefly Televised Do you remember the Saturday Night Live skit 'Lazy Sunday?' That was an early YouTube favorite. While no one much cared with the skit originally aired,...
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by martino on November 20, 2006
Comedy Central is revamping its broadband video platform, MotherLoad, this month with a new syndicated video player. Despite double-speak to the contrary, you can thank YouTube for this important...
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by martino on November 19, 2006
New York Post A YouTube backlash may be coming after recent moves to secure copyrighted material have ignored the online video provider's most valuable asset: its user base. As YouTube and now...
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by martino on November 19, 2006
we're number 7!!! (if you throw in music, too) Among heavy Internet users studied by Universal McCann and InsightExpress, 54% watched online video or streamed Live music. But that still lagged far...
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by martino on November 18, 2006
Here is some blockbuster news being reported by Variety (pun intended). The Weinstein Company (TWC) has entered into an unusual deal with Blockbuster that will make the video retailer the exclusive...
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by martino on November 17, 2006
YouTube understandably has many, many would be competitors. Some many make it big some day, many won't. But interestingly, a French video-sharing site called Daily Motion has emerged from the...
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Do you want more evidence that the viral nature of user generated media (UGM) is becoming a more serious business? How about this: Steven Bochco is getting into the viral video business. Variety...
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by martino on November 16, 2006
Disney continues to learn about digital distribution. In another experiment, it is launching a gated broadband network called SOAPnetic. The operative word 'gated' means that SOAPnetic makes...
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by martino on November 16, 2006
also, CBS signs up its Web content on the service Watching television and watching Web video have been separate activities that on different devices. For many people, it's simply not TV until...
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by martino on November 16, 2006
When AOL launched TMZ.com, a celebrity news website, with sister company Telepictures it met with success. TMZ, by the way, stands for Thirty Mile Zone. So why not have lightning strike again. Only...
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Variety noted that "after a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30 years old. No services are...
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by martino on November 15, 2006
This video amused me. Perhaps you will like it too. And its short. How could North Korea test a nuclear weapon with the world trying to prevent them from doing so? Easy. CIA intellegence reports...
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by martino on November 15, 2006
My first suggestion: don't have a front man named Looser leading a self-esteem campaign I read in the Detroit News (originally from the NY Times) that Mississippi is tired of being stereotyped as...
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