How do you get customers to pay for something that you've given away for free? And that question leads us directly to YouTube and its business prospects. Josh Martin, an IDC research analyst,...
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Filed in archive IPTV
by martino on June 28, 2006
AOL has teamed with Fusion Entertainment to launch Lat34.com, a new joint venture targeting enthusiasts of "action sports," such as skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX and freestyle...
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Should traditional media companies build or to buy digital media properties? AdAge asked that question, too. Viacom's first priority is to build, according to its chief financial officer, Michael...
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by martino on June 28, 2006
The Internet is big in China so it really shouldn't surprise anyone that the Web is being harnessed to that other great Chinese growth industry: movie piracy. A study released Monday quantifies...
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Even with the deal, announced Tuesday, YouTube visitors are not likely to find legal clips of "Lazy Sunday," the "Saturday Night Live" parody rap that circulated widely on YouTube...
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by martino on June 26, 2006
The Financial Times has news Cisco and AT&T are putting $15.5 Million behind Internet video company Akimbo. The investment underscores the big shift among big media firms toward online services,...
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Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer said movie studios are starting to favor its Blu- ray DVD, which can store high-definition films and other media. Sony, the world's...
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by martino on June 26, 2006
informitv reports that Mobile TV services are to reach half a billion users by 2011, up from just over 6 million at the end of 2005. This according to a report from ABI Research. The business will be...
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CBS President-CEO Leslie Moonves said analysts and investors aren't giving his media empire the credit it deserves for modernizing. Speaking at the "Outlook 2010" seminar hosted by...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on June 22, 2006
Do you think that the road between television and the Internet is a one way street in terms of who creates shows and who covets showing it? There is a story out today that demonstrates that that road...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on June 20, 2006
Digital video is all about how physical distribution is less and less important and how anyone with content can connect with viewers. Sony BMG is going directly to consumers with an internet TV play....
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With a nod to Center for Media Research pointing out a report published by comScore, here are statistics about broadband video consumption patterns. comScore Networks finds that the number of...
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Online video appears destined to have a more significant impact on online ad spending. A survey of top ad executives by the American Advertising Federation found that 62% of ad executives say that...
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Here is an interesting article in InformationWeek to pass on to you. Two Google research scientists proposed using ambient-audio identification technology to capture TV sound with a laptop PC to...
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Perhaps the New York Stock Exchange can start an ETF or CNBC could add an economic indicator to its scrolling bar. We will call it the "3M" meaning Monthly Media Madness. Er, no, that...
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CBS is making episodes of its regular prime-time shows available on Apple's iTunes. The network is now offering "Survivor," "Numb3rs," NCIS," and the three CSI...
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has rolled out a proposal designed to coax cable and other video service providers to offer their programming a la carte in exchange for "substantial...
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AT&T and Verizon Communications are spending billions of dollars upgrading their networks to deliver Internet Protocol-based TV service to consumers. But most homes today aren't equipped with...
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