Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on May 31, 2007
A day after this blog quoted Fortune magazine saying that Apple TV is "a dud," Apple announced a deal with Google to show YouTube videos on the Apple TV device. Business Week wrote that by...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on May 31, 2007
Cynopsis Digital reported that former Google engineers and product managers are quietly working on a new video start up called Ooyala currently in closed beta that has piqued the curiosity of Silicon...
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ABC will test an hour-long user generated news show i-Caught on TV for six weeks from August 6 in an attempt to get the YouTube generation interested in TV news. I suppose that the main distinction to...
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Unicow! Unicow! He's a unicorn cow! That is gonna be stuck in my head all day. Thanks a lot!......
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Here is more evidence that newer forms of media are gaining traction in the marketplace. Walt Disney Internet Group is expecting revenues of $1.5 billion this year. Contributing to that growth is...
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Season three of Top Chef is set in Miami with Bravo and Telemundo teaming up to produce a multi-faceted partnership for it. The new deal will span platforms, with both digital initiatives and in-show...
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Apple TV, barely 2-months-old, is already a dud. OK, that's not completely fair because as the picture clearly demonstrates, they can act as a furniture leveler. "I think I see why,"...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on May 29, 2007
Bloggers in Morocco discovered last Friday that they no longer had access to YouTube. A spokesman for the state-controlled telecom provider (Maroc Telecom) blamed the problem on a technical glitch....
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Filed in archive IPTV
by martino on May 29, 2007
Verizon Communications is raising the price of HD digital-video-recorder service on FiOS TV to $15.99 per month from $12.99 for new orders made on or after July 13, a company spokesman said. A...
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Here is an informative chart that appeared in the WSJ a little while ago.......
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on May 25, 2007
A separate section of MySpace Video will feature video from the NY Times, Reuters, LX.TV, and IGN Entertainment. Apparently, there will be no pre- or post-roll ads, product placements, or corporate...
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Back in the 70's, the song Cows with Guns sung by Steve Martin was a cult classic. OK, maybe that cult consisted of only 14 people smoking too much at Berkeley. It may be 'utterly'...
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Lost last week amongst all the fall television show announcements was this little nugget from NBC Universal: Law & Order Criminal Intent will continue its run but on the USA cable network and...
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Our mediocre numbers are proof of our success. Last week, Forbes asked an interesting question "do TV ratings matter as much as they used to for a media conglomerate like Viacom?" "......
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on May 23, 2007
If a beer bottle spills in the forest and there is no one to see it, does it still count as waste? Bud.TV, had high hopes in the Internet video space. When it launched, there were reports to expect...
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Are you ready to be a Network Television executive? If so, maybe Acceptable.TV is the site for you. Never heard of it? Here is the scoop. You may have been hearing about "upfront week"...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on May 22, 2007
Apple's iTunes will gladly sell you video downloads. And others like Amazon.com and Wal-Mart would like that opportunity too. In fact, many technology and media companies are building models...
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says Google: it's not creepy if we have your best interests at heart Today, let's look a little over the horizon at something that would very likely mutate into the digital television space:...
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Nineteen cable and telephone providers in the United States provide about 94% of broadband access to the Internet. And according to Leichtman Research Group, Inc., they "acquired over 2.9 million...
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