Voting On And Ogling Miss America Pageant Starts On YouTube
Miss America is doing something a little different this year, and it involves online video. This time, all 53 Miss America contestants have a YouTube video showing off their skills, knowledge, and beauty, and they invite people to vote at the end of them. Voting will count towards selecting the finalists. And, like always, these ...
No Web Series For ABC Soaps One Life to Live and All My Children
Over Thanksgiving it was announced that long-running ABC soaps One Life to Live and All My Children would not, in fact, be reincarnated as web series as was planned. One Life to Live will end in January while All My Children ended, what turns out for good, in September. As always, the problem turned out ...
Sony Cutting The Cable For You? Aiming For A Sony Online TV Service?
Remember when I was writing about Sony the other day, well really it was about Google TV and stuff, but I mentioned that Howard Stringer, the Sony CEO, was talking about big R&D in a new TV. Well, some speculation has launched into what that will be now and it seems that they want to ...
New Deals Bring ABC Streaming Content To Amazon Prime & Netflix
Happy Halloween! This is one of my favorite times of the year. It's one of the reasons that I like living in an area of the world that has four distinct seasons, even if three of them are far too short. None of that has anything to do with the content of the article, I ...
Tragedy Goes Viral - IndyCar Series Deadly Crash On YouTube
Sometimes human beings are strange. Like when tragedy hits, such as 9/11, and despite the sadness and shock and grief... they can't help but seek out video of the event. That happened yesterday, when the Indy Racing League saw a spectacular crash claim the life of one of their most promising drivers, as 33-year-old and ...
Yahoo Screen Relaunches In Attempt To Become Major Online Video Destination
Yahoo, who changes their mind far more than, well... wants in on the online video deal, again. It almost seems like they got wind of what AOL was planning and said "Ooh! ooh! Us too!" Their on again, off again love affair with online video just seems like it is once again, going to end ...
Yahoo & ABC Team Up To Deliver News With Web Series Like Newsmakers
With so many people getting news from so many sources, the giants of the medium have begun to lose a lot of their audience. So now, you have giant corporations teaming up to combine their respective viewers into one large audience to be more attractive to advertisers. Yahoo News and ABC News are now teaming ...
Apple Drops 99 Cent TV Episode Rentals for Lack of Interest
Apple has squashed the test they were doing of 99 cent TV episode rentals. The test, using content from ABC and FOX was ended on Friday. Why? Sources cite "lack of demand." I think that might be code for "you can get most of them for free from cable companies and Hulu."
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Business Video Edition
It's a crazy, fast-paced world. At least... it is for everyone that I know. We have work, family obligations, errands, emails, church, grocery shopping, little league, and... well, you get the idea. Everyone's busy. And when that happens, it can be easy for a piece of news to slip through the cracks without our noticing. ...
Fox To Enforce 8-Day Waiting Period For New Episodes On Hulu
Well, well, well... this is going to get pretty interesting pretty quickly. One of the three television networks behind Hulu, Fox, has decided to end next-day access to episodes of their programs on Hulu and on the company's website. (and on DISH network). Moving forward, Fox television shows will be held for an 8-day window ...
Apple Caves to Competition or Consumer Pressure? Allows Apple TV Over Internet
Here's an interesting twist in the Apple TV lifetime story. Monday saw a system software update that began to allow Apple TV owners to stream iTunes TV content over the Internet, effectively lifting the Airplay only restriction that had been in place. What motivated this move, whether it was due to consumer demand or mounting ...
Despite Summer`s Arrival, 178 Million Watch an Average 16.8 Hours of Online Video in June
Hi everyone, hope your summer is going well. I know, it's a non-standard way to start an article talking about statistics, but I wanted to get off on the right foot. Also in that vein, I wanted to give you some information that I've received from comScore about their Video Metrix numbers, to sort of ...
Is Hulu Worth Purchasing & Who Are The Suitors? You Make the Call
I will give you all the information available at present. You decide if it is a sweet deal or a sour lemon. Deal? Alright, if you've just come out of a binge-induced coma and don't know what the heck I'm talking about, Hulu has dropped their IPO thoughts and moved on to thinking about selling ...
Hulu For Sale, Considering Offer From Unknown Potential Buyer
Hulu, the online provider of streaming movies and television shows, has received an offer from a potential buyer. The identity of the buyer is unknown, though rumors suggest it is a well-known, very large company. What is known, is that Hulu is considering the offer, debating internally the pros and cons of selling the property.
May 2011 Nielsen vs. ComScore Online Video Numbers
It's time once again to take a look at the previous month's online video viewing numbers and statistics. This time, I waited until I got them from both the two major statistics firms, comScore and Nielsen, before writing anything up. It gives a clearer picture when you're able to compare the two. Not at all ...
