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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Early Look At Two ABC Fall Dramas: Charlie's Angels & Once Upon A Time
ABC is going back to the well of reliable old stories for a pair of new dramas this fall. With Charlie's Angels, the network is updating a property that has already been both a hit show and a hit movie series with a newer, younger ...
New Live TV Streaming Service Bamboom To Avoid Legal Issues?
So we've talked about FilmOn and Ivi in the past. They both have been in bitter legal battles with the TV and cable broadcasters. Now, Bamboom is taking a more Zediva approach to it all. For those that don't know what I'm talking about Zediva ...
Tornado Outbreak Shows The Speed & Power Of Social Video
I spent the better part of my Wednesday evening following media coverage of the tornado outbreak in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, & Georgia. So far, 127 tornadoes have been confirmed, the death toll is at 54-and-climbing, and the devastation is immense and widespread. Online video was ...
Online Video Springs Back in March, 174M Viewers Watch 889 Minutes on Average
After the February fizzle in online video, March has seen the industry spring back to life with 174 million Americans raining down upon online video sites and viewing sessions blossoming to 5.7B while average viewing time saw a growth spurt to 889.1 minutes. Ahhh...spring is ...
Philip DeFranco Drops Bombshell On Reddit - Some YouTubers Make Six Figures A Month!
The Internet has seen its fair share of articles speculating on the profits of the top YouTube users. We wrote about ABC's estimates on how much money was being made. TubeMogul had come out just a few months earlier with their own guesses at what ...
Is Online Video Dying? Comscore's Video Metrix Says Fizzle in Feb
This doesn't make much sense to me, but it seems like less people in the US (170M vs. 171M) started more video sessions (5B vs. 4.8B) in February than in January, and then watched for less time (816 vs 870 minutes) each. So it seems ...
