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TiVo Lines up YouTube, Amazon
Over the past twenty four hours, DVR icon TiVO has announced
deals with YouTube and Amazon.com to expand its Internet programming reach and
open up revenue opportunities. TiVo will make YouTube Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Battle for the TV
There's a war over who will supply online video to the home
TV starting to build, with three major players and lots of others wanting to
buy in says GigaOm. Amazon, Apple, and Netflix are named as Read more...
Fallon Warms Up “Late Night” Online
New NBC "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon will break into his
show this fall as a nightly 5 to 10 minute show on the Internet before taking
over the evening broadcast from Conan O'Brien. Executive Read more...
Upper Middle Class Targeted for Internet TV devices; StreamGuys delivers Phillipines TV
> East or West Coast, Upper
Middle Class Households Are the Target Read more...
Amazon Joins the Instant-on VOD Club
Amazon.com has announced a new online store for TV shows and
movies, joining Netflix in the battle of instant-on video gratification. The new store will have 40,000 movies and TV programs
available Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Leonsis Launches SnagFilms
Long-time AOL executive and Washington Capitals owner Ted
Leonsis is combining his love for documentary films and online media by
launching SnagFilms. The new website
will host documentary films Read more...
Dr. Horrible's Overwhelming Demands
Take Joss Whedon, singing, and Neil Patrick Harris. Combine
with a video blog and watch demand generate electronic gridlock. Let's back up a minute.
Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Read more...
Google Protects YouTube User Viewing Data; Employee Viewing Looms
Google has cut a deal with Viacom and the other parties
suing it for copyright infringement to protect private information of YouTube
users. Now, about scouring that 12 TB or so of data. Viacom Read more...
Veoh Launches Behavioral Ad Targeting
Veoh Network has announced a new behavioral targeting system
for online video ads. The new system,
currently in beta, combines video consumption, searching, browsing and
community activity data from Read more...
Google and Viacom fight over YouTube employee records
In the latest fight over who knew what when over at YouTube,
Viacom wants to know which videos YouTube employees have watched and uploaded
to the site. Google is just saying no. According to sources Read more...
Online video ads gaining traction
Online video ads proved surprisingly popular in a survey of advertising formats across the U.S., U.K. and Europe. The Dynamic Logic survey of 2,308 respondents in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Germany, Read more...
ALSO NOTED: The FeedRoom gets $12M; Online-Video Best Practices code; and much more...
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Use of Online Video In This Mashed-Up World: What's Best; What Read more...
More Money for MEVIO
MEVIO has gone to its third round of venture funding,
raising $15 million to continue expansion of its entertainment offers and to
launch new vertical and "brand safe" networks for advertisers. The Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Samsung's YouTube Camcorder
While Fierce has a great love for Flip Video, the new Samsung SC-MX20 is
worth a look for a higher-end video capture solution. Available in August at a
list Read more...
Turner and Yahoo sport up
Turner Broadcasting System and Yahoo have cut a multi-year
deal on advertising and sports content involving basketball, golf, and race
cars. Under the agreement, Turner will exclusively handle Read more...