| Online TV Revenues To Increase Tenfold | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:08:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that legitimate online TV and video services will generate revenues of US$6.3 billion in 2012, almost ten times the 2006 figure. Advertising will consistently outperform a la carte and subscription-based download services in terms of revenue generation and North America will be the largest revenue-generating region, accounting for 65% of the 2012 global total. Informa's Online TV and Video: Beyond User-Generated Content report, published today, has found that the trend towards online TV and video is symptomatic of wider cultural changes. A new 'breed' of consumers has emerged who find it difficult to align themselves with the passive model of traditional linear TV. Simon Dyson, co-author of the report said "the TV business has already acknowledged some of the changes and is pushing concepts such as on-demand and digital video recorders.... | |
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| | | Online TV guide puts you in the know | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:09:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Our new online TV guide offers a whole new way for you to get information about your favorite television shows, movies and sporting events. Along with video previews of your favorite shows, the online guide allows you to search for programs starring your favorite actors, keep tabs on when your favorite sports teams are playing and even write reviews of films and TV shows to share with others. .... | |
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| | | Lil Scrappy To Launch Online TV Show | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:10:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | New York, NY Nov 21, 2006 In a move to harness the power of the Internet, as well as showcase the star quality of a rising artist, Reprise Records will launch G’s Up TV, an online TV show starring Lil Scrappy. The weekly show will begin on November 21st and lead up to the December 5th Reprise/BME Recordings release of his debut full- length album Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live. Each episode will feature the Atlanta-born rapper recounting his life story in candid documentary-style interviews that will air on Scrappy’s website, gsup.tv.In addition to hearing Scrappy relate his long journey from the ugliness of southeast Atlanta’s merciless underbelly to becoming ATL’s favorite son, viewers will also be treated to guest appearances by such Scrappy pals as Lil Jon, Three 6 Mafia, Young Buck, Jaime Kennedy & Stu Stone, Young Dro, Jessi Malay and producer, Aqua (Jay-Z).... | |
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| | | UPDATE: TiVo To Let Users Download From Internet And Play On TV | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:10:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | CHICAGO (Dow Jones) -- TiVo Inc. said Tuesday it would offer its users the ability to download content from the Internet and play it on their TV sets. The company's expanded broadband strategy includes a "unified search" function that will allow DVR viewers to search across broadcast, cable and broadband content sources and record any of them. Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo (TIVO) expects to implement its new service by the end of the year through an upgrade to the TiVo Desktop software. Shares were up 3.7% at $6.14 in morning trading. Last year, the company rolled out a feature that allowed TiVo recordings from televisions to be transferred to PCs. Later in 2005, it announced that it would make unlimited TV downloads available on the Apple iPod and the Sony PlayStation handheld devices.... | |
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| | | YouTube garners big bucks, other ventures have broader aims for TV on the Internet | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:14:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | CAMBRIDGE, Mass. "" Eyebrows went up when Google Inc. recently agreed to spend $1.65 billion for YouTube, the most popular Web site for free video clips. But that figure could be blown away one day if some emerging companies achieve their much broader visions for the future of online TV. These companies are building flexible online networks that can host content, serve up ads and dish out interactive features. While "viral" video-sharing sites like YouTube focus on individual clips ,these new Internet TV platforms are designed to host full-fledged channels that content creators can control. One of the best positioned is Brightcove Inc., which on Monday is taking the wraps off an Internet video network that handles virtually everything for content creators. Aiming to serve everyone from garage auteurs to major media companies, Brightcove offers free publishing tools and runs video wherever publishers want it.... | |
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| | | 'Spidey 3' trailer to hit TV, Web Thursday | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:25:07 AM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- "Spider-Man 3" will receive a TV and online blitz Thursday night when Columbia Pictures unveils a 2-1/2-minute trailer at 10 p.m. in a "road block" across Viacom's online brands and several TV channels, including the CBS network -- six months before the film's May 4 premiere. On CBS, the spot will air after "CSI" and before the James Woods legal drama "Shark." On Comedy Central, the trailer will run before a new "South Park" episode, while MTV will show the spot before a new "Real World/Road Rules Challenge." Other TV networks airing the trailer include BET, Logo, MTV2, Spike TV and VH1, with each supporting the event with custom promotions. In addition, 14 online destinations from Viacom's networks are supporting the airing, including AddictingGames.com, AddictingClips.com, BET.com, MTV.com, IFilm.com, Nick.com, ComedyCentral.com, GameTrailers.com, LogoOnline.com, Neopets.com, SpikeTV.com, The-N.com, VH1.com, and Xfire.com.... | |
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| | | Vivendi Third-Quarter Sales Climb 0.3% on Games, TV (Update2) | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:08:25 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Vivendi SA, owner of the world's largest music company, said third-quarter sales rose 0.3 percent on added subscribers for online games and pay-TV channels. The stock fell as revenue slipped at the company's two largest units. Sales rose to 4.89 billion euros ($6.2 billion) from 4.87 billion euros a year earlier, Vivendi said in a statement today. Sales were estimated to rise 1.8 percent to 4.96 billion euros, the median estimate of 11 analysts in a Bloomberg News survey. Vivendi said Nov. 4 a ``friendly'' approach from buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., which included keeping the company's assets together, didn't result in a bid. Higher third- quarter revenue from games and pay-TV made up for falling sales from Vivendi's music unit and mobile-phone business SFR.... | |
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| | | Report: 1 in 10 Online Consumers Watch TV Shows Online | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:23:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | New York - One in ten online consumers now watches TV shows online, according to the latest Consumer Internet Barometer, a report created by The Conference Board and TNS. Personal convenience and avoiding commercials were the top reasons cited for online TV viewing, though 75% of those surveyed reported no change in traditional TV viewing habits.More than 62% of online TV viewers watch news broadcasts, while 50% say they seek entertainment programming. Very few consumers asked were willing to pay per download or enroll in subscription services to access online TV; 53% preferred streaming, while 49% sought free downloads."This is representative of a larger trend toward, 'anytime, anywhere' viewing that includes the use of digital video recorders, video on demand and portable video players, such as the iPod," said TNS vice president Edye Twer.Related Links:http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061025/nyw131.html?.v=75 http://www.conference-board.org http://www.tns-global.com .... | |
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| | | Internet Broadcast Corporation Launches First Online Network Offering Immediate Access to Global TV News | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:24:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- International TV network news will enter an unprecedented new age of pervasive coverage and on-demand access when the Internet Broadcast Corporation (http://www.ibctoday.com/) goes live today. The ultimate destination for breaking news and local stories from cities around the globe, http://www.ibctoday.com/ is the first online TV news network to give U.S. users immediate access to international news, entertainment, sports and more as it happens, 24/7. Best of all, IBC is completely free of charge. The revolutionary IBC news network employs proprietary technology to present timely video news from leading global news broadcasters and users that is instantly downloadable, already translated and subtitled in English, and fully searchable by keyword or more broadly by country, city and news category.... | |
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| | | YouTube garners big bucks, but other ventures have broader aims for TV on the Web | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:24:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | Eyebrows went up when Google Inc. recently agreed to spend $1.65 billion (euro1.3 billion) for YouTube, the most popular website for free video clips. But that figure could be blown away one day if some emerging companies achieve their much broader visions for the future of online TV. These companies are building flexible online networks that can host content, serve up ads and dish out interactive features. While "viral" video-sharing sites like YouTube focus on individual clips _ many pirated _ these new Internet TV platforms are designed to host full-fledged channels that content creators can control. One of the best positioned is Brightcove Inc., which on Monday took the wraps off an Internet video network that handles virtually everything for content creators.... | |
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