Online Video Fails to Disrupt the Cable Business Model

Online Video Fails to Disrupt the Cable Business Model
StreamingMedia.com
While online video is growing every day, the established cable business models are so far holding strong. Will cord cutting ever impact traditional pay TV companies? That was the topic of a recentStreaming Media East panel discussion. Ad sales ...

Microsoft Names Longtime Entertainment Executive Nancy Tellem Entertainment ...
Sacramento Bee
18 , 2012 -- REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 18 , 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Nancy Tellem, former president of CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, has joined Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president.

Netgear Eyes Streaming Media with New Set-Top Boxes, Wireless Display Adapter
Forbes
This is more than welcomed, since typing in login credentials or performing searches is probably the most cumbersome part of the connected TV experience. Image: Netgear. Push2TV is Netgear's second iteration on its wireless display adapter. Like NeoTV ...

Forbes

Dan Gilmor talks digital media
Lehighvalleylive.com (blog)
Share Email Print. Dan Gillmor, director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University, gave a lecture on how technology has revolutionized communications throughout the years on Tuesday. The lecture, called “The ...

CMF To Implement Digital Media Measurement Tool
Broadcaster
The Canada Media Fund announced today that comScore has been selected to collaborate on implementing an automated digital media measurement tool. ComScore will also provide operational and technical support to the CMF and its digital media ...

RGM Group Receives $21 Million from RLH Equity Partners to Accelerate ...
PYMNTS.com
Additionally, RGM Group (RGM) today announced the hiring of Kurt Johnson as CEO, bringing more than 15 years of digital media leadership experience, including prior roles as FastClick's CEO and ValueClick's CFO. Company founder and previous CEO ...

DMS Announces New London Studio
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Digital Media Services UK Ltd. (DMS), one of the UK's leading digital providers, is very excited to extend its range of production services with the introduction of its Leopard Studio; a new intimate filming facility at their St James's Park offices in ...

LeTV to Release Smart TV
Marbridge Consulting
Jia Yueting, Chairman and CEO of Chinese online video site LeTV (Leshi) (300104.SZ), announced today that LeTV will enter the smart television market and plans to release a smart TV, the "LeTV Super TV". LeTV has begun to move cash and other capital ...

Nuance acquires Ditech, amplifying voice ... - Digital Media Wire
By Ray Bolger
Burlington, Mass. – Nuance Communications, a Burlington-based provider of voice and language technology for businesses and consumers, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Ditech Networks, a publicly traded provider of ...
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Beet.TV: Finding Success in Europe: Digital Media Must Be ...
By Beet.TV
COLOGNE - Altbough the digital media market in Europe is not as evolved as in the United States, the industry is growing fast with publishers commanding extremely high advertising rates, find Ashley Swartz in her wrap-up commentary from ...
Beet.TV

Nancy Tellem Joins Microsoft As Entertainment & Digital Media ...
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
After three months of negotiations, Microsoft today announced the appointment of former top CBS executive Nancy Tellem as Entertainment & Digital Media.
Deadline.com

Mapping Digital Media: Croatia | Open Society Foundations
The Mapping Digital Media project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media. Covering 60 countries ...
www.soros.org/reports/mapping-digital-media-croatia

Samsung launches Smart TV Digital Theatre VOD app | News ...
Samsung launches Smart TV Digital Theatre VOD app - Samsung has announced the launch of its Digital Theatre App, bringing bespoke content to its smart ...
www.techradar.com/.../samsung-launches-smart-tv-digital-thea...

Live Stream Manchester United v Galatasaray: Watch Champions League ...
BostInno
Live Stream Manchester United v Galatasaray: Watch Champions League Online [VIDEO]. Today at 12:37 pm Posted in Champions League, Manchester United, News. +1. 0. Manchester United versus Galatasaray has produced some of the most memorable, ...

Obama launches online video game advertisements after criticizing online video ...
Daily Caller
Obama launches online video game advertisements after criticizing online videogames. Published: 9:02 AM 09/19/2012. By Gregg Re · is an online editor at The Daily Caller.

Daily Caller

Bertelsmann Invests in Whisbi's Online Video Agents
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Nick Clayton. Whisbi claims to have a million users in Spain for its live online support agent service. It is now looking to expand internationally into Europe, South America and the U.S. with cash from the investment arm of the German-based media ...

Slowly and steadily, Vimeo hits its growth stride
GigaOM
When it comes to online video, there are three companies that dominate the conversation – YouTube, Netflix and Hulu. But don't overlook, IAC-owned Vimeo, the single most interesting video platform. A little boost from friends like Apple and Kickstarter ...

GigaOM

The Hobbit Trailer: Watch the New Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer ...
BostInno (blog)
The Hobbit Trailer: Watch the New Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer Online [Video]. Today at 10:35 am by Nick DeLuca · Tweet. +1. 0. Comment. Peter Jackson's much-anticipated prequel to his Lord of the Rings series, The Hobbit trailer was finally ...

Adap.tv 'Planner' To Optimize Online Video Buys
MediaPost Communications
With billions of ad dollars at stake, online video networks are fighting hard for a bigger piece of the pie. To that end, San Francisco-based Adap.tv on Tuesday debuted a new tool, which it believes is the best way yet for advertisers to plan their ...

Microsoft hires entertainment exec to develop Xbox video content
FierceOnlineVideo
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has made a move to make online video--and particularly its own exclusive online video--a major piece of its Xbox gaming platform. Until now, Microsoft has depended on cutting deals with outsiders to get video content to run on ...

Live Stream Real Madrid v Manchester City: Watch Champions League Online ...
BostInno
Live Stream Real Madrid v Manchester City: Watch Champions League Online [VIDEO]. Yesterday at 2:12 pm Posted in Champions League, News, Video · Videos. +1. 0. Real Madrid and Manchester City are set to kick off their Champions League campaigns ...

SA's 'Tokoloshe' online video campaign is pure genius | memeburn
By Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter
It's one of the best online video campaigns we've seen in a while. Except, if you'd seen the first video, you probably wouldn't have even been aware that it was advertising anything much less a new player in the South African online property ...
memeburn

Live From Hulu Japan: It's Sunday Morning!
TechNewsWorld
In an apparent effort to thwart TV show piracy, Hulu Japan, a subscription streaming site, will show episodes of Saturday Night Live mere hours after the show airs on U.S. television, according to GigaOm. Hulu, which is based in the U.S. but also ...

Netflix outs new iPhone experience
SlashGear
Yesterday Netflix announced a new experience for iPhone users who stream video from their mobile device. According to Netflix, millions of members use their smartphones to instantly watch movies and TV shows every day. Netflix is been working to make ...

Netflix CFO: Company Won't Need to Raise Money Near-Term Despite Content ...
Hollywood Reporter
Last November, the video-streaming and DVD subscription service agreed to sell $400 million in stock and convertible notes to bolster its cash on hand. Wells said he "felt better" after making the transaction. Since then, Netflix has spent big on new ...

Hollywood Reporter

Vizio Co-Star review: how good a deal is this $99 Google TV box?
Engadget
We're talking about standalone Google TV boxes, folks, with the Vizio Co-Star recently joining Sony's NSZ-GS7. Both feature the same version of Google's software and come with a remote offering a full QWERTY keyboard and touchpad. But with Vizio's ...

Livestream reinvents itself with free, ad-free streaming from desktop and mobile
The Verge
Video streaming service Livestream is making some significant changes to its business model in order to compete with rivals such as Ustream, enabling free, live broadcasting from mobile devices and dropping advertising altogether. As part of a re-vamp ...

YogaVibes and Roku Align to Launch Free Yoga Videos
Broadcast Newsroom
YogaVibes, a leading distributor of online yoga classes, is proud to announce the release of free yoga videos with Roku, the original best-selling streaming player. Now, Roku users can enjoy instructional Strike a Pose yoga videos and one featured full ...

Livestream: Interview with Doug Hoffer
Brattleboro Reformer
Livestream: Interview with Doug Hoffer. Reformer Staffreformer.com. Posted: 09/19/2012 12:05:12 PM EDT. Advertisement. Copyright 2012 Brattleboro Reformer. All rights reserved. Print Email Font Resize Return to Top. Welcome to your discussion forum: ...

Simon & Schuster to stream book videos on Roku and Blinkx
paidContent.org
Book publisher Simon & Schuster is ramping up video distribution, creating content channels and signing with partners like Roku, Blinkx and Taboola. For now, the videos are intended to promote books and authors, not to drive advertising revenue.

Vimeo Lets Video Makers Hold Out a Tip Jar - Peter Kafka - Media ...
By Peter Kafka
But other than a few discrete banners, and one-offs like this awesome, interactive Old Spice thingy that ran last month, Vimeo doesn't do ads — no pre-rolls, no mid-rolls, no overlays. That's nice for users, but it means that Trainor can't do what YouTube, Hulu, et al, do, and share ad revenue with content makers. That might change one day: Trainor's background is in advertising (at Yahoo, a digital magazine start-up, and AOL), and he says he's open to ads if he can figure out how to ...
AllThingsD

Vimeo Creators Can Now Make Money Off Their Videos
By Christina Warren
Vimeo announced two new programs that will allow creators to monetize their videos. ... Over the last few years, filmmakers have found lots of success with digital distribution channels such as Amazon,Netflix, iTunes, Vudu and cable VOD.
Mashable » Business

Vimeo Offers Tips-Based Monetization For Videos, Creator ...
By Darrell Etherington
Vimeo is a great site that's done a lot for independent online video creation and publishing, but one thing that's been missing from its platform is a way for creators to make money directly from their movies. The video network now offers that, ...
TechCrunch

Make Your Movies Pay with Vimeo's New 'Tip Jar' | Webmonkey ...
By Scott Gilbertson
Video sharing website Vimeo has added two new ways to make money off your movies: a "tip jar" for fans to chip in a few bucks and more serious pay-per-view option coming later this year.
Wired: Compiler

Vimeo Now Lets You Tip Creators, Plans To Launch Paywalls in 2013
By Harrison Weber
Vimeo is releasing a new "Tip Jar" feature and has plans to launch a paywall option for creatives in 2013 (for Vimeo PRO users).
The Next Web

FP Passport: Russia may block YouTube over Mohammed video
Foreign Policy (blog)
MOSCOW, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Access to YouTube across Russia could be blocked under a new law that takes effect on Nov. 1 if the portal does not remove a video mocking the Prophet Mohammad, the country's communications minister said on Tuesday.[...] ...

As iOS 6 debuts minus YouTube, video apps fight for attention
CNET
When Apple users start upgrading to iOS 6 this morning, it'll be missing an app that's been baked into the operating system since the release of the first iPhone: YouTube. For the first time, consumers will have to search for a video app on their own ...

'Gangnam Style' Video Spoof Gets California Lifeguards Fired: Psy Song ...
ABC News
Loading... Published on Sep 19, 2012 by ABCNews. Lifeguards were fired after posting their own "Gangnam Style" video on YouTube. For more on this story, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/social-commentary-psys-gangnam-.

Jimmy Carter's grandson arranged Romney video release
USA TODAY
"The hidden camera video -- it was all blurred out at the beginning, and it was mysterious," Carter said. "It piqued my interest." Something told him there might be more there than the brief clip posted on the YouTube channel "Anne Onymous." Although ...

YouTube video only an excuse for anti-American anger in the Middle East
OregonLive.com
The ambassador insisted that last week's protests in Egypt and Libya were a spontaneous eruption of Islamic rage over a rancid, barely coherent anti-Muhammadvideo posted on YouTube a few weeks ago. It was an unusually purposeful spontaneity, though.

OregonLive.com

Vimeo, DailyMotion Court Filmmakers In YouTube's Shadow
Forbes
Hoping to differentiate themselves from YouTube and carve off some of its market share, two of the biggest online video sites are cozying up to creators, offering them new resources to help them produce and profit from their passion projects. Vimeo ...

Forbes

New DENSO Robot Video on YouTube
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Advertisement. LONG BEACH, Calif. — DENSO Robotics announced that a new robotvideo is now available on its YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/densorobotics and also on the DENSO Robotics website at www.densorobotics.com/applications.php.

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Google says it won't take down anti-Muslim clip
News 10NBC
(AP) WASHINGTON - Google is refusing a White House request to take down an anti-Muslim clip onYouTube, but is restricting access to it in certain countries. The White House said Friday that it had asked YouTube to review whether the video violated its ...

Billboard asks for help solving murders
CNN
Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 19, 2012 by CNN. The Seattle Police Department announces a 'Who killed me?' campaign to help solve murders. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/cnn. Or visit our site at ...

15 YouTube Videos That Changed The World
By Fruzsina Eördögh
The Google-owned company has been redefining activism, for better or for worse, since its inception. Here are 15 similarly Earth-shaking videos. There's no denying the twin impacts of YouTube as a global video distribution network and the ...
ReadWriteWeb

White House hedges on claim YouTube video caused attack | The ...
By Neil Munro
White House spokesman Jay Carney took a half-step back from the administration's widely derided claim that an anti-Islam YouTube video prompted the Sept. 11 jihadi attack in Benghazi that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.
The Daily Caller

Hidden Cam Clip Has More Views Than Official Romney Videos on ...
By Chris Taylor
Less than 24 hours after it was posted, a video of Mitt Romney talking off the cuff to donors about Obama voters — the “47%” who will “never take responsibility” — has already overtaken every otherYouTube video to feature Romney in a ...
Mashable!

“15 YouTube Videos That Changed The World” | Larry Ferlazzo's ...
By Larry Ferlazzo
15 YouTube Videos That Changed The World is the title (an exaggerated one, I might add) of thisvideo that was posted on Read Write Web. Exaggeration or not, it's pretty interesting, and their blog post includes videos they think were ...
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

TOM THE DANCING BUG: The God-Man YouTube Video! - Boing ...
By Ruben Bolling
CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE INNER HIVE. "Ruben Bolling is a comic genius, a clever artist, a true gentleman, a pseudonym, and and important ally in the struggle against deep dish pizza. I am happy to pledge to him my sacred honor and ...
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Christina Aguilera - Your Body Video Teaser - YouTube
"Your Body" now available on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/yourbody Music videoby Christina ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZBKcavXYw

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