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A study on behalf of Nielsen's Council for Research Excellence has claimed that the consumption of online video is massively overstated, and accounts for only a fraction of all video viewed.
The Video Consumer Mapping Study found that ...
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While it might only still be in the development stage the idea of Twitter doing some reality type television show has to be one of the most unique business ideas I have heard yet ...
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The announcement of the fall television lineups for the US television networks also goes hand in hand with a process called "upfronts," where the networks pitch their shows to advertisers.
Usually these events involve stars rattling off numbers ...
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Last year the world spent $80 billion (USD) on electricity to power all the gadgets we can’t seem to do without anymore. This poser demand has increased due to the rise in computers, MP3 ...
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There are all kinds of people who would consider themselves to be die-hard fans of everything Star Trek, even though others might have different words used to describe them. They go to all the ...
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Hulu is a great service that allows you to watch all the cool television shows that all the networks with the exception of CBS decides they want you to see. There is only one ...
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Two American journalists working for Al Gore's Current TV are reported to have been detained in North Korea for failing to stop shooting footage in the country.
Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained Tuesday along the Chinese-North ...
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We all watch; some rubbing their hands together in glee and back patting, as the newspaper industry flails around trying to keep its head above water. For the most part it seems as if they are ...
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I finally have had a chance to play around with Boxee and it sure seems to be a great way to watch video content on your television screen or computer monitor. The social aspect of ...
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We've long argued that broadcast television, that is television broadcast over the air, your traditional television stations days are numbered. The rise of on demand television shows online, despite internet enabled televisions still yet to be available ...
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Endemol has acquired the Southern Star Group from Fairfax Media for $75 million AUD ($50 million USD) plus earnouts.
Included in the sale is Southern Star International, said to be one of the world's largest independent distributors of ...
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Missed from our earlier round up of Internet enabled television releases at CES was details from budget TV maker Vizio, which isn't bad because they actually deserve a post by itself.
Vizio, for those not familiar this brand ...
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Time Warner Cable has reached a last minute deal with Viacom Inc. on carriage fees, avoiding a blackout of 19 cable channels to around 15 million customers.
Channels that would have disappeared from the United State's second largest ...
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Newsweek has an interesting article up talking about the growing issue of companies using the Slingbox to resell television feeds to people outside of local markets.
One of the primary uses cited in the article is for sport: ...
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More layoffs in media to start the week, with cuts coming at book publisher Macmillan and CBS.
The new CBS cuts of around "low two figures" are on top of cuts announced last week (which included Last.fm) and ...
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CBS will stream select games from the 2008-09 SEC College Basketball live on CBSSports.com from the start of the season this coming Saturday (December 13.)
12 College Basketball games will be streamed live and free of charge concluding ...
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NBC is considering cutting back the number of hours it airs programming after a poor fall TV season.
Chief Executive Jeff Zucker told an investor conference Monday that while NBC will continue to fund the creation of pilots, ...
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Media giant Viacom has announced a 7% reduction in its workforce, or 850 employees.
Viacom said in a statement that cuts would be implemented across all divisions of the company, which includes MTV Networks, BET, Paramount Pictures and ...
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The BBC will start simulcasting some of its shows online as they debut over-the-air, the network has announced.
Shows such as "EastEnders," "Heroes," and "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" are among the titles that will be offered live on ...
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Leading Canadian media company Canwest has announced a cut of 560 jobs.
Canwest owns the leading Canadian television network Global Television Network, a variety of newspapers including The National Post, Vancouver Sun and Calagary Herald, and the Ten ...
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The Al Gore backed cable channel Current TV is said to have made sweeping cuts to its workforce today, with reports of at least 32 employees being cut.
Founded in 2005, Current TV is billed as the "the ...
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UK based cable TV provider Virgin Media has announced a cut of 15%, or 2,200 people from its workforce.
The new cuts come on top of 4,000 jobs being cut following the NTL Telewest merge in late 2006. ...
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