Yahoo Cutting 700 Jobs
Yahoo is cutting as many as 700 jobs, or 5% of its workforce, as the company continues to deal with a decline in online advertising, the New York Post reports. New CEO Carol Bartz also reported profit plunged 78% while…
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Poer Goes Back to the Future in L.A.
To Brent Poer, being back at MediaVest is like deja vu in reverse, or “vuja de,” as he puts it. After spending a year launching TheWB.com, Mr. Poer has returned to the agency as senior VP and managing director of…
Chart: Top U.S. Streaming Video Sites
YouTube continues to dominate the world of online video, delivering more than 5 billion streams in March. Hulu, the No.2 site, generated a fraction of YouTube’s activity, according to Nielsen figures for the month. A list of the top streaming…
Dailymotion Taps Brotherston as CEO
Ian Brotherston has been named Dailymotion’s CEO, replacing Mark Zeleski, who has resigned. Mr. Brotherston most recently served as commercial director for Red Bee Media, the BBC’s privatized broadcast technology division, where he oversaw strategy, international expansion, new media, sales…
NAB: Mobile TV May Halt Attrition
Mobile television may halt the audience losses to digital screens, according to Open Mobile Video Coalition Chairman Brandon Burgess at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, TVNewsday reports. “There are only 114 million American living rooms but up to 500…
Hulu Aims for iPhone App
Hulu is developing an application that will bring the site’s video content to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, BusinessInsider.com reports. While a video service on an iPhone may take up a larger portion of bandwidth, Hulu on the Apple products…
NAB: Disney Works With Adobe for Strobe
Disney is working with Adobe on the software company’s open-framework Strobe, which will help take Flash videos to TV sets, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Adobe President-CEO Shantanu Narayen spoke at the NAB Show in Las Vegas Monday morning, where he…
FCC’s Adelstein to Unveil DTV Web Site at NAB Show
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein will unveil the FCC’s new, enhanced digital transition Web site at the NAB Show on Tuesday. The new site, www.dtv.gov, will help guide consumers, providing them with local TV support and answers to questions about DTV…
‘Today’ Unveils iPhone App
“Today” has launched an application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free application, which is available here, offers videos, top stories and photos from “Today’s” interviews and segments. The application is presented by the Zumobi Network and Todayshow.com.