Yahoo is getting ready for a round of layoffs that could affect several hundred employees, the New York Times says. The Internet company has made staff cuts several times in recent years because of slower growth, the paper says. —Jon…
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Discovery Channel has purchased most of Microsoft’s available inventory today on products such as MSN and Xbox Live to promote the return of its show “Deadliest Catch,” Multichannel News reports. The ad campaign uses video, interactive media and in-game advertising…
“Lost” was watched by 1.4 million unique online viewers in March, accounting for 35.8 million video streams of episodes, clips and other short content, Daily Variety says, citing data from Nielsen VideoCensus. Popular online shows viewed on Hulu include “Family…
Several of FunnyOrDie’s videos, TheWB.com’s “Children’s Hospital” and Sundance Channel’s “Green Porno” are among nominees for the 13th annual Webby Awards. FunnyOrDie received nominations for “Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad” and “Prop. 8: The Musical,” which starred Jack Black,…
Samsung and Yahoo are introducing a Connected TV that features on-screen widgets as a way to bring Internet features to the television, BusinessWeek reports. Analysts say the timing for Web-enabled television is finally right. “A small but significant revolution” is…
Web-video consumption among U.S. online audiences rose 2% in unique viewers (130 million) and almost 9% in total streams (9.7 billion) for March over the month before, Nielsen Online VideoCensus said. Streams per viewer (74.4) increased almost 7% and the…
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Vendors Cut Prices to Drive Business
A hotel room, of all places, might be one of the optimal places to sell your client’s new product. In a few weeks, the Hotel Networks will be launching DoNotDisturb.tv, a network offering content targeted to the traveler, business and…