Pro sports leagues are finding that live feeds of their games are being pirated and broadcast on the Internet, the New York Times says. The development is becoming a problem as the leagues try to build a business in getting…
HBO comedy “Flight of the Conchords” generated 250,000 streams for the premiere episode of its second season on Will Ferrell’s FunnyOrDie Web site, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, which starts New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, attracted about…
NBC’s broadcast network may not be too exciting, but online, the network is brimming with original programming, the New York Times says. In addition to web extensions of prime time shows such as “The Office,” and “Chuck” in comedy, NBC.com…
John Malone’s Liberty Media is slowly selling off part of its stake in Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp., the Wall Street Journal reports. The latest sale disclosed was 333,600 shares of a $27.9 share stake valued at $440 million, the Journal says….
I have a mission for the new year. It’s to use this column and other forums to help media companies understand why consumers cut the cord from their cable or satellite television service and choose instead to rely on broadband-powered…
Hulu, Veoh Among Companies Following Feedback on Microblogging Site
Joost is getting a boost from a new application that allows iPhone users to see the web video service’s content via Wi-Fi, USA Today reports. “Ten million people have iPhones,” Joost CEO Mike Volpi tells the paper. “We want to…
With the advertising market softening, Web site publishers are letting sponsors have bigger, more intrusive ads, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some advertisers are ordering up annoying formats, including video pre-rolls, spyware and pop ups, the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
Web video site Veoh Networks has struck a deal with Axel Springer’s digital media unit that will incorporate Veoh programming into Axel Springer’s cross-platform media sales, MediaPost reports. The deal will help Veoh to increase its international presence while the…
Fanscape president and co-founder Terry Dry predicts his agency’s digital-media marketing revenue will grow 15% in 2009, MediaPost reports. Although the projection is down compared with the company’s performance history, it remains above the market average projections of no growth,…