Will online video companies like ManiaTV, Next New Networks, Kiptronic and Tremor Media turn a profit in 2009, as they have said they expect to? This week, Daisy Whitney’s “New Media Minute” looks at the path these Web video firms…
Verizon Wireless is working with major TV programmers to add several new channels to its VCast video service, the company announced Wednesday. NBC Universal, Discovery Communications and Comcast’s G4 all said they are going mobile on VCast. Verizon customers will…
CBS Sports is adding to the lineup of sporting events being streamed online by scheduling a Web broadcast of this Saturday’s Southeastern Conference football game between Georgia and South Carolina, USA Today reports. The game kicks of a series of…
Online movie rental company Netflix hopes it will be ready if and when the day comes that physical discs are no longer used for media consumption, the Wall Street Journal reports. In addition to already banking on Web streaming rentals,…
HBO is leaning on a time-honored traditional TV strategy for its new Web-only series “Hooking Up,” which debuts next month with a cast of YouTube stars. In a conversation with TelevisionWeek, Fran Shea, general manager of HBOLabs, said the premium…
In the new NBC Universal-Apple deal announced today, NBC said, it obtained the pricing flexibility it has been demanding from iTunes for the last year. That’s what J.B. Perrette, president of digital distribution at NBC Universal, told TelevisionWeek during a…
National news organizations weren’t the only out-of-towners who descended on Wilmington, N.C., Monday when the town made the official switch from analog to digital broadcasting, the Wilmington Star-News reports. Four Japanese TV networks, including NHK, also made the trip to…
PBS Kids is streaming its shows online along with an assortment of clips for Web-savvy kids, Promo Magazine reports. The 14 series found on PBS Kids Go include “Cyberchase,” “Fetch With Ruff Ruffman” and “WordGirl” and can be found on…
Despite the public’s thirst for stories and videos on Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the speeches from the Democratic National Convention so far have pulled in 50% more online video views than those from the Republican National Convention. The…
Apple and NBC ended their yearlong spat today. Shows from NBC and some of its cable networks will return to Apple’s iTunes store, one full year after NBC defected from Apple in a public dispute over pricing. Apple CEO Steve…